Graphical Widgets

Window

Open awesomeness.py and create a window for your app:

import tkinter
window = tkinter.Tk()
window.mainloop()

You should see a window when you run your app.

Custom Window

Customise your app window with additional options:

import tkinter
window = tkinter.Tk()

window.title("App of Awesomeness")
window.geometry("300x300")

window.mainloop()
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your window should now be bigger and have a title

Label

Create a label and add it to your window:

window.title("App of Awesomeness")
window.geometry("300x300")

label = tkinter.Label(window)
label.config(text="Hello")
label.grid()

window.mainloop()
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your window should now contain a label “Hello”

Button

Create a button and add it to your window:

label = tkinter.Label(window)
label.config(text="Hello")
label.grid()

button = tkinter.Button(window)
button.config(text="Click Me!")
button.grid()

window.mainloop()
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your window should now contain a button

Entry

Add a text entry box to your window:

button = tkinter.Button(window)
button.config(text="Click Me!")
button.grid()

entry = tkinter.Entry(window)
entry.grid()

window.mainloop()
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your window should now contain a text entry area

Listbox

Add a list box to your app:

entry = tkinter.Entry(window)
entry.grid()

listbox = tkinter.Listbox(window)
listbox.grid()

window.mainloop()
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your window should now contain a list box

Graphical Widgets: Complete!

Great, now let’s do some more complex layouts…

Take me to the next chapter!