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Configure tkinter/ttk widgets with transparent backgrounds

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 09:20:18

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Tkinter has many feature attributes and properties to frame the structure of an application and configure the widget. In this article, we will see how to set Tkinter widgets with a transparent background. The wm_attributes('-transparentcolor', 'color') method is used for providing the transparent background to the widget.ExampleIn this example, we will ... Read More

How to remove the dashed line from the Tkinter menu UI?

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 09:13:49

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A Menu Bar contains vertically stacked menu items. We can create a Menu bar by initializing the object of Menu(root). Whenever we initialize a Menu bar in an application, it displays a line separator at the top of the Menu Bar.To remove the separator or the dashed line from the ... Read More

How to center a Tkinter widget?

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 09:12:56

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Tkinter widgets are customizable by specifying their properties, for example, width, height, position, background color, etc. To position the Tkinters widgets, we can use place() geometry manager, where we will specify the anchor property. It can take (NW, N, NE, W, CENTER, E, SW, S, SE) as the position of the widget.ExampleIn ... Read More

How to get the width of the Tkinter widget?

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 09:12:21

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Tkinter widgets are supposed to be present in the Tkinter application window. All the widgets can be configured and customized by using predefined properties or functions.To get the width of a widget in a Tkinter application, we can use winfo_width() method. It returns the width of the widget which can ... Read More

Read an image with OpenCV and display it with Tkinter

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 09:11:47

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OpenCV is an Open Source Computer Vision library in Python which is widely used for Research purposes in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Computer Vision Library such as OpenCV deals with image processing. We can use OpenCV to read an image and further use it for development.Let us suppose that ... Read More

How to keep the window focus on the new Toplevel() window in Tkinter?

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 09:11:27

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Tkinter toplevel class contains toplevel window which is a child window other than the main window. Whenever we create a toplevel window, it just appears above the main window along with the widgets defined in it.To keep the window toplevel window focused, we can use grab_set() method. It always keeps the toplevel window ... Read More

Hide the console of an .exe file created with PyInstaller in Tkinter

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 08:56:17

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To convert a standard Tkinter application into a window executable file, we generally use thePyintsaller package. It converts the application file into an executable application. However, we notice that when we open the executable (or .exe) file, it displays a command shell before opening the application window. We can hide ... Read More

How to remove the icon from the title bar in Tkinter?

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 08:52:26

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To remove the default icon of the Tkinter window, we can use wm_attributes('type', 'value') method by specifying the type of property. In the following example, we will use '-toolwindow', a Boolean value that removes the icon associated with the title bar of the application.Example#Import the tkinter library from tkinter import ... Read More

How to remove the title bar in a Tkinter window without using overrideredirect() method?

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 08:51:14

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To remove the title bar of a Tkinter window, we can use wm_attributes('type', 'value') method by specifying the type of property. In the following example, we will use 'fullscreen', a Boolean value that removes the title bar of the window.Example#Import the tkinter library from tkinter import * #Create an instance ... Read More

What's the difference between Tkinter's Tk and Toplevel classes?

Dev Prakash Sharma

Dev Prakash Sharma

Updated on 25-May-2021 08:50:56

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Tkinter windows are created by initializing the Tk object first. It is the minimal part of any Tkinter application, which helps to instantiate the application. Tk helps to construct the basic building blocks of the application, such as an application window where all the widgets are placed.However,  Toplevel classes help to communicate ... Read More

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