| Glade | |
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 Designing a preferences dialog in Glade | |
| Original author | Damon Chaplin[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Developer | The GNOME Project |
| Initial release | 18 April 1998; 27 years ago (1998-04-18)[6] |
| Final release | 3.40 / 10 August 2022; 3 years ago (2022-08-10) |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C,XML |
| Operating system | Unix-like,Windows[7] |
| Platform | GNU/Linux,Unix-like |
| Successor | Cambalache Interface Designer |
| Type | |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | glade |
Glade Interface Designer is agraphical user interface builder forGTK, with additional components forGNOME. In its third version, Glade isprogramming language–independent, and does not produce code for events, but rather anXML file that is then used with an appropriate binding (such as GtkAda for use with theAda programming language).
Glade isfree and open-source software distributed under theGNU General Public License. Glade's development and maintenance ceased in 2022, with the final release on 10 August 2022.[8]
The first Glade release, version 0.1, was made on 18 April 1998.[6]
Glade 3 was released on 12 August 2006. According to the Glade Web site, the most noticeable differences for the end-user are:
Most of the difference is in the internals. Glade-3 is a complete rewrite, in order to take advantage of the new features of GTK+ 2 and theGObject system (Glade-3 was started when Glade-1 hadn't yet been ported to GTK+ 2). Therefore, the Glade-3 codebase is smaller and allows new interesting things, including:
On 5 April 2011, two parallel installable stable Glade versions[9][10][11] were released:
On 11 June 2015 Glade 3.19.0 was released. It depends at least on GTK+ 3.16.0. Among many bug fixes this version is the first to support the widgets GtkStack, GtkHeaderBar and GtkSidebar.[12]
GtkBuilder is theXML format that the Glade Interface Designer uses tosave its forms. These documents can then be used in conjunction with the GtkBuilder object to instantiate the form usingGTK.GladeXML is theXML format that was used with conjunction with libglade, which is now deprecated.[13]
Glade Interface Designer automatically generates all thesource code for agraphical control element.
The "Gtk.Builder class" allows user interfaces to be designed without writing code.[14] The class describes the interface in anExtensible Markup Language (XML) file and then loads the XML description at runtime and creating the objects automatically. The Glade Interface Designer allows creation of the user interface in aWYSIWYG manner. The description of the user interface is independent from the programming language being used.
Code sketchers are software applications that help a user create source code from a GladeXML file. Most code sketchers create source code which uses libglade and a GladeXML file to create the GUI. Some sketchers are able to create raw code that does not need the GladeXML file. The table below compares basic information about GladeXML code sketcher packages.
| Name | Author | Programming languages | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|
| egladeArchived 13 May 2018 at theWayback Machine | Daniel Elphick | Eiffel | Eiffel Forum License |
| Gladex | Christopher Pax and Charles Edward Pax | Perl,Python,Ruby | GPLv3 |
| glc | Bill Allen | Python | LGPL |
| ruby-glade-create-templateArchived 7 June 2013 at theWayback Machine | Masao Mutoh | Ruby | |
| Tepache | Sandino Flores Moreno | Python | LGPL |
| GladeToBac | Thomas Freiherr | FreeBASIC (includes headers for GTK-3 and GTK-2.22.0 / GTKGlExt-1.2.0) | GPLv3 |
| Glade2FB | Arnel Borja | FreeBASIC | GPLv3 |
| gate3 | F. J. Fabien | Ada | MIT License |
| Cambalache | |
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| Original author | Juan Pablo Ugarte |
| Repository | https://gitlab.gnome.org/jpu/cambalache |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Predecessor | Glade Interface Designer |
| Type | |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | https://flathub.org/apps/ar.xjuan.Cambalache |
Cambalache (/kambaˈlat͡ʃe/)[15] is afree and open-sourcerapid application development (RAD) tool[16][17][18] designed for creatinguser interfaces withGTK 4. It is designed as a successor to Glade,[19][20] with a focus on supporting theGTK 4 library while maintaining compatibility withGTK 3. Cambalache is geared towarddevelopers working within theGNOME ecosystem. Cambalache'sdesign emphasizes theModel-View-Controller (MVC) architecture, ensuring separation between the UI components and thebusiness logic of applications.
The UI editing workspace is driven by a separateprocess calledMerengue which interfaces withCasilda, aWayland compositor embedded in aGTK widget. Thisarchitectural choice improves stability by separating theuser interface preview from the main application. This separation enables the system to handle differentGTK versions efficiently, ensuring the rendered UI accurately mirrors the application's appearance and behavior.[21]
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