I thought wxWidgets was actually one of the only toolkits that actually *used* the native GUI libraries???

See e.g. http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/WxWidgets_Compared_To_Other_Toolkits

So I don't understand how come the look and feel is different then...

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera@theingots.org> wrote:
Heinrich Apfelmus wrote:
The first difference is the spacing. In the wxHaskell version, the
enclosing tab is glued to the window border left and right, while there
is a considerable margin in the native version. The inner boxes have
spacious margins, too.

The second is the capitalization in the native version. That gives it a
totally different look! I even thought that they were using different
fonts at first.

I didn't notice any of these except for the tab margin until you pointed
it out. The tab margin left and right is the only thing I noticed.
Taking a second look, I also notice the margin *below* the tab box.



Thirdly, the textlogs have different fonts. Again, the wxHaskell one
looks non-standard.

Honestly, I can't tell. They are both very similar, sans fonts. Also, the font could  be explained by the fact that these screen shots are taken on different computers (different OS versions, different settings).

I just went to the wxWidgets website. On that site, the Mac OS screen
shots show the buttons capitalized. In any case, I think these differences are minor. More importantly, I'm not sure that a different cross-platform toolkit would do a better job.

Daniel.

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