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This improves the user interface and user experience of guiconfig.py, bringing it closer to the professional standard of Linux kernel's qconf (make xconfig).

  • Menu bar: Add File and Options menus for standard application feel
  • Enhanced status bar: Split into status message (left) and real-time statistics display (right) showing symbol counts
  • Integrated menu path bar: Visual frame with back button in single-menu mode and path display with bold label
  • Semantic color tags: Red for invisible items, blue for NEW markers, dark green for menu/choice items
  • Zebra striping: Alternating row colors (white/light gray) in treeview for significantly better readability, implemented using tag-based approach following 2024 Tkinter best practices
  • Grouped button layout: Use LabelFrames to organize buttons into logical groups (File Operations, Navigation, View Options) with uniform button widths
  • Visual hierarchy: Better spacing, padding, and clear visual grouping throughout the interface

This improves the user interface and user experience of guiconfig.py,
bringing it closer to the professional standard of Linux kernel's qconf
(make xconfig).
  - Menu bar: Add File and Options menus for standard application feel
  - Enhanced status bar: Split into status message (left) and real-time
    statistics display (right) showing symbol counts
  - Integrated menu path bar: Visual frame with back button in single-menu
    mode and path display with bold label
  - Semantic color tags: Red for invisible items, blue for NEW markers,
    dark green for menu/choice items
  - Zebra striping: Alternating row colors (white/light gray) in treeview
    for significantly better readability, implemented using tag-based
    approach following 2024 Tkinter best practices
  - Grouped button layout: Use LabelFrames to organize buttons into
    logical groups (File Operations, Navigation, View Options) with
    uniform button widths
  - Visual hierarchy: Better spacing, padding, and clear visual grouping
    throughout the interface
@jserv jserv merged commit 1fa9757 into main Oct 9, 2025
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@jserv jserv deleted the improve-gui branch October 9, 2025 09:30
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