Revisited: Building Cross Platform GUI Apps With PHP-GTK

Revisited: Building Cross Platform GUI Apps With PHP-GTK - Other PHP-GTK widgets
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PHP-GTK has dozens of other widgets which we can instantiate and use in our application. Here's a list of some of those widgets, as well as a brief description of each of them:

• GtkButton: A button that can be clicked on.
• GtkCalendar: A calendar that shows dates that can be selected.
• GtkCheckButton: A check box that can be toggled on and off.
• GtkCList: A list with several columns that can be scrolled.
• GtkColorSelection: A very cool widget that can be used to select colors.
• GtkCombo: A dropdown list that can also accept typed in text.
• GtkCTree: A tree list that can contain nodes that can expand and collapse.
• GtkDialog: A popup dialog that can be modal.
• GtkEntry: A text box with text that can be changed.
• GtkFileSelection: Similar to Windows common dialog control, the GtkFileSelection control displays a dialog allowing us to choose a file on our local machine.
• GtkFontSelection: A widget that allows us to select various font properties.
• GtkFrame: A frame that can contain a caption.
• GtkHRuler: A horizontal ruler.
• GtkHScrollBar: A horizontal scrollbar.
• GtkImage: A widget for displaying an image.
• GtkMenu: A container widget that can hold menu items.
• GtkNoteBook: A tabbed control that can display multiple tabs.
• GtkProgressBar: A bar that can be used to display the progress of some event.
• GtkRadioButton: A radio button that can be grouped.
• GtkSpinButton: Used to increment/decrement a value using arrows.
• GtkToolTips Used to add tooltips to other widgets.
• GtkVBox: Vertical box container.
• GtkVScrollBar: A vertical scrollbar.
• GtkWindow: An application window.

As you can see from the classes shown above, PHP-GTK contains all of the necessary classes to facilitate the development of a complete cross-platform GUI application.
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