How to Schedule an Action with Tkinter after() method Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the Tkinter after() method to schedule an action after a timeout has elapsed. Introduction to Tkinter after() method All Tkinter widgets have the after() method with the following syntax: widget.after(delay, callback=None) Code language: Python (python) The after()…
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How to Change the Appearances of Widgets Dynamically Using Ttk Style map() Method Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the ttk Style map() method to dynamically change the appearance of a widget based on its specific state. Typically, a ttk widget allows you to change its appearance based on a specific state.…
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Ttk Elements Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn about the ttk elements and how they are assembled into styles of widgets. Introduction to ttk elements So far, you have learned that a theme is a collection of styles that defines the appearance of all ttk widgets. A style is a description of the appearance…
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Ttk Styles Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn about the ttk styles, how to use and customize the widget’s styles, and how to change the appearance of a widget by extending the built-in styles. Introduction to the ttk styles A theme of a collection of styles that determine the appearances of ttk widgets. A…
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Tkinter Themes Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to change the Tkinter theme from one to another. Introduction to Tkinter ttk themes In Tkinter, a theme determines the “look & feel” of all the widgets. It’s a collection of styles for all the ttk widgets. A style specifies the appearance of a widget…
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Tkinter OptionMenu Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn about the Tkinter OptionMenu widget to display a set of options in a drop-down menu. Introduction to the Tkinter OptionMenu widget The OptionMenu widget provides you with a predefined set of options in a drop-down menu. To create a new OptionMenu widget, you use the OptionMenu…
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Tkinter Menubutton Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the Tkinter Menubutton widget. Introduction to the Menubutton widget A Menubutton widget is a combination of a Button and a Menu widget. When you click the Menubutton, it shows a menu with choices. For example: To create a Menubutton widget, you follow these…
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Tkinter Menu Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a Tkinter menu bar, add menus to the menu bar, and add menu items to each menu. When an application contains a lot of functions, you need to use menus to organize them for easier navigation. Typically, you use a menu to group…
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Tkinter Color Chooser Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to display a color chooser dialog using the askcolor() function from the tkinter.colorchooser module. Introduction to the Tkinter color chooser dialog To display a native color chooser dialog, you use the tkinter.colorchooser module. First, import the askcolor() function from the tkinter.colorchooser module: from tkinter.colorchooser…
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Tkinter Open File Dialog Summary: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to show an open file dialog in Tkinter applications. Introduction to the Tkinter Open File Dialog functions When developing a Tkinter application that deals with the file system, you need to provide a dialog that allows file selections. To do that, you can…
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