# GUI Migration Status: Tkinter → PyQt5

This document tracks the progress of migrating game GUIs from Tkinter to PyQt5.

## Overview

- **Total Games**: 16
- **Completed**: 16 (100%)
- **Remaining**: 0 (0%)

🎉 **Migration Complete!** All games with GUI support have been successfully migrated to PyQt5.

## Status by Category

### Paper Games (2/2 completed)

| Game | Status | GUI File | Notes |
| -------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Dots and Boxes | ✅ Complete | `paper_games/dots_and_boxes/gui_pyqt.py` | Proof of concept migration |
| Battleship | ✅ Complete | `paper_games/battleship/gui_pyqt.py` | Drag/preview placement and salvo support |

### Card Games (14/14 completed)

| Game | Status | GUI File | Notes |
| ------------ | ----------- | -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Blackjack | ✅ Complete | `card_games/blackjack/gui_pyqt.py` | PyQt table with betting and animations |
| Bluff | ✅ Complete | `card_games/bluff/gui_pyqt.py` | Multi-player with log and challenge dialogs |
| Bridge | ✅ Complete | `card_games/bridge/gui_pyqt.py` | PyQt port with automated bidding/play |
| Canasta | ✅ Complete | `card_games/canasta/gui_pyqt.py` | Melding system with canastas |
| Crazy Eights | ✅ Complete | `card_games/crazy_eights/gui_pyqt.py` | Feature parity with Tkinter GUI |
| Gin Rummy | ✅ Complete | `card_games/gin_rummy/gui_pyqt.py` | Melding system |
| Go Fish | ✅ Complete | `card_games/go_fish/gui_pyqt.py` | Simplest card game GUI |
| Hearts | ✅ Complete | `card_games/hearts/gui_pyqt.py` | Trick-taking, point avoidance |
| Pinochle | ✅ Complete | `card_games/pinochle/gui_pyqt.py` | Bidding and melding |
| Poker | ✅ Complete | `card_games/poker/gui_pyqt.py` | Betting interface |
| Solitaire | ✅ Complete | `card_games/solitaire/gui_pyqt.py` | Most complex GUI with toolbar and canvas |
| Spades | ✅ Complete | `card_games/spades/gui_pyqt.py` | Bidding, trick display, and scoring |
| Uno | ✅ Complete | `card_games/uno/gui_pyqt.py` | Mirrors Tk interface with PyQt widgets |
| War | ✅ Complete | `card_games/war/gui_pyqt.py` | Flashing war canvas, Save/Load integration |

## Migration Guidelines

For detailed migration instructions, see:

- [GUI Migration Guide](../gui/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md)
- [PyQt5 Implementation Summary](../gui/PYQT5_IMPLEMENTATION.md)
- [GUI Frameworks Documentation](../gui/FRAMEWORKS.md)

### Quick Steps

1. Create `gui_pyqt.py` alongside existing `gui.py`
1. Import PyQt5 widgets and base class from `common.gui_base_pyqt`
1. Convert widget mappings (see migration guide)
1. Update event handlers from Tkinter to PyQt5 signals/slots
1. Convert layouts from pack/grid to QVBoxLayout/QHBoxLayout
1. Add tests in `tests/test_gui_pyqt.py`
1. Update this status file
1. Update documentation files

### Migration Timeline

All games have been successfully migrated to PyQt5. The migration was completed in order of increasing complexity:

1. ✅ **Go Fish** - Simplest card game GUI
1. ✅ **Dots and Boxes** - Proof of concept for paper games
1. ✅ **Poker** - Moderate complexity with betting
1. ✅ **Bluff** - Multi-player interaction
1. ✅ **Crazy Eights** - Special card rules
1. ✅ **Bridge** - Complex bidding system
1. ✅ **Uno** - Special cards and colors
1. ✅ **Spades** - Trick-taking with bidding
1. ✅ **Hearts** - Trick-taking with point avoidance
1. ✅ **Battleship** - Complex board interaction
1. ✅ **War** - Animations and war mechanics
1. ✅ **Blackjack** - Betting and dealer logic
1. ✅ **Gin Rummy** - Complex melding system
1. ✅ **Canasta** - Advanced melding with canastas
1. ✅ **Pinochle** - Bidding and melding combination
1. ✅ **Solitaire** - Most complex GUI with toolbar and canvas

## Testing

All PyQt5 GUIs must include:

- Import test in `tests/test_gui_pyqt.py`
- Initialization test (with display skip for CI)
- Widget creation verification
- Integration with existing game engine

## Dependencies

PyQt5 is installed as an optional dependency:

```bash
pip install -e ".[gui]"
```

Or directly:

```bash
pip install pyqt5>=5.15
```

## Migration Complete

The PyQt5 migration is now complete for all 16 games with GUI support. The migration successfully:

- ✅ Converted all Tkinter GUIs to PyQt5
- ✅ Maintained feature parity with original implementations
- ✅ Added comprehensive test coverage
- ✅ Updated all documentation
- ✅ Ensured cross-platform compatibility
- ✅ Improved GUI responsiveness and appearance

For future GUI development, use the PyQt5 framework and refer to:

- `common/gui_base_pyqt.py` - Base GUI class
- Existing implementations as examples
- Migration guide for reference patterns

## Related Resources

- [PyQt5 Documentation](https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt5/)
- [Qt5 Documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/)
- [Base GUI Class](../../common/gui_base_pyqt.py)
- [Example Implementation](../../paper_games/dots_and_boxes/gui_pyqt.py)
