Mailman 3 April 2007 - Tkinter-discuss

Shareware product using Tkinter
by Kevin Walzer Jan. 7, 2008

Jan. 7, 2008

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I know there is a lot of talk about Tkinter being an antiquated toolkit, unsuitable for commercial software development. However, I am using Tkinter in one of my shareware programs: http://www.codebykevin.com/packetstream.html (there's a screenshot) This application makes use of some recent advances in Tk development, including Tile (see http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/TileWrapper for the Python wrapper). It also makes use of some nice Tkinter widgets such as ToolTip (http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/ToolTip). If you pay attention to some of the specifics of the platform you are targeting (this app is for Mac OS X users) and to other points of application design, such as icons (I find the Tango set to be very polished and well-suited for the Mac; it doesn't scream "Linux"), then I think it's quite possible to make a nice, polished, professional-looking application with Tkinter. I'm curious if anyone has thought about gathering a listing of other Tkinter applications, commercial or otherwise, that are well-designed/attractive. Perhaps a screenshot page at the Tkinter wiki or elsewhere? - -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFFntpOEsLm8HXyq4sRAuxMAJQOpHKZf9dGrxO/0F0UVIPMr8vZAJsGIHT9 pYgEgO+j2Q83GocIWWOzqA== =7aqI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter-discuss Digest, Vol 34, Issue 5
by Harlin Seritt Aug. 16, 2007

Aug. 16, 2007

Hiya G G In case you're a freak about namespace polution (and that's really a good thing), you can generally rest assured that you'll be almost always fine when you do a full namespace import of Tkinter module. Harlin Seritt tkinter-discuss-request(a)python.org wrote: Send Tkinter-discuss mailing list submissions to tkinter-discuss(a)python.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tkinter-discuss-request(a)python.org You can reach the person managing the list at tkinter-discuss-owner(a)python.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Tkinter-discuss digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Radiobutton issue (G G) 2. Re: Radiobutton issue (Bob Greschke) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 06:13:08 -0800 (PST) From: G G Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Radiobutton issue To: tkinter-discuss(a)python.org Message-ID: <858548.5793.qm(a)web36703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello, I was trying to disable Radiobutton widget, with passing Tkinter.Radiobutton(...,state='disabled') . also tried Tkinter.Radiobutton(...,state=Tkinter.DISABLED) and Tkinter.Radiobutton(...,state=DISABLED) and but no success. In first two cases there is no error message but radiobutton doesn't get disabled... In the third case I got Python error saying DISABLED is not defined. Is there any known issue/problem with disabling Radiobutton widget? thanks a lot --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

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Parent and Child Dialog Creation using Tkinter in Python
by Shakil Basha April 25, 2007

April 25, 2007

Hi, I am new to using Tkinter in Python I would like to create Parent(First ) and Child(Second) Dialog using Tkinter in Python. First Dialog Should have the following Widgets: ---------------------------------------------------- Label : ComboBox Two Radio Buttons (Which are grouped) Next Button,Exit Button and Help Button Second Dialog Should have the following Widgets: ---------------------------------------------------- Label : Path Edit Box Browse Button for (.txt) file selection Two Check Boxes (Which are grouped) Prev Button/Back,Execute Button,Exit Button and Help Button Could any body help me in providing a sample code. Thanks PSB __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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by Shakil Basha April 25, 2007

April 25, 2007

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Sub : My mail id p_shakil@yahoo.com
by Shakil Basha April 25, 2007

April 25, 2007

Hi , Sub : My mail id p_shakil(a)yahoo.com I would like to Join the Discussion threads for Tkinter related queries. Thanks PSB __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Tkinter wiki down?
by Kevin Walzer April 24, 2007

April 24, 2007

Jeff Epler's Tkinter wiki has been down for several days now: http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/FrontPage Anyone heard about when, or if, it will be restored? I've tried to contact Mr. Epler but have not yet heard back. The site has been the target of some heavy spam/spidering recently; I've taken a few hours to clean up lots of pages. My own concern is that I had posted some resources there on the assumption that it would be reasonably stable/permanent home for them; if that's not the case, I will being looking into other resources. -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com

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Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter-discuss Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5
by Harlin Seritt April 22, 2007

April 22, 2007

Yes it is down but because of a logic error (500) evidently. If only they were using Karrigell instead of mod_pythonic (if that). If you're interested in seeing Python being used in web applications, take a gander at Karrigell. Harlin Seritt tkinter-discuss-request(a)python.org wrote: Send Tkinter-discuss mailing list submissions to tkinter-discuss(a)python.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tkinter-discuss-request(a)python.org You can reach the person managing the list at tkinter-discuss-owner(a)python.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Tkinter-discuss digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Tkinter wiki down? (Kevin Walzer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:43:23 -0400 From: Kevin Walzer Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Tkinter wiki down? To: tkinter-discuss(a)python.org Message-ID: <462A311B.9070206(a)codebykevin.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Jeff Epler's Tkinter wiki has been down for several days now: http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/FrontPage Anyone heard about when, or if, it will be restored? I've tried to contact Mr. Epler but have not yet heard back. The site has been the target of some heavy spam/spidering recently; I've taken a few hours to clean up lots of pages. My own concern is that I had posted some resources there on the assumption that it would be reasonably stable/permanent home for them; if that's not the case, I will being looking into other resources. -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss End of Tkinter-discuss Digest, Vol 38, Issue 5 ********************************************** --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

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Unbinding system keys (preventing F10 to activate the menu)
by Martin aus Chemnitz April 11, 2007

April 11, 2007

Hi! Under Windows XP, pressing F10 in a Tkinter application actives the menu. I haven't found a way to unbind this events yet. (I understand that system-wide events like Alt-Tab never reach the application, but that's not the case for F10.) Here is an example application from Tkinter import * root = Tk() menu = Menu(root) menu.add_cascade(label="File") root.config(menu=menu) def callback(event): print "pressed ", event.keysym, " ", event.keysym_num canvas = Canvas(root, width=100, height=100) canvas.pack() root.unbind("<KeyPress-F10>") root.unbind("<Key-F10>") root.bind("<KeyPress>", callback) root.mainloop() Pressing F7 F8 F9 F10 F9 F8 F7 will show you what I mean. (The same behavior occurs when there is no menu at all. In this case, pressing F10 highlights the system menu (move, resize, ...), but does not open it up.) Thanks for your help Martin

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Context-sensitive help for a menu bar
by Chris April 9, 2007

April 9, 2007

Hi, I'm trying to make a gui that consists of a window with a menu bar, and for context-sensitive help to be displayed for the menu items. Right now I have a Toplevel window with a Pmw MainMenuBar and StatusBar. I have context-senstive help for items on the menus by using Pmw's Balloon, and directing the help to the StatusBar. The context-sensitive help displays on linux, but it doesn't on Windows XP (and on OS X - although I'm not sure there if OS X programs ever have such a status bar). According to http://pmw.sourceforge.net/doc/bugs.html, this could be a known problem (although it refers to MenuBar, not MainMenuBar): """ On NT, Pmw.MenuBar does not display message bar help for menu items. It seems that Tk menu widgets do not support <Motion> events on MS. This probably is an issue that should be taken up with the Tcl/Tk people. (Reported by Stefan Schone. Pmw.0.7) """ I've tried myself to implement context-sensitive help using the <<MenuSelect>> event and then finding the menu's active index - as suggested at http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/Widgets/Menu: """ Whenever a menu's active entry is changed, a <<MenuSelect>> virtual event is sent to the menu. The active item can then be queried from the menu, and an action can be taken, such as setting context-sensitive help text for the entry. """ For me, the active index always comes back as None, whatever I try! Here is an example of some code I've been using: <code> import Tkinter class Console(Tkinter.Tk): def __init__(self,**config): Tkinter.Tk.__init__(self,**config) ### Create a native menu bar self.menubar = Tkinter.Menu(self) self.configure(menu=self.menubar) self.example_menu = Tkinter.Menu(self.menubar,tearoff=0) self.example_menu.add_command(label="Example 1",command=self.example1) self.example_menu.add_command(label="Example 2",command=self.example2) self.menubar.add_cascade(label="Example",menu=self.example_menu) self.another_menu = Tkinter.Menu(self.menubar,tearoff=0) self.another_menu.add_command(label="Example 3",command=self.example3) self.another_menu.add_command(label="Example 4",command=self.example4) self.menubar.add_cascade(label="Another",menu=self.another_menu) self.menubar.bind("<<MenuSelect>>",self.menu_select) #self.example_menu.bind("<<MenuSelect>>",self.menu_select) #self.another_menu.bind("<<MenuSelect>>",self.menu_select) def example1(self): print "example 1" def example2(self): print "example 2" def example3(self): print "example 3" def example4(self): print "example 4" def menu_select(self,event): print "menubar's active index=",self.menubar.index('active') #print "example_menu's active index=",self.example_menu.index('active') #print "another_menu's active index=",self.another_menu.index('active') c = Console() </code> I'd really like to have a main window for my gui that includes a menu bar, and some way of displaying context-sensitive help for menu items. Could anyone help me to make this example of detecting the active menu item work, or point me in the direction of an application that uses Tkinter and has context-sensitive menu help working on linux and Windows? I've noticed bwidget.MainFrame, which seems like it would be great - if its DynamicHelp features work on the various platforms (and if I could figure out the documentation). Does anyone know? Could anyone point me to a Python application that uses bwidget.MainFrame, or provide a simple example of its use? Or anything similar to it? Thanks very much, Chris

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Pressing buttons
by Ekaitz Lizundia April 4, 2007

April 4, 2007

Hi, how can i do the following it ? I have an Entry and a button "ok". I need that with the keyboard put a number and press enter. i put 456 press enter The program must call a function, and later, the position of mouse is in entry again. Sorry, my english is very bad.

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