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I haven’t tried it yet myself but there is https://gitlab.gnome.org/jpu/cambalache which supports both gtk3 and 4

I downloaded and tried it just now.

When creating a project, I get an empty .ui file with no possibility to add any widget. This project still seems in its infancy, or I am doing something wrong. It also seems to enforce a "framework" instead of just being a graphical .ui file editor. How I am supposed to use this if I am using Rust instead of Python, and Relm instead of their MVC framework?

I miss Glade (and it had issues!).

Try writing the name of the widget in the search bar in the top left. Something like GtkWindow.

Thanks, it works.

However adding a GtkApplicationWindow and a GtkButton inside of the component tree is not updating the preview area. Adding a know valid GTK3 .ui file [0] does not update the preview area either.

Seems like the "preview" button is also missing from Glade. Oh well, let's edit XML files afterall. :)

[0] https://github.com/MicroJoe/gtk_liststore_item/blob/master/g...

Yeah, it is still very early on in development. I am personally a fan of QtCreator, it is very similar to how visual studio used to work regarding ui creation.

The UI is a bit rough and still unstable, I think you have to press the search button and then type the name of the widget in the search box and double click.

It's just a .ui file editor, so unfortunately you can't use it with Relm. Maybe someone could write a tool that converts .ui files to Relm code. Although I guess it would be a one-way transition, so perhaps not so useful.

You do not have to convert .ui files to Relm code, see gladis's relm example [0].

[0] https://github.com/MicroJoe/gladis/blob/master/gladis/exampl...

Sorry, I thought you meant if you wanted to save it in the style of those Relm declarative macros.

Thanks for sharing, it seems to be in heavy development right now though. I'll admit though, forcing you to choose from 5 stylesheets before implementing basic design features did get a chuckle out of me. What's GNOME may never change, I suppose.

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