[Discuss] Python question using tkinter LabelFrame widget (SOLVED)

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

This was pretty obvious.
In initialize, add:
        self.mainWindow = Tkinter.Tk()

Then make mainWindow the parent of the LabelFrame.

         radios = 
Tkinter.LabelFrame(self.mainWindow,borderwidth=10,text="Commands")


On 09/04/2013 03:10 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I have a couple of tcl/tk scripts I want to convert to Python for a 
> couple of reasons:
> 1. Python is a better programming language than tcl.
> 2. Noone else in my group knows tcl/tk
> 3. One of the products that the tcl/tk application interfaces with 
> uses Python for its installerand I can clean up the interface.
> The only issue I have at the moment is using the LabelFrame widget. In 
> one of the applications, I am using a tcl/tk labelframe and it works 
> fine, but not in Python. I don't have to use the LabelFrame but it 
> separates these radio buttonsfrom text boxes later on in the 
> application. I've tried things like adding columnconfigure(), but that 
> had no effect.
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> import Tkinter
>
>
> # define
> class lfex_tk(Tkinter.Tk):
>     def __init__(self,parent):
>         Tkinter.Tk.__init__(self,parent)
>         self.parent = parent
>         self.initialize()
>
>     def initialize(self):
>         self.grid()
>
>         self.command = Tkinter.StringVar()
>         self.entry = 
> Tkinter.Entry(self,width=60,textvariable=self.command)
>         self.entry.grid(column=0,row=0,sticky='EW')
>         self.command.set(u"Enter data")
>
>
> ### define buttons
>         run = Tkinter.Button(self,text=u"data",
> command=self.OnRunButtonClick)
>         self.labelVariable = Tkinter.StringVar()
>         kwit = Tkinter.Button(self,text=u"Quit",
> command=self.OnQuitButtonClick)
>
> ### Set up the grids for row 0
>         run.grid(column=1,row=0)
>         kwit.grid(column=6,row=0, sticky='E')
>
>         self.resizable(True, True)
>         self.update()
>         self.geometry(self.geometry())
>         self.entry.focus_set()
>         self.entry.selection_range(0, Tkinter.END)
>
>         radios = Tkinter.LabelFrame(self,borderwidth=10,text="Commands")
>         radios.grid(column=0,row=3, padx=5, pady=5)
>         whichCMD = Tkinter.StringVar()
>         radios.one = Tkinter.Radiobutton(radios, text="One", 
> variable=whichCMD, value="One")
>         radios.two = Tkinter.Radiobutton(radios, text="Two", 
> variable=whichCMD, value="Two")
>         radios.three= Tkinter.Radiobutton(radios, text="Three", 
> variable=whichCMD, value="Three")
>         ## Default to radio button 1
>         radios.one.select()
>         self.update()
>
>
> ## Button Actions
>     def OnQuitButtonClick(self):
>         app.destroy()
>
>     def OnRunButtonClick(self):
>         # does nothing for this example
>         self.entry.focus_set()
>         self.entry.selection_range(0, Tkinter.END)
>
>
> if __name__ == "__main__":
>     app = lfex_tk(None)
>     app.title('LabelFrameTest')
>     app.mainloop()
>


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