# create a background image on a wxPython panel
# and show a button on top of the image
 
import wx
 
class Panel1(wx.Panel):
    """class Panel1 creates a panel with an image on it, inherits wx.Panel"""
    def __init__(self, parent, id):
        # create the panel
        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, id)
        try:
            # pick an image file you have in the working folder
            # you can load .jpg  .png  .bmp  or .gif files
            image_file = 'roses.jpg'
            bmp1 = wx.Image(image_file, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY).ConvertToBitmap()
            # image's upper left corner anchors at panel coordinates (0, 0)
            self.bitmap1 = wx.StaticBitmap(self, -1, bmp1, (0, 0))
            # show some image details
            str1 = "%s  %dx%d" % (image_file, bmp1.GetWidth(), bmp1.GetHeight()) 
            parent.SetTitle(str1)
        except IOError:
            print "Image file %s not found" % imageFile
            raise SystemExit
 
        # button goes on the image --> self.bitmap1 is the parent
        self.button1 = wx.Button(self.bitmap1, id=-1, label='Button1', pos=(8, 8))
 
app = wx.PySimpleApp()
# create a window/frame, no parent, -1 is default ID
# change the size of the frame to fit the backgound images
frame1 = wx.Frame(None, -1, "An image on a panel", size=(350, 400))
# create the class instance
panel1 = Panel1(frame1, -1)
frame1.Show(True)
app.MainLoop()

root.overideredirect(1)

# use a Tkinter label as a panel/frame with a background image
# (note that Tkinter reads only GIF and PGM/PPM images)
 
import Tkinter as tk
 
root = tk.Tk()
root.title('background image')
 
# pick a .gif image file you have in the working directory
image1 = tk.PhotoImage(file="roses.gif")
w = image1.width()
h = image1.height()
 
root.geometry("%dx%d+0+0" % (w, h))
 
# tk.Frame has no image argument
# so use a label as a panel/frame
panel1 = tk.Label(root, image=image1)
panel1.pack(side='top', fill='both', expand='yes')
 
button2 = tk.Button(panel1, text='button2')
button2.pack(side='top')
 
# save the panel's image from 'garbage collection'
panel1.image = image1
 
# start the event loop
root.mainloop()