TK to TTK Overhaul #2116

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1. Rixxan

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3. ElSaico commented on May 15, 2024

   

   ElSaico

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   As said on Discord, I propose the use of CustomTkinter as a semi-drop-in replacement. My arguments:

   • It's extremely light on dependencies (darkdetect is self-explanatory and packaging is used for version detection logic; neither depends on anything else)
   • The API avoids deviating from standard Tk as much as possible
   • Well-maintained
   • Reasonably popular (~10k stars, supported by many other libraries)
   • Modernized widgets - while still supporting the original Tkinter ones
   • Automatic HiDPI scaling - though the factor can be overridden if so desired
   • Perhaps the most important of all: a painless theming support (fully configurable via .json files)
4. ElSaico commented on May 23, 2024

   

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   Option B: https://ttkbootstrap.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
   Less popular but still nothing to scoff at with ~1.7k stars - and the documentation is much nicer.

   The only dependency is Pillow, which is already on develop anyway.

   EDIT: the latest release does not work with Pillow 10.x - which means no Python 3.12 either; although it's fixed on master (see: israel-dryer/ttkbootstrap#490), the dev has been AWOL for a while.
5. ElSaico commented on May 23, 2024

   

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   CTk's scaling code stumbles upon an ancient Tk bug in some locales: TomSchimansky/CustomTkinter#571

   Although there's a fix on the comments, facing such an issue from the outset - after both libraries gave me hope to start tackling our UI nightmare - just makes me want to yeet anything Tkinter-based into an active volcano.
6. Rixxan

   linked a pull request that will close this issueTtk-based theming #2241on Jun 9, 2024
7. Rixxan

   modified the milestones: 6.0, 5.12 on Jun 10, 2024
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12. Rixxan

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    [EDCD#2116] Handover More Values to TTK

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13. Rixxan

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    [EDCD#2116] Hand more things to TTK

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15. Rixxan commented on Nov 12, 2025

    

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    After #2525, the following files still have old TK elements that (in theory) could be reformatted to TTK:

    • tk.Widget: theme.py, plug.py
    • tk.Button: prefs.py, theme.py, click_counter\load.py
    • tk.Entry: theme.py, prefs.py
    • tk.Frame: ttkHyperlinkLabel.py, EDMarketConnector.py, plug.py, theme.py, click_counter\load.py, eddn.py
    • tk.Label: EDMarketConnector.py, journal_lock.py, stats.py, ttkHyperlinkLabel.py, click_counter\load.py
    • tk.Scale: prefs.py
16. Rixxan

    modified the milestones: 6.0, Post-6.0 Changes on Dec 7, 2025