I am just learning Tkinter and I am wondering if you put Frames() in the mainloop().
For example:
import Tkinter
root = Tk()
f = Frame(root)
root.mainloop()
f.mainloop()
Is this correct?
You should call mainloop exactly once for the life of your program. This is typically done via the root window.
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I am looking for a way to hide / show a tkinter window using the key p.
import keyboard
root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry("1000x1000")
greeting = tk.Label(text="Hello, Tkinter.")
greeting.pack(pady=10)
root.mainloop()
while not keyboard.is_pressed('p'):
root.withdraw()
while not keyboard.is_pressed('p'):
root.deiconify()
My problem is that I can't get the code to run infinitely without messing up the root.mainloop().
I seriously have no idea what to do.
The code I'm talking about is after the mainloop.
You have to bind the key to do something. Heres an example:
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
def key_presses(e):
print('q was pressed')
root.bind('q', key_pressed)
The code above prints 'q was pressed', well every time it's pressed.
I'm using the following code to create a window after destroying another.
from tkinter import *
tk=Tk()
def destroy():
tk.destroy()
tk.after(2000,destroy)
tk.mainloop()
tk=Tk()
tk.mainloop()
The window is created alright, but it loses focus. I tried lift() and focus() methods with no result.
You can use <tk.Tk>.focus_force() to force the window to be focused.
So your modified code will look like this:
from tkinter import *
tk = Tk()
def destroy():
tk.destroy()
tk.after(2000, destroy)
tk.mainloop()
tk = Tk()
tk.focus_force()
tk.mainloop()
Although it is much better to reuse the window. Destroy all of the widgets on the window and reuse it instead of destroying and recreating it. Creating a window takes a lot of resources.
Also something else: the variable tk is usually used for something else so please don't use it for tkinter windows. Usually people use root or window for windows.
Force the input focus to the widget using focus_force(). Just update you last part.
tk=Tk()
tk.focus_force()
tk.mainloop()
Also, You can make a Toplevel() which is basically just creating a new window over the root window.
from tkinter import *
tkk=Tk()
tkk.withdraw()
tk=Toplevel()
def destroy():
tk.destroy()
tkk.deiconify()
tk.after(2000,destroy)
tk.focus_force()
tkk.mainloop()
So the code initially begins with a pop up asking you if you are ready, then once you select yes, a pop-up appears and if you try and close it, it will duplicate itself. Right now, it cannot duplicate itself.
Sorry if code is bad and riddled with mistakes (I'm just a beginner.) Thanks for helping.
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import messagebox
def a():
window2 = Tk()
offset = 300 + 1*10
window2.geometry('250x50+'+str(offset)+'+'+str(offset))
window2.title('')
window2.resizable(False, False)
la = Label(window2,text = 'ccmeockeoowpeokv.').pack()
button = Button(window2, text = 'OK', command = a()).pack()
def begining():
window = Tk()
window.eval('tk::PlaceWindow %s center' %window.winfo_toplevel())
window.withdraw()
if messagebox.askyesno("heh", "Ready?.") == True:
a()
window.deiconify()
window.destroy()
window.quit()
begining()
Do NOT ever insert Tk() if there are the absolute root of application, because it's just gonna make a new App, and NOT a new Window
The only method is using Toplevel()
Here, i explain you a bit
What is Toplevel()?
The Toplevel() widget is used to create and display the toplevel windows which are directly managed by the window manager
What is the function of Toplevel()?
The function of Toplevel() is to create a new window, without using Tk(). The Tk() and Toplevel() is almost same, but Toplevel() is to create a new window, without even create new application, if you watch some tutorial, the Tk() function is used to be creating a new application
What is the difference between Toplevel() and Tk()?
Tk() is the absolute root of the application, it is the first widget that needs to be instantiated and the GUI will shut down when it is destroyed. Toplevel() is a window in the application, closing the window will destroy all children widgets placed on that window but will not shut down the program
I suggest you to read more of the docs, or watch some tkinter tutorials on Youtube
Happy coding!
I have made a Toplevel widget but when it pops up it always appears below my root window. Is there an easy way I can make it come to the top most level when it pops up?
you can use the .lift() method on a Toplevel widget:
import tkinter
root = tkinter.Tk()
root.title("root")
top = tkinter.Toplevel(root)
top.title("top")
top.lift(root)
root.mainloop()
according to this documentation you should be able to just use top.lift() to raise above all other windows but it didn't seem to work for me.
Edit: calling top.lift() without arguments does work when called during the mainloop, although since this question was specifically when starting the program that isn't very useful.
try attributes
import tkinter
root = tkinter.Tk()
root.title("root")
top = tkinter.Toplevel(root)
top.attributes('-topmost', 'true')
top.title("top")
root.mainloop()
I am trying to learn Python and trying something GUI in Python and came across this Tkinter module. My code runs but the window does not appear when I run. My code is as follows:
from Tkinter import *
#to create a root window
root = Tk()
The program runs, gives no errors but the window does not show up.
Add this to your code root.mainloop(), Here's a tutorial.
In response to your comment
#Also note that `from <module> import *` is generally frowned upon
#since it can lead to namespace collisions. It's much better to only
#explicitly import the things you need.
from Tkinter import Tk, Label
root = Tk()
w = Label(root, text="Hello, world!")
w.pack()
root.mainloop()
As other answers have pointed out, you need to call mainloop on the root object.
I recommend an OO-style of programming, and I also recommend not doing a global import (ie: not 'from Tkinter import *').
Here's a template I usually start out with:
import Tkinter as tk
class ExampleView(tk.Frame):
def __init__(self, root):
tk.Frame.__init__(self, root)
l = tk.Label(self, text="your widgets go here...", anchor="c")
l.pack(side="top", fill="both", expand=True)
if __name__=='__main__':
root = tk.Tk()
view = ExampleView(root)
view.pack(side="top", fill="both", expand=True)
root.mainloop()
This makes it easy to keep your main logic at the start of the file, and keep the creation of the root and the calling of mainloop together, which I think makes the code a little bit easier to understand. It also makes reusing this code a little easier (ie: you could create a larger program where this is one of several windows that can be created)
Add root.mainloop() at the end.