Re: how to use tkinter widget in django

On 10/26/2010 7:17 AM, jimgardener wrote:
> is it possible to use the sliderlike Scale widget from tkinter in
> django?I am coding a web app where I need to get a numerical value
> entered by the user.I thought ,instead of asking the user to enter a
> value in a textfield ,I would provide a slider which he can move
> between the minimum and maximum values.
> Originally I designed the model and form like this
>
> class MyModel(django.models.Model):
> user_enrty=models.IntegerField()
>
> class MyModelForm(django.forms.ModelForm):
> class Meta:
> model=MyModel
>
> In tkinter ,I can create a scale widget like
> master = Tk()
> w = Scale(master, from_=0, to=100)
> w.pack()
> and get the current position using w.get()
>
> How can I use this in django?Can I directly put the tkinter widget in
> my model like ,
> class MyModel(django.models.Model):
> user_enrty=tkinter.Scale(...)
>
Unfortunately you cannot do this. Tkinter assumes direct control of the
desktop, whereas Django is a web system that must use HTML (or similar)
to deliver markup to the user's desktop using HTTP. Tkinter just isn't a
web technology.

regards
Steve
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