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Change the color upon hovering over Button in Tkinter

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 03-May-2021 08:40:58

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Let us suppose that we are creating an application in which we want to change the color of the Button widget while we hover upon it. We can have the hovering property by defining the Event Callbacks.To change the color of the Button while hovering on it, we have to bind the and events. For each event, we will configure the button property such as background color, foreground color, etc.Example#Import required libraries from tkinter import * #Create an instance of tkinter frame win= Tk() #Define the geometry of the window win.geometry("750x250") #Define functions def on_enter(e):    button.config(background='OrangeRed3', foreground= ... Read More

Binding mouse double click in Tkinter

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 03-May-2021 07:44:15

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Let us suppose that for a particular application, we want to bind the mouse double-click so that it performs some event or operation. We can use the bind(‘’, handler) or bind(‘’, handler) methods to bind the mouse Left or Right Buttons with a handler or a callback function.ExampleIn this example, we will create an application that contains a button. When we double click the button, it will open a popup window.#Import required libraries from tkinter import * from tkinter import ttk #Create an instance of tkinter frame win= Tk() #Define the geometry of the window win.geometry("750x250") #Define a function def ... Read More

Automatically close window after a certain time in Tkinter

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 30-Apr-2021 21:26:25

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In order to close a Tkinter application, we generally refer to close the parent window using the destroy() method. To close the Tkinter window automatically after a certain time limit, we have to use the after(time in ms, callback) method by specifying the time and the callback function which needs to be run after a certain time limit.Example#Import the required Libraries from tkinter import * from tkinter import ttk #Create an instance of tkinter frame win = Tk() #Set the geometry of tkinter frame win.geometry("750x270") #Initialize a Label widget Label(win, text= "This window will get closed after ... Read More

Why do we use import * and then ttk in TKinter?

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 22-Apr-2021 07:55:09

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In order to work with a tkinter application, we have to install and import the tkinter library in our environment. Generally, we import the tkinter library in the environment by using from tkinter import * command.The significance of "import *" represents all the functions and built-in modules in the tkinter library. By importing all the functions and methods, we can use the inbuilt functions or methods in a particular application without importing them implicitly.There are lots of widgets, functions, methods available in tkinter library which can be used to construct the component of a particular application. Tkinter provides the ttk ... Read More

What does calling Tk() actually do?

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 22-Apr-2021 07:54:49

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Tkinter is a Python package which comes with many functions and methods that can be used to create an application. In order to create a tkinter application, we generally create an instance of tkinter frame, i.e., Tk(). It helps to display the root window and manages all the other components of the tkinter application. We can initialize the tkinter instance by assigning the variable to it.ExampleIn the following example, we will create an instance of tkinter frame and create a label widget.#Import tkinter library from tkinter import * #Create an instance of tkinter frame or window win= Tk() #Set the ... Read More

What are the arguments to Tkinter variable trace method callbacks?

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 22-Apr-2021 07:54:13

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Tkinter variable (var) is defined for a particular widget (textvariable=var) to store the updated value of a widget. Sometimes, there might be a case, while updating the variable information, we need to process some extra operations such as read, write, or undefined.Tkinter provides a way to update the variable with a callback function trace (self, mode, callback) which takes the operation of the process such as read(r), write(w), or undefined(u). On the basis of these values, the callback decides what the process needs to do in the callback function. The other two values define the variable which needs to be ... Read More

Using Tkinter in Jupyter Notebook

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 22-Apr-2021 07:51:36

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Tkinter is a Python library used for creating and developing GUI-based applications. It is completely open-source which works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Ubuntu. In Windows operating system, we can install the Tkinter library using the command pip install tkinter. It will install all the other modules that come with Tkinter library. Tkinter can be installed on Jupyter notebook as well, by using the command pip install tkinter. We can run all the standard commands of Tkinter in Jupyter notebook.Once we have installed Tkinter in Jupyter notebook, then we can verify the installation by typing the following command −from tkinter ... Read More

Tkinter Spinbox Widget Setting Default Value

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 22-Apr-2021 07:49:47

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Tkinter Spinbox is used to add the increment and decrement buttons to the Entry widget, making it useful to handle the numerical data of any application. A spinbox widget can be created using the Spinbox(arguments). We can set the default value for the spinbox widget by defining the Value using StringVar() object. The default value plays a vital role for any widget, as it helps you to define the bounded value.Example#Import Tkinter library from tkinter import * from tkinter import ttk #Create an instance of Tkinter frame or window win= Tk() #Set the geometry of tkinter frame win.geometry("750x250") #Set the ... Read More

Setting the position on a button in Tkinter Python?

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 22-Apr-2021 07:47:39

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There are certain ways through which Tkinter widgets can be positioned inside a window. Tkinter Geometry manager has three methods, pack(), place() and grid(), through which we can set the position of the widget in an application window. Each of these ways has its own limitations and uses. To set the position of a button on a Tkinter application window, we can prefer to use the place(x-coordinates, y-coordinates) method over all the other methods. It takes the values of x and y coordinates which are required to define the position of a widget.ExampleThe sample code contains a button widget that ... Read More

Set a default value for a ttk Combobox in Tkinter?

Dev Prakash Sharma
Updated on 22-Apr-2021 07:47:19

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Tkinter Combobox is used to add a drop-down menu to the Entry widget, making it useful to handle multiple data of any application. A Combobox widget can be created using the Combobox(arguments). However, for the particular need of an application, we can set the default value for the Combobox widget. It can be set by listing all the records in a variable that needs to be present in the Combobox. By specifying the index of the particular value in the current(index) method, we can set the default value in the Combobox widget.Example#Import Tkinter library from tkinter import * from tkinter ... Read More

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