Pyjamas-Desktop is a cross-platform framework and applications widget set, based on [http://webkit.org WebKit]. PyWebkitGtk is currently the basis for Pyjamas-Desktop, and it is conceivable that there will exist a PyWebkitQt4, and Pyjamas-Desktop will run on top of that, as well. PyjamasDesktop is similar to [http://www.async.com.br/projects/kiwi KiWi] in that it provides an easy-to-use API, where you need not know - at all - that you are running PyGTK underneath.
PyjamasDesktop is actually a port of [http://code.google.com/p/pyjamas PyJamas] which is a web toolkit, so you also have the option of running PyjamasDesktop applications as web applications - unmodified.
The [PyJamas] Widget set is exceptionally comprehensive and yet is easy to use, providing:
- Simple, Horizontal, Vertical, Docking, Flow and HTML Panels
- Text Labels and HTML including full CSS Stylesheet support and full CSS properties
Text, Password and TextArea input boxes
- List drop-downs including Multi-selection
- Buttons, Checkboxes and Radio-Buttons including groups.
TreeView and Form Submit Panel (including file upload).
Additional features, thanks to the underlying use of webkit, include:
- Full CSS Stylesheet functionality
- Option of executing javascript, to manipulate the application widgets
- Loading of complete HTML Pages, both local and remote
- Plugin support for multimedia plugins such as Flash.
- Access to XML, XSLT and AJAX.
(Future: full SVG Canvas support, like HippoCanvas)
Obtaining PyjamasDesktop, presently from source code, is here:
[git://github.com/lkcl/pyjamas-desktop.git git@github.com:lkcl/pyjamas-desktop.git]
[https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16401 webkit issue 16401]
[http://code.google.com/p/pywebkitgtk/issues/detail?id=13 pywebkitgtk issue 13]
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