How I can use the command correctly in checkbutton?

[Haiyan]

Dear experts:

I am trying to write one slot matrix manager which consists of 4 columns and 24 rows (total 96 slots). So I put one checkbutton matrix with 5 columns and 25 rows slot.
The check/uncheck of checkbutton[0][0] will toggle all 96 slots.
The check/uncheck of checkbutton[1][0] will toggle all 24 slots in column 1.
The check/uncheck of checkbutton[0][1] will toggle all 4 slots in row 1.
The check/uncheck of checkbutton[1][1] will toggle only slot in row 1 column 1.
and so on...

I wrote the script but it doesn't work as I expected. Any check/uncheck in any checkbuttons will select/deselect all checkbuttons. Looks like I didn't use the command argument correctly in checkbutton. Could you please help me out?

Following is my script and thanks a lot for your help!

from Tkinter import *
from tkMessageBox import *

class BoatManager( Frame ):

   def __init__( self, cols, rows ):

      Frame.__init__( self )
      self.cols = cols
      self.rows = rows
      self.master.title( "Demo" )

      # main frame fills entire container, expands if necessary
      self.master.rowconfigure( 0, weight = 1 )
      self.master.columnconfigure( 0, weight = 1 )
      self.grid( sticky = W+E+N+S )

##      self.buttonChecked = BooleanVar()

      tempbutton = Checkbutton()
      self.Button_Name = [[tempbutton]*self.rows]*self.cols

      tempvar = BooleanVar()
      self.buttonChecked = [[tempvar]*self.rows]*self.cols

      for boat_num in range(self.cols):
         for boat_slot in range(self.rows):
            if boat_slot == 0 and boat_num == 0:
               self.Button_Name[boat_num][boat_slot] = Checkbutton(self, text = 'All Boats_Slots', padx=5, pady=5, relief = SUNKEN, width = 15,
                                  variable = self.buttonChecked[boat_num][boat_slot], command = self.select_all_boats)
            elif boat_slot == 0:
               self.Button_Name[boat_num][boat_slot] = Checkbutton(self, text = 'Boat_' + str(boat_num), padx=5, pady=5, relief = SUNKEN, width = 15,
                                  variable = self.buttonChecked[boat_num][boat_slot], command = self.select_full_column)
            elif boat_num == 0:
               self.Button_Name[boat_num][boat_slot] = Checkbutton(self, text = 'Slot_' + str(boat_slot), padx=5, pady=5, relief = SUNKEN, width = 15,
                                  variable = self.buttonChecked[boat_num][boat_slot], command = self.select_full_row)
            else:
               self.Button_Name[boat_num][boat_slot] = Checkbutton(self, text = str(boat_num) + '_' + str(boat_slot), padx=5, pady=5, relief = SUNKEN,
                                  variable = self.buttonChecked[boat_num][boat_slot], width = 15, command = self.select_current_slot)
            self.Button_Name[boat_num][boat_slot].grid(row = boat_slot+1, rowspan = 1, column = boat_num + 2, columnspan = 1)


   def select_all_boats(self):
      for boat_num in xrange(self.cols):
         for boat_slot in xrange(self.rows):
            if boat_slot != 0 and boat_num != 0:
               self.Button_Name[boat_num][boat_slot].toggle()

##   def select_full_column(self, column_num):
##      for boat_slot in xrange(25):
##         if boat_slot != 0:
##            self.Button_Name[column_num][boat_slot].toggle()

   def select_full_column(self):
      print "I am here"
      pass

##   def select_full_row(self, row_num):
##      for boat_num in xrange(5):
##         if boat_num != 0:
##            self.Button_Name[boat_num][row_num].toggle()

   def select_full_row(self):
      pass

   def select_current_slot(self):
      pass

##if __name__ == "__main__":
##   BoatManager(5,25).mainloop()

BoatManager(5,25).mainloop()

[bvdet]

You only have one variable for the button objects and one variable for all the buttons. You need a button for each position and a variable for each button.

        self.Button_Name = [[Checkbutton() for i in range(self.rows)] for j in range(self.cols)]

        self.buttonChecked = [[BooleanVar() for i in range(self.rows)] for j in range(self.cols)]

You must have a way to "freeze" the row and column numbers to know which column or row to toggle on or off.

        for boat_num in range(self.cols):
            for boat_slot in range(self.rows):
                
                def handler_col(i=boat_num):
                    return self.select_full_column(i)
                def handler_row(i=boat_slot):
                    return self.select_full_row(i)

Assign the appropriate handler function:

                elif boat_slot == 0:
                    self.Button_Name[boat_num][boat_slot] = Checkbutton(self,
                                                                       text = 'Boat_' + str(boat_num),
                                                                       padx=5, pady=5,
                                                                       relief = SUNKEN,
                                                                       width = 15,
                                                                       variable = self.buttonChecked[boat_num][boat_slot],
                                                                       command = handler_col)
                elif boat_num == 0:
                    self.Button_Name[boat_num][boat_slot] = Checkbutton(self,
                                                                       text = 'Slot_' + str(boat_slot),
                                                                       padx=5, pady=5,
                                                                       relief = SUNKEN,
                                                                       width = 15,
                                                                       variable = self.buttonChecked[boat_num][boat_slot],
                                                                       command = handler_row)

The row and column toggle functions:

    def select_full_column(self, i):
        for j in range(1, self.rows):
            self.Button_Name[i][j].toggle()

    def select_full_row(self, i):
        for j in range(1, self.cols):
            self.Button_Name[j][i].toggle()

[Haiyan]

Your suggestions work great! I merged your changes in and it worked exactly what I want. Thanks a lot for your help!