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I think there already are existing mature solutions like you described. Isn't QT constraint based?


qt lost it's golden momentum taking way too long to relax licensing in the 90s. had they done it before the gtk shift the world would be very different.

btw, gtk is based on tcl/tk which i believe is the, or one of the, original auto layout engines


GTK has no relationship to tcl/tk whatsoever.


i see. always felt gtk layout experience similar. but i have much more exposure to tcl/tk than proper gtk.


Qt is C++, while GTK is pure C. These are very different languages, and exposing a C interface for C++ code as rich and complicated as Qt is not easy.


Ad yet TFA is kinda an example of that, no?


Qt without slots and signals is a poorer experience. IDK if the Qt Designer can work without them.


GTK provides slots and signals, through an admittedly baroque C-level implementation. Pretty easy to use, but try not to open the hood.




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