Modernize the IDLE Find/Replace/Find in Files dialogs

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by reviewing linked PR gh-122394 and the attached find-dialogs.patch and idle_find_ui_redesign2.diff files, then inspect the current IDLE Find, Replace, and Find in Files dialogs. Done means the agreed modernization is implemented consistently across these dialogs and verified against the provided comparison materials.

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Description

topic-IDLE type-feature
BPO 23218
Nosy @rhettinger, @terryjreedy, @roseman
Files
  • idle_grep_compare.png: Before/after screenshots of the dialog redesign.
  • idle_find_ui_redesign.diff: Patch for the changes
  • idle_grep_compare2.png: Updated comparison image
  • idle_find_ui_redesign2.diff: Patch for the changes v2
  • idle_find_ttk.png
  • find-dialogs.patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-01-10.10:00:51.782>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'type-feature', '3.9']
title = 'Modernize the IDLE Find/Replace/Find in Files dialogs'
updated_at = <Date 2019-09-20.21:05:39.865>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/AlSweigart'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2019-09-20.21:05:39.865>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2015-01-10.10:00:51.782>
creator = 'Al.Sweigart'
dependencies = []
files = ['37664', '37666', '37759', '37760', '40107', '40583']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 23218
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['233812', '234230', '247893', '247906', '251623', '280129', '280227']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'terry.reedy', 'markroseman', 'Al.Sweigart']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue23218'
versions = ['Python 3.9']

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