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I made a little python code that makes a ball bounce around the screen. Every time you left click it makes another ball. when you right click it clears the screen but you can't spawn more balls afterward... any help (python, tkinter) [CODE]from Tkinter import * import time import base_translate …

I am creating a scrolled frame object within Tkinter. My current approach is to have a frame embedded within a scrolling canvas. I have seen numerous examples of this technique but they have one common 'flaw'--the frame's contents are loaded and then the controlling canvas's scrollregion is set. In my …

Simple script for image transparency. Someone asked one some time ago, and i had other but for a different system, and decided to write a Python/PIL version. The value of the color used as transparent is the value of the pixel at position (0, 0). You can adjust tolerance value. …

Hi , I have 2 images and one on button and another one as a label i want that when label image comes on button so it show the transparent part of image , i have made this code but in this the transparent part is hide . Here is …

Hello, I am new to the programming game and have a question for you seasoned veterans: I have a data collection device whose API is c++ based. When I want to write a program whose first step is to initialize the system, I write "InitializeSystem(); " In a C++ IDE …

Im working on my first big project, a GUI library for movie files (much like in itunes). so far i have the ability to list the movies title director and year in a list box as well as add movies to the database, however it is only text no actual …

Hi everyone. Let me start by saying I have managed to learn quite a few things and solve pretty much any python problems using this site. So thanks to everyone who contributes to these forums. Now for my problem. I am having a hard time getting the .grid method to …

am adding a GUI into a python database and i was wondering if there is any way for text to be already in an entry box when it appears. The window is for adding movies to the database so i would like the following, please enter the movies title: [Title …

Hi! The following Tkinter buttons should call [I]opt_def[/I] with [I]opt[/I] as 1 or 2 depending on which button is pressed (see code). [CODE]from Tkinter import * class App: def __init__(self, master): frame = Frame(master) frame.pack() self.opt1 = Button(frame, text="Opt1", command=self.opt_def(1)) self.opt1.pack(side=TOP) self.opt2 = Button(frame, text="Opt2", command=self.opt_def(2)) self.opt2.pack(side=BOTTOM) def opt_def(self, opt): …

I am currently working on my first serious GUI application in python using Tkinter. I currently have a toplevel window that opens from the root window. when i envoke the window from the root i can see all 7 of my other widgets, but the widget: btncancel = Tkinter.Button(addboard, text …

Hi, I'm a relative newb to Python and I'm starting my first major project - a logarithmic graphing system. I'm using tkinter for the GUI part of the design, but I've run into a problem. Basically, I want my graph (a tk canvas) to appear in the same (root) window …

I am still fairly new to python, and with it being my first object oriented language, I'm taking my time with it... I have been playing with Tkinter, and creating small apps that don't really do a whole lot. Now I'm getting into larger and more complex ones. The question …

I making a game that would use multiple canvases drawing on one canvas then switching to another... is there any way to get a new canvas and be able to restore the old canvas with the drawings still on it?

if been using python's tkinter for awhile to write programs when I caused an issue that I'm not sure what is my code is long even after I gutted it. [CODE]from Tkinter import * import random import operator info_dict = {} info_dict["area"] = 1 info_dict["slime_spot"] = random.randint(1,36) info_dict["slime spotter"] = …

I'm making a little game and I can't get button bindings to work. Here is what I have so far [CODE]def forward(event): print "up" frame.bind("<Up>",forward)[/CODE] but pressing the up arrow does nothing...is there something I missed?

I have been working on this simple text editor using Python 3 and Tkinter. This is my first time creating a program with an actual GUI and I have relied only on Tkinter documentation. I managed to create a text editor. However, we I started working on the commands of …

Hey guys. I'm working on a simple hangman program. I got the core engine down working in a command prompt, and now I'm making it using classes and a GUI. I'm using tkinter. Anyway, everything works with no error, but the image is not displaying at all. Here is the …

I wrote a little program a while back that changes windows a lot and I was wondering if there is a way to have one window open at the same spot the last window closed?

I have a class with a button, it runs the command automatically when the gui is constructed (which i dont want it to do) but then doesnt work again after. What am I doing wrong? Builtin commands such as endcommand work as they should. relevant excerpts (ignore the indent problem …

I have this program I'm trying to write, a simple application with gui: a menu and a button. Whenever I go to run it, this is the error I get: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/[I]myname[/I]/Documents/School/Programming/Window.py", line 27, in <module> app = Application() File "/Users/[I]myname[/I]/Documents/School/Programming/Window.py", line 14, in __init__ …

Hi! I am using a label widget in order to display a n rows and m columns matrix. My program allows repeated generation of a random matrix of integer (of arbitrarily number of rows and columns) - I am observing these matrices by representing them in a Label type widget. …

If you bind a Tkinter widget to an event, normally only the event information is passed to the function responding to the specific event like a mouse click. Python allows you to expand the event handler to include any number of values to be passed on. Here is a typical …

Hi, all. I'm writing a little GUI thing to allow a user to specify variables in an xml file. I am battling to work out how to return all the .get() values from the Entry widgets back to a main application. The GUI is done as a function as the …

Hi everyone, i’m new to this board, and i’m having a bit of trouble plotting lines inside of a function, perhaps someone knows what i’m doing wrong! I’m trying to plot an X where the points have been clicked, this is all for a wider picture that is going to …

Python programming can have its lighter moments. Here we use one of those moments to draw an optical illusion using the Tkinter canvas to draw a rectangle, some lines and circles.

I have a Python command line program I am attempting to convert into a GUI. Before I bury myself in code does anyone have some advice on this process? Is there a method to simply make everything in the CLI program show up in a tkinter frame? For inputs I …

Hello This is my first post on this forum. I have found that this place seems to have lot of knowledgeable people when it comes to Python. Anyway I'm quite new to GUI programming and I'm not exactly having a huge problem but I'm more interested about how to make …

I use windows-xp python 2.6 Could I have your help. I need to hide and then show a Tkinter root window. And also "remove" the exit, minimize and maximize options. I can't do it like this! root.hide() #do some stuff root.show() Root.hide works but root.show doesn't. No Exception thrown. :(

Is there any way to get a border like this in Tkinter? Notice how it lacks the buttons on the top right. Also I don't want this program to show in the task bar. This is in windows 7, btw.

Hello, guys! I've written a GUI for a program. It's written like shit, the goal was to get it done fast. Well it didn't exactly work out, so when I refresh the data, every label disappears. Here is the code: [CODE] class GUI: def __init__(self, master): self.master = master self.label …