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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