Tkinter Base Window

[Peter Moscatt]

Ok.... I am pretty new to Python (as you may have gathered from previous
posts). So now it time for another one of my ridiculous questions.... :-)

When using 'Tkinter', what is used as the base window to work from, meaning
what widget do I use to place all other widgets onto to create a custom
dialog ?

Pete

[Cameron Laird]

Re: Tkinter Base Window

In article <401257c4$0$261 16$afc38c87@new s.optusnet.com. au>,
Peter Moscatt <pgmoscatt@optu shome.com.au> wrote:[color=blue]
>Ok.... I am pretty new to Python (as you may have gathered from previous
>posts). So now it time for another one of my ridiculous questions.... :-)
>
>When using 'Tkinter', what is used as the base window to work from, meaning
>what widget do I use to place all other widgets onto to create a custom
>dialog ?[/color]

[Salvatore]

Re: Tkinter Base Window

Peter Moscatt wrote:[color=blue]
> Ok.... I am pretty new to Python (as you may have gathered from previous
> posts). So now it time for another one of my ridiculous questions.... :-)
>
> When using 'Tkinter', what is used as the base window to work from, meaning
> what widget do I use to place all other widgets onto to create a custom
> dialog ?
>
> Pete
>[/color]
Here you can find what you search and more ;-)

http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/

Regards

Salvatore

[smarter_than_you]

Re: Tkinter Base Window

Peter Moscatt <pgmoscatt@optu shome.com.au> wrote in message news:<401257c4$ 0$26116$afc38c8 7@news.optusnet .com.au>...[color=blue]
> Ok.... I am pretty new to Python (as you may have gathered from previous
> posts). So now it time for another one of my ridiculous questions.... :-)
>
> When using 'Tkinter', what is used as the base window to work from, meaning
> what widget do I use to place all other widgets onto to create a custom
> dialog ?
>
> Pete[/color]

see http://www.pythonware.com/library/tk...lo-tkinter.htm

then click 'details' to see the explanation of root=Tk(), which
creates the root window in your native OS.

Note that you can create multiple root windows if you need them, and
have them appear at specific locations on the screen using the
..geometry method (this is dangerous though unless know what your
user's screen setup is)

-dbm

[Russell E. Owen]

Re: Tkinter Base Window

In article <401257c4$0$261 16$afc38c87@new s.optusnet.com. au>,
Peter Moscatt <pgmoscatt@optu shome.com.au> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Ok.... I am pretty new to Python (as you may have gathered from previous
>posts). So now it time for another one of my ridiculous questions.... :-)
>
>When using 'Tkinter', what is used as the base window to work from, meaning
>what widget do I use to place all other widgets onto to create a custom
>dialog ?[/color]

You'll want to create a new Toplevel (the term Tkinter uses for the
thing many of us think of as a window). If you want the window to be
modal you'll have to do a few extra things.

Tkinter already includes a lot of modules for creating dialogs. Find the
file Tkinter.py (in lib-tk in with your other python libraries) and look
at some of its fellows such as tkFileDialog.py , tkSimpleDialog. py and a
host of others with dialog in their names. Read the source code to see
how to use it (or import each package and type help(package_na me)). You
may find exactly what you want, and if not, at least you'll see some
examples.

-- Russell

[Peter Moscatt]

Re: Tkinter Base Window

Thanks Salvatore for the link.

Pete


Salvatore wrote:
[color=blue]
> Peter Moscatt wrote:[color=green]
>> Ok.... I am pretty new to Python (as you may have gathered from previous
>> posts). So now it time for another one of my ridiculous questions....
>> :-)
>>
>> When using 'Tkinter', what is used as the base window to work from,
>> meaning what widget do I use to place all other widgets onto to create a
>> custom dialog ?
>>
>> Pete
>>[/color]
> Here you can find what you search and more ;-)
> http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/
>
> Regards
>
> Salvatore[/color]