Tkinter equiv for setPalette

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

I am to convert an old Perl-Tk script to Python.
It starts by
my $MW= new MainWindow;
$MW->setPalette(bac kground ='AntiqueWhite1 ', foreground ='blue');

Is there an equivalent for Tkinter? How can I set default colors for
background and foreground for the whole application (root window and its
children)

Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut.

--
Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany

[MASI]

Re: Tkinter equiv for setPalette

Il Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:03:59 +0100, Helmut Jarausch ha scritto:

Hi,
>
I am to convert an old Perl-Tk script to Python.
It starts by
my $MW= new MainWindow;
$MW->setPalette(bac kground ='AntiqueWhite1 ', foreground ='blue');
>
Is there an equivalent for Tkinter? How can I set default colors for
background and foreground for the whole application (root window and its
children)
>
Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut.

You have two options:
1) put your preference in a file

eg

file 'tk_option':

*foreground: blue
*background: green
*Entry*backgrou nd: red

and read it

root = Tkinter.Tk()
root.option_rea dfile('tk_optio n')

2) in your program whit option_add

eg

root = Tkinter.Tk()
root.option_add ('*foreground', 'blue')
root.option_add ('*background', 'green')
root.option_add ('*Entry*backgr ound', 'red')

[Russell E. Owen]

Re: Tkinter equiv for setPalette

In article <47aeda20$0$298 8$ba620e4c@news .skynet.be>,
Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@skyne t.bewrote:

Hi,
>
I am to convert an old Perl-Tk script to Python.
It starts by
my $MW= new MainWindow;
$MW->setPalette(bac kground ='AntiqueWhite1 ', foreground ='blue');
>
Is there an equivalent for Tkinter? How can I set default colors for
background and foreground for the whole application (root window and its
children)

Tkinter widgets have a tk_setPalette method so you can do this:

root = Tkinter.Tk()
root.tk_setPale tte(background = 'AntiqueWhite1' , foreground = 'blue')

-- Russell