diff --git a/pyface/action/api.pyi b/pyface/action/api.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..397cdf76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyface/action/api.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# (C) Copyright 2005-2023 Enthought, Inc., Austin, TX
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
+# license included in LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only under
+# the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
+# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
+#
+# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
+
+from typing import Type
+
+from .i_menu_bar_manager import IMenuBarManager
+from .i_menu_manager import IMenuManager
+from .i_status_bar_manager import IStatusBarManager
+from .i_tool_bar_manager import IToolBarManager
+
+
+# we know these are importable and implement the interfaces
+MenuBarManager: Type[IMenuBarManager]
+MenuManager: Type[IMenuManager]
+StatusBarManager: Type[IStatusBarManager]
+ToolBarManager: Type[IToolBarManager]
diff --git a/pyface/i_image_resource.py b/pyface/i_image_resource.py
index 5df954c05..e0df4a6cd 100644
--- a/pyface/i_image_resource.py
+++ b/pyface/i_image_resource.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 
-from traits.api import HasTraits, List, Str
+from traits.api import Directory, HasTraits, List, Str
 
 from pyface.i_image import IImage
 from pyface.resource.resource_path import resource_module, resource_path
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class IImageResource(IImage):
 
     #: A list of directories, classes or instances that will be used to search
     #: for the image (see the resource manager for more details).
-    search_path = List()
+    search_path = List(Directory())
 
     @classmethod
     def image_size(cls, image):
diff --git a/pyface/resource/resource_manager.py b/pyface/resource/resource_manager.py
index 9feacc21b..97d063f4a 100644
--- a/pyface/resource/resource_manager.py
+++ b/pyface/resource/resource_manager.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     from importlib_resources import files
 
-from traits.api import HasTraits, Instance, List
+from traits.api import Directory, HasTraits, Instance, List
 from traits.util.resource import get_path
 
 from pyface.resource.resource_factory import ResourceFactory
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ResourceManager(HasTraits):
 
     # A list of additional search paths. These paths are fallbacks, and hence
     # have lower priority than the paths provided by resource objects.
-    extra_paths = List()
+    extra_paths = List(Directory)
 
     # The resource factory is responsible for actually creating resources.
     # This is used so that (for example) different GUI toolkits can create
diff --git a/pyface/ui_traits.pyi b/pyface/ui_traits.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4fecdbb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyface/ui_traits.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+# (C) Copyright 2005-2023 Enthought, Inc., Austin, TX
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This software is provided without warranty under the terms of the BSD
+# license included in LICENSE.txt and may be redistributed only under
+# the conditions described in the aforementioned license. The license
+# is also available online at http://www.enthought.com/licenses/BSD.txt
+#
+# Thanks for using Enthought open source!
+
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Union
+
+from traits.api import ABCHasStrictTraits, Enum, Range
+from traits.trait_type import _TraitType
+
+from pyface.util.font_parser import simple_parser
+from .color import Color
+from .font import Font
+from .i_image import IImage
+
+
+class Image(_TraitType[Union[IImage, str], Optional[IImage]]):
+
+    def __init__(self, value: Union[IImage, str, None] = None, **metadata) -> None:
+        ...
+
+
+class PyfaceColor(_TraitType[Union[Color, str, Sequence], Color]):
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        value: Union[Color, str, Sequence, None] = None,
+        **metadata,
+    ) -> None:
+        ...
+
+
+class PyfaceFont(_TraitType[Union[Font, str], Font]):
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        value: Union[Font, str, None] = None,
+        parser: Callable[[str], Dict[str, Any]] = simple_parser,
+        **metadata,
+    ) -> None:
+        ...
+
+
+class BaseMB(ABCHasStrictTraits):
+    ...
+
+
+class Margin(BaseMB):
+
+    # The amount of padding/margin at the top:
+    top = Range(-32, 32, 0)
+
+    # The amount of padding/margin at the bottom:
+    bottom = Range(-32, 32, 0)
+
+    # The amount of padding/margin on the left:
+    left = Range(-32, 32, 0)
+
+    # The amount of padding/margin on the right:
+    right = Range(-32, 32, 0)
+
+
+class HasMargin(_TraitType[Union[int, tuple, Margin], Margin]):
+    ...
+
+
+class Border(BaseMB):
+
+    # The amount of border at the top:
+    top = Range(0, 32, 0)
+
+    # The amount of border at the bottom:
+    bottom = Range(0, 32, 0)
+
+    # The amount of border on the left:
+    left = Range(0, 32, 0)
+
+    # The amount of border on the right:
+    right = Range(0, 32, 0)
+
+
+class HasBorder(_TraitType[Union[int, tuple, Border], Border]):
+    ...
+
+Position = Enum("left", "right", "above", "below")
+
+Alignment = Enum("default", "left", "center", "right")
+
+Orientation = Enum("vertical", "horizontal")
+