Python with beautiful UI + glass effect

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I'm a new in Python. I would like to know can I create good interface on python, something like WPF? I didn't find any glass effect with PyQt. It's really important for my decision. Thanks.

I'm sorry that I didn't give a lot of details. I need to port WPF app to python. The main goal I still need a good UI. Can I make something like this http://www.codeproject.com/KB/silverlight/SilverlightGlassOrbButton.aspx?msg=3170079 on python? Can I use different styles for mouseover and normal state?

I would accept previous answers, so users are more inclined to answer your question. — PrettyPrincessKitty FS, Mar 07 '11 at 18:41
Also, can you show an example of what you mean? I'm pretty sure both of those use the system defaults. — PrettyPrincessKitty FS, Mar 07 '11 at 18:42
FYI http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2009/09/15/using-blur-behind-on-windows/ — smerlin, Mar 08 '11 at 15:52

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:18

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Glass effect is probably a Qt skin and has nothing to do with Python in particular. People say that there's a tutorial for Qt skinning. I failed to quickly google a ready-made glass-like skin, though.

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answered Mar 07 '11 at 19:04

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '11 at 08:59

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Also, in the new QT RC there is a new support system for GUI related stuff. QML it is called, and examples can be found here. I do not know if it alreade wrapped in PyQT but I suppose it is possible to use it in combination with PyQT.

example glowy things flickr example

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 07 '11 at 20:23

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If glass effect = transparency, then Qt supports this, but it requires a special flag set on the window. See http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qq/qq16-background.html for some examples.

If you want a blurred background, then I doubt it can be done as easily, since not many GUI-frameworks that Qt supports do compositing like Vista & Win7, so it's probably hard to abstract into a cross-platform toolkit.

But simpler things might be possible, and with QGraphicsScene, you can do a lot of these things yourself (but not w.r.t. the window's background, IIUC).

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I'm sorry that I didn't give a lot of details. I need to port WPF app to python. The main goal I still need a good UI. Can I make something like this http://www.codeproject.com/KB/silverlight/SilverlightGlassOrbButton.aspx?msg=3170079 on python? Can I use different styles for mouseover and normal state? – Artyom Mar 10 '11 at 08:54
@Artyom: Yes, `QStyle` allows you to draw your button differently depending on state, so that should be possible. – Macke Mar 10 '11 at 10:41

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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If you have no luck with Qt, wxPython can do it. See How to draw a transparent frame in wxpython.

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answered Mar 10 '11 at 09:20

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 29 '22 at 22:07

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You can check out the fluent app library

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