{"flag":true,"single":true,"pageTitle":"TKinter create GUI in python","post":{"id":302,"user_id":"1","slug":"tkinter-create-gui-in-python-9jdr","title":"TKinter create GUI in python","body":"

Tkinter − Main Tkinter module and few others:
tkinter.colorchooser, tkinter.commondialog , tkinter.filedialog, tkinter.font, tkinter.messagebox, tkinter.scrolledtext, tkinter.simpledialog, tkinter.ttk<\/p>\r\n

How to create: <\/strong><\/p>\r\n

import tkinter as tk                          #step 1 to import\r\n\r\nwindow = tk.Tk()                             #step 2 Create the main window\r\n                                                        ############ step 3 add widgets here\r\nw = tk.Button ( window, text =\"Hello\" ) \r\nw.place(x=50,y=50)\r\n\r\nwindow.mainloop()                         # 4. Start the main event loop<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
OOP BASED CODE: IF COMPLEX CODE USE LIKE BELOW
<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
import tkinter as tk\r\nclass App(tk.Tk):\r\n   def __init__(self):\r\n      super().__init__()\r\n\r\napp = App()\r\napp.mainloop()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
PLACEMENT<\/strong>: placed elements on main window
.pack(), .place(), .grid()

<\/p>\r\n
WIDGETS:
1. Button<\/strong> w = Button ( master, option=value, ... )<\/p>\r\n
activebackground <\/strong>,bg<\/strong>, activeforeground<\/strong>, fg   <\/strong>= color name || change backgrounds and text colors
bd<\/strong>: border width in pixels ie bd=\"6\"
font <\/strong>= to set font
height<\/strong>:Height of the button in text lines
image<\/strong>: display image in place of text
justify<\/strong>: CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT
padx<\/strong>, pady : paddings on x axis and y axis
state<\/strong>: disabled,normal
underline <\/strong>= 1|-1 (-1 means not underline)
width <\/strong>= pixels
wraplength <\/strong>= pixels #wrap text

command = A procedure to be called every time the user changes the state of this element<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
window = tk.Tk()\r\nw = tk.Button ( window, text =\"Hello\", activeforeground =\"red\",bd=\"6\", height=\"3\" ,state=\"disabled\",width=\"33\",wraplength=\"1\")\r\nw.place(x=50,y=50)<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
2. check button <\/strong>w = Checkbutton ( master, option, ... )<\/p>\r\n
Onvalue : when checked the value default 1
Offvalue: when unched the value default 0
variable = IntVar() : tracks the current state of the checkbutton : from tkinter import Tk, IntVar  OR from tkinter import *<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
CheckVar1 = IntVar()\r\nC1 = Checkbutton(window, text = \"Music\", variable = CheckVar1, onvalue = 1, offvalue = 0, height=5, width = 20)\r\nC1.pack()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
3. Entry <\/strong>w = Entry( master, option, ... )
show=\"* || ANY Charter\" <\/strong>: by default text
get() <\/strong>Returns the entry's current text as a string.
select_clear() <\/strong>Clears the selection.<\/p>\r\n
E1 = Entry(window, bd =5, show=\"x\")\r\nE1.pack(side = RIGHT)<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
4. Label <\/strong>w = Label ( master, option, ... )<\/p>\r\n
var = StringVar()\r\nlabel = Label( window, textvariable=va )\r\nvar.set(\"Hey!? How are you doing?\")\r\nlabel.pack()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
5.Listbox <\/strong> w = Listbox ( master, option, ... )
display a list of items from which a user can select a number of items.<\/p>\r\n
selectmode:  <\/strong>browse(def), SINGLE, MULTIPLE, EXTENDED (from 1 to nth)
Xscrollcommand, Yscrollcommand:<\/strong> scroll the listbox horizontally | vertically
activate ( index )<\/strong> : default selection
insert ( index, *elements ) : <\/strong>insert new element<\/p>\r\n
Lb1 = Listbox(window, selectmode=\"extended\")\r\nLb1.insert(1, \"Python\")\r\nLb1.insert(2, \"Perl\")\r\nLb1.insert(3, \"C\")\r\nLb1.pack()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n

6. Menu<\/strong> w = Menu ( master, option, ... )<\/p>\r\n
Postcommand<\/strong>: You can set this option to a procedure, and that procedure will be called every time someone brings up this menu. 
Tearoff: tearoff=1 <\/strong>→ enables menu to be torn off into a new window. tearoff=0 <\/strong>→ disables this behavior<\/p>\r\n
add_command (options) <\/strong>: Adds a menu item to the menu.
add_radiobutton( options )<\/strong> Creates a radio button menu item.
add( type, options ) <\/strong>Adds a specific type of menu item to the menu.
add_separator()<\/strong> Adds a separator line to the menu.
add_cascade(options) <\/strong>Creates a new hierarchical menu by associating a given menu to a parent menu.<\/p>\r\n
from tkinter import *\r\nimport tkinter as tk\r\n\r\ndef donothing():\r\n   filewin = Toplevel(window)\r\n   button = Button(filewin, text=\"Do nothing button\")\r\n   button.pack()\r\n\r\n# Create the main window\r\nwindow = tk.Tk()\r\n\r\nmenubar = Menu(window)\r\nfilemenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)\r\nfilemenu.add_command(label=\"New\", command=donothing)\r\nfilemenu.add_command(label=\"Open\", command=donothing)\r\nfilemenu.add_separator()\r\nfilemenu.add_command(label=\"Exit\", command=window.quit)\r\nmenubar.add_cascade(label=\"File\", menu=filemenu)\r\n\r\neditmenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)\r\neditmenu.add_command(label=\"Undo\", command=donothing)\r\neditmenu.add_separator()\r\neditmenu.add_command(label=\"Cut\", command=donothing)\r\nmenubar.add_cascade(label=\"Edit\", menu=editmenu)\r\n\r\nhelpmenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)\r\nhelpmenu.add_command(label=\"Help Index\", command=donothing)\r\nhelpmenu.add_command(label=\"About...\", command=donothing)\r\nmenubar.add_cascade(label=\"Help\", menu=helpmenu)\r\n\r\nwindow.config(menu=menubar)\r\nwindow.mainloop()\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
7. Drop down button: <\/strong> w = Menubutton ( master, option, ... )<\/p>\r\n
# Create the main window\r\nwindow = tk.Tk()\r\nmb= Menubutton ( window, text=\"condiments\" )\r\nmb.grid()\r\nmb.menu = Menu ( mb, tearoff = 0 )\r\nmb[\"menu\"] = mb.menu\r\n\r\nmayoVar = IntVar()\r\nketchVar = IntVar()\r\nmb.menu.add_checkbutton (label=\"mayo\", variable=mayoVar)\r\nmb.menu.add_checkbutton (label=\"ketchup\", variable=ketchVar)\r\nmb.pack()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
8. Radio Button : <\/strong>w = Radiobutton ( master, option, ... )
<\/p>\r\n
window = tk.Tk()\r\n\r\ndef sel():\r\n   selection = \"You selected the option \" + str(var.get())\r\n   label.config(text = selection)\r\n\r\nvar = IntVar()\r\nR1 = Radiobutton(window, text=\"Option 1\", variable=var, value=1, command=sel)\r\nR1.pack()\r\nR2 = Radiobutton(window, text=\"Option 2\", variable=var, value=2, command=sel)\r\nR2.pack()\r\nR3 = Radiobutton(window, text=\"Option 3\", variable=var, value=3, command=sel)\r\nR3.pack()\r\nlabel = Label(window)\r\nlabel.pack()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
9. Message:<\/strong> w = Message ( master, option, ... )

<\/strong>This widget provides a multiline and noneditable object that displays texts, automatically breaking lines and justifying their contents.<\/p>\r\n
var = StringVar()\r\nmessage = Message(window, textvariable=var)\r\nvar.set(\"Hey!? How are you doing?\")\r\nmessage.pack()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
10. TEXT : <\/strong>w = Text ( master, option, ... )
<\/strong>Text widgets provide advanced capabilities that allow you to edit a multiline text and format the way it has to be displayed, such as changing its color and font.
<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
text = Text(window)\r\ntext.insert(INSERT, \"Hello.....\")\r\ntext.insert(END, \"Bye Bye.....\")\r\ntext.pack()<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
11. Scrollbar<\/strong> w = Scrollbar ( master, option, ... )<\/p>\r\n
scrollbar = Scrollbar(window)\r\nscrollbar.pack( side = RIGHT, fill=Y )\r\n\r\nmylist = Listbox(window, yscrollcommand = scrollbar.set )\r\nfor line in range(100):\r\n   mylist.insert(END, \"This is line number \" + str(line))\r\n  \r\nmylist.pack( side = LEFT, fill = BOTH )\r\nscrollbar.config( command = mylist.yview )<\/code><\/pre>\r\n
 <\/p>\r\n
 <\/p>\r\n
FOR MORE VISIT:
https:\/\/www.tutorialspoint.com\/python\/python_gui_programming.htm<\/p>","category_id":"38","is_private":"0","created_at":"2025-05-29T22:17:09.000000Z","updated_at":"2025-05-30T00:03:28.000000Z","category":{"id":38,"user_id":"1","name":"TKinter","slug":"tkinter-tcuu","parent_id":"5","created_at":"2025-05-29T00:58:53.000000Z","updated_at":"2025-05-29T00:58:53.000000Z"},"user":{"id":1,"name":"R GONDAL","email":"rizikmw@gmail.com","email_verified_at":null,"two_factor_confirmed_at":null,"current_team_id":"1","profile_photo_path":null,"created_at":"2023-03-12T10:49:33.000000Z","updated_at":"2025-01-10T12:59:00.000000Z","profile_photo_url":"https:\/\/ui-avatars.com\/api\/?name=R+G&color=7F9CF5&background=EBF4FF"}},"pageDesc":"Tkinter − Main Tkinter module and few others:tkinter.colorchooser, tkinter.commondialog , tkinter.filedialog, tkinter.f - TKinter create GUI in python (Updated: May 30, 2025) - Read more about TKinter create GUI in python at my programming site [SITE]","categories":[]}