def createWidgets(self):
# Tab Control introduced here --------------------------------------
tabControl = ttk.Notebook(self.win) # Create Tab Control
tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl) # Create a tab
# tabControl.add(tab1, text='MySQL') # Add the tab -- COMMENTED OUT FOR CH08
tab2 = ttk.Frame(tabControl) # Add a second tab
tabControl.add(tab2, text='Widgets') # Make second tab visible
tabControl.pack(expand=1, fill="both") # Pack to make visible
# ~ Tab Control introduced here -----------------------------------------
# We are creating a container frame to hold all other widgets
self.mySQL = ttk.LabelFrame(tab1, text=' Python Database ')
self.mySQL.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=8, pady=4)
# Creating a Label
ttk.Label(self.mySQL, text="Book Title:").grid(column=0,
row=0,
sticky='W')
# Adding a Textbox Entry widget
book = tk.StringVar()
self.bookTitle = ttk.Entry(self.mySQL, width=34, textvariable=book)
self.bookTitle.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky='W')
# Adding a Textbox Entry widget
book1 = tk.StringVar()
self.bookTitle1 = ttk.Entry(self.mySQL, width=34, textvariable=book1)
self.bookTitle1.grid(column=0, row=2, sticky='W')
# Adding a Textbox Entry widget
book2 = tk.StringVar()
self.bookTitle2 = ttk.Entry(self.mySQL, width=34, textvariable=book2)
self.bookTitle2.grid(column=0, row=3, sticky='W')
# Creating a Label
ttk.Label(self.mySQL, text="Page:").grid(column=1, row=0, sticky='W')
# Adding a Textbox Entry widget
page = tk.StringVar()
self.pageNumber = ttk.Entry(self.mySQL, width=6, textvariable=page)
self.pageNumber.grid(column=1, row=1, sticky='W')
# Adding a Textbox Entry widget
page = tk.StringVar()
self.pageNumber1 = ttk.Entry(self.mySQL, width=6, textvariable=page)
self.pageNumber1.grid(column=1, row=2, sticky='W')
# Adding a Textbox Entry widget
page = tk.StringVar()
self.pageNumber2 = ttk.Entry(self.mySQL, width=6, textvariable=page)
self.pageNumber2.grid(column=1, row=3, sticky='W')
# Adding a Button
self.action = ttk.Button(self.mySQL,
text="Insert Quote",
command=self.insertQuote)
self.action.grid(column=2, row=1)
# Adding a Button
self.action1 = ttk.Button(self.mySQL,
text="Get Quotes",
command=self.getQuote)
self.action1.grid(column=2, row=2)
# Adding a Button
self.action2 = ttk.Button(self.mySQL,
text="Mody Quote",
command=self.modifyQuote)
self.action2.grid(column=2, row=3)
# Add some space around each widget
for child in self.mySQL.winfo_children():
child.grid_configure(padx=2, pady=4)
quoteFrame = ttk.LabelFrame(tab1, text=' Book Quotation ')
quoteFrame.grid(column=0, row=1, padx=8, pady=4)
# Using a scrolled Text control
quoteW = 40
quoteH = 30
self.quote = scrolledtext.ScrolledText(quoteFrame,
width=quoteW,
height=quoteH,
wrap=tk.WORD)
self.quote.grid(column=0, row=8, sticky='WE', columnspan=3)
# Add some space around each widget
for child in quoteFrame.winfo_children():
child.grid_configure(padx=2, pady=4)
# ======================================================================================================
# Tab Control 2
# ======================================================================================================
# We are creating a container frame to hold all other widgets -- Tab2
self.widgetFrame = ttk.LabelFrame(tab2, text=self.i18n.WIDGET_LABEL)
self.widgetFrame.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=8, pady=4)
# Creating three checkbuttons
self.chVarDis = tk.IntVar()
self.check1 = tk.Checkbutton(self.widgetFrame,
text=self.i18n.disabled,
variable=self.chVarDis,
state='disabled')
self.check1.select()
self.check1.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky=tk.W)
self.chVarUn = tk.IntVar()
self.check2 = tk.Checkbutton(self.widgetFrame,
text=self.i18n.unChecked,
variable=self.chVarUn)
self.check2.deselect()
self.check2.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky=tk.W)
self.chVarEn = tk.IntVar()
self.check3 = tk.Checkbutton(self.widgetFrame,
text=self.i18n.toggle,
variable=self.chVarEn)
self.check3.deselect()
self.check3.grid(column=2, row=0, sticky=tk.W)
# trace the state of the two checkbuttons
self.chVarUn.trace(
'w', lambda unused0, unused1, unused2: self.checkCallback())
self.chVarEn.trace(
'w', lambda unused0, unused1, unused2: self.checkCallback())
# Radiobutton list
colors = self.i18n.colors
self.radVar = tk.IntVar()
# Selecting a non-existing index value for radVar
self.radVar.set(99)
# Creating all three Radiobutton widgets within one loop
for col in range(3):
curRad = 'rad' + str(col)
curRad = tk.Radiobutton(self.widgetFrame,
text=colors[col],
variable=self.radVar,
value=col,
command=self.radCall)
curRad.grid(column=col, row=6, sticky=tk.W, columnspan=3)
# And now adding tooltips
tt.create_ToolTip(curRad, 'This is a Radiobutton control.')
# Create a container to hold labels
labelsFrame = ttk.LabelFrame(self.widgetFrame,
text=self.i18n.labelsFrame)
labelsFrame.grid(column=0, row=7, pady=6)
# Place labels into the container element - vertically
ttk.Label(labelsFrame, text=self.i18n.chooseNumber).grid(column=0,
row=0)
self.lbl2 = tk.StringVar()
self.lbl2.set(self.i18n.label2)
ttk.Label(labelsFrame, textvariable=self.lbl2).grid(column=0, row=1)
# Add some space around each label
for child in labelsFrame.winfo_children():
child.grid_configure(padx=6, pady=1)
number = tk.StringVar()
self.combo = ttk.Combobox(self.widgetFrame,
width=12,
textvariable=number)
self.combo['values'] = (1, 2, 4, 42, 100)
self.combo.grid(column=1, row=7, sticky=tk.W)
self.combo.current(0)
self.combo.bind('<<ComboboxSelected>>', self.callBacks._combo)
# Adding a Spinbox widget using a set of values
self.spin = Spinbox(self.widgetFrame,
values=(1, 2, 4, 42, 100),
width=5,
bd=8,
command=self._spin)
self.spin.grid(column=2, row=7, sticky='W,', padx=6, pady=1)
# Using a scrolled Text control
scrolW = 40
scrolH = 30
self.scr = scrolledtext.ScrolledText(self.widgetFrame,
width=scrolW,
height=scrolH,
wrap=tk.WORD)
self.scr.grid(column=0, row=8, sticky='WE', columnspan=3)
# Adding a TZ Button
self.allTZs = ttk.Button(self.widgetFrame,
text=self.i18n.timeZones,
command=self.allTimeZones)
self.allTZs.grid(column=0, row=9, sticky='WE')
# Adding local TZ Button
self.localTZ = ttk.Button(self.widgetFrame,
text=self.i18n.localZone,
command=self.localZone)
self.localTZ.grid(column=1, row=9, sticky='WE')
# Adding getTime TZ Button
self.dt = ttk.Button(
self.widgetFrame,
# text='Time',
text=self.i18n.getTime,
command=self.getDateTime)
self.dt.grid(column=2, row=9, sticky='WE')
# Create Manage Files Frame ------------------------------------------------
mngFilesFrame = ttk.LabelFrame(tab2, text=self.i18n.mgrFiles)
mngFilesFrame.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky='WE', padx=10, pady=5)
# Button Callback
def getFileName():
print('hello from getFileName')
fDir = path.dirname(__file__)
fName = fd.askopenfilename(parent=self.win, initialdir=fDir)
print(fName)
self.fileEntry.config(state='enabled')
self.fileEntry.delete(0, tk.END)
self.fileEntry.insert(0, fName)
if len(fName) > self.entryLen:
self.fileEntry.config(width=len(fName) + 3)
# Add Widgets to Manage Files Frame
lb = ttk.Button(mngFilesFrame,
text=self.i18n.browseTo,
command=getFileName)
lb.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky=tk.W)
# -----------------------------------------------------
file = tk.StringVar()
self.entryLen = scrolW - 4
self.fileEntry = ttk.Entry(mngFilesFrame,
width=self.entryLen,
textvariable=file)
self.fileEntry.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky=tk.W)
# -----------------------------------------------------
logDir = tk.StringVar()
self.netwEntry = ttk.Entry(mngFilesFrame,
width=self.entryLen,
textvariable=logDir)
self.netwEntry.grid(column=1, row=1, sticky=tk.W)
def copyFile():
import shutil
src = self.fileEntry.get()
file = src.split('/')[-1]
dst = self.netwEntry.get() + '\\' + file
try:
shutil.copy(src, dst)
mBox.showinfo('Copy File to Network', 'Succes: File copied.')
except FileNotFoundError as err:
mBox.showerror('Copy File to Network',
'*** Failed to copy file! ***\n\n' + str(err))
except Exception as ex:
mBox.showerror('Copy File to Network',
'*** Failed to copy file! ***\n\n' + str(ex))
cb = ttk.Button(mngFilesFrame, text=self.i18n.copyTo, command=copyFile)
cb.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky=tk.E)
# Add some space around each label
for child in mngFilesFrame.winfo_children():
child.grid_configure(padx=6, pady=6)
# Creating a Menu Bar ==========================================================
menuBar = Menu(tab1)
self.win.config(menu=menuBar)
# Add menu items
fileMenu = Menu(menuBar, tearoff=0)
fileMenu.add_command(label=self.i18n.new)
fileMenu.add_separator()
fileMenu.add_command(label=self.i18n.exit, command=self._quit)
menuBar.add_cascade(label=self.i18n.file, menu=fileMenu)
# Add another Menu to the Menu Bar and an item
helpMenu = Menu(menuBar, tearoff=0)
helpMenu.add_command(label=self.i18n.about)
menuBar.add_cascade(label=self.i18n.help, menu=helpMenu)
# Change the main windows icon
self.win.iconbitmap('pyc.ico')
# Using tkinter Variable Classes
strData = tk.StringVar()
strData.set('Hello StringVar')
# It is not necessary to create a tk.StringVar()
strData = tk.StringVar()
strData = self.spin.get()
# Place cursor into name Entry
self.bookTitle.focus()
# Add a Tooltip to the Spinbox
tt.create_ToolTip(self.spin, 'This is a Spin control.')
# Add Tooltips to more widgets
tt.create_ToolTip(self.bookTitle, 'This is an Entry control.')
tt.create_ToolTip(self.action, 'This is a Button control.')
tt.create_ToolTip(self.scr, 'This is a ScrolledText control.')
def create_widgets(self):
tabControl = ttk.Notebook(self.win) # Create Tab Control
tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl) # Create a tab
tabControl.add(tab1, text='Tab 1') # Add the tab
tab2 = ttk.Frame(tabControl) # Add a second tab
tabControl.add(tab2, text='Tab 2') # Make second tab visible
tabControl.pack(expand=1, fill="both") # Pack to make visible
# LabelFrame using tab1 as the parent
mighty = ttk.LabelFrame(tab1, text=' Mighty Python ')
mighty.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=8, pady=4)
# Modify adding a Label using mighty as the parent instead of win
a_label = ttk.Label(mighty, text="Enter a name:")
a_label.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='W')
# Adding a Textbox Entry widget
self.name = tk.StringVar()
self.name_entered = ttk.Entry(mighty, width=24, textvariable=self.name)
self.name_entered.grid(column=0, row=1, sticky='W')
# Adding a Button
self.action = ttk.Button(mighty,
text="Click Me!",
command=self.click_me)
self.action.grid(column=2, row=1)
ttk.Label(mighty, text="Choose a number:").grid(column=1, row=0)
number = tk.StringVar()
self.number_chosen = ttk.Combobox(mighty,
width=14,
textvariable=number,
state='readonly')
self.number_chosen['values'] = (1, 2, 4, 42, 100)
self.number_chosen.grid(column=1, row=1)
self.number_chosen.current(0)
# Adding a Spinbox widget
self.spin = Spinbox(mighty,
values=(1, 2, 4, 42, 100),
width=5,
bd=9,
command=self._spin) # using range
self.spin.grid(column=0, row=2, sticky='W') # align left
# Using a scrolled Text control
scrol_w = 40
scrol_h = 10 # increase sizes
self.scrol = scrolledtext.ScrolledText(mighty,
width=scrol_w,
height=scrol_h,
wrap=tk.WORD)
self.scrol.grid(column=0, row=3, sticky='WE', columnspan=3)
for child in mighty.winfo_children(
): # add spacing to align widgets within tabs
child.grid_configure(padx=4, pady=2)
# =====================================================================================
# Tab Control 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
self.mighty2 = ttk.LabelFrame(tab2, text=' The Snake ')
self.mighty2.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=8, pady=4)
# Creating three checkbuttons
chVarDis = tk.IntVar()
check1 = tk.Checkbutton(self.mighty2,
text="Disabled",
variable=chVarDis,
state='disabled')
check1.select()
check1.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky=tk.W)
chVarUn = tk.IntVar()
check2 = tk.Checkbutton(self.mighty2,
text="UnChecked",
variable=chVarUn)
check2.deselect()
check2.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky=tk.W)
chVarEn = tk.IntVar()
check3 = tk.Checkbutton(self.mighty2, text="Enabled", variable=chVarEn)
check3.deselect()
check3.grid(column=2, row=0, sticky=tk.W)
# trace the state of the two checkbuttons
chVarUn.trace('w',
lambda unused0, unused1, unused2: self.checkCallback())
chVarEn.trace('w',
lambda unused0, unused1, unused2: self.checkCallback())
# First, we change our Radiobutton global variables into a list
colors = ["Blue", "Gold", "Red"]
# create three Radiobuttons using one variable
self.radVar = tk.IntVar()
# Next we are selecting a non-existing index value for radVar
self.radVar.set(99)
# Now we are creating all three Radiobutton widgets within one loop
for col in range(3):
curRad = tk.Radiobutton(self.mighty2,
text=colors[col],
variable=self.radVar,
value=col,
command=self.radCall)
curRad.grid(column=col, row=1, sticky=tk.W) # row=6
# And now adding tooltips
tt.create_ToolTip(curRad, 'This is a Radiobutton control')
# Add a Progressbar to Tab 2
self.progress_bar = ttk.Progressbar(tab2,
orient='horizontal',
length=286,
mode='determinate')
self.progress_bar.grid(column=0, row=3, pady=2)
# Create a container to hold buttons
buttons_frame = ttk.LabelFrame(self.mighty2, text=' ProgressBar ')
buttons_frame.grid(column=0, row=2, sticky='W', columnspan=2)
# Add Buttons for Progressbar commands
ttk.Button(buttons_frame,
text=" Run Progressbar ",
command=self.run_progressbar).grid(column=0,
row=0,
sticky='W')
ttk.Button(buttons_frame,
text=" Start Progressbar ",
command=self.start_progressbar).grid(column=0,
row=1,
sticky='W')
ttk.Button(buttons_frame,
text=" Stop immediately ",
command=self.stop_progressbar).grid(column=0,
row=2,
sticky='W')
ttk.Button(buttons_frame,
text=" Stop after second ",
command=self.progressbar_stop_after).grid(column=0,
row=3,
sticky='W')
for child in buttons_frame.winfo_children():
child.grid_configure(padx=2, pady=2)
for child in self.mighty2.winfo_children():
child.grid_configure(padx=8, pady=2)
# Creating a Menu Bar
menu_bar = Menu(self.win)
self.win.config(menu=menu_bar)
# Add menu items
file_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
file_menu.add_command(label="New")
file_menu.add_separator()
file_menu.add_command(label="Exit", command=self._quit)
menu_bar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=file_menu)
# Display a Message Box
def _msgBox():
msg.showinfo(
'Python Message Info Box',
'A Python GUI created using tkinter:\nThe year is 2017.')
# Add another Menu to the Menu Bar and an item
help_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
help_menu.add_command(
label="About", command=_msgBox) # display messagebox when clicked
menu_bar.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=help_menu)
# Change the main windows icon
self.win.iconbitmap('pyc.ico')
# It is not necessary to create a tk.StringVar()
# strData = tk.StringVar()
strData = self.spin.get()
print("Spinbox value: " + strData)
# call function
self.usingGlobal()
self.name_entered.focus()
# Add Tooltips -----------------------------------------------------
# Add a Tooltip to the Spinbox
tt.create_ToolTip(self.spin, 'This is a Spinbox control')
# Add Tooltips to more widgets
tt.create_ToolTip(self.name_entered, 'This is an Entry control')
tt.create_ToolTip(self.action, 'This is a Button control')
tt.create_ToolTip(self.scrol, 'This is a ScrolledText control')
def create_widgets(self):
'''
Long method to create all widgets on the root window
'''
# Creating a Menu Bar
menu_bar = Menu(root)
root.config(menu=menu_bar)
menu_bar.config(background = background, foreground = text_color)
# Code for the cascading File menu
file_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
file_menu.add_command(label='New Ctrl+n', command=self._new)
file_menu.add_separator()
file_menu.add_command(label='Save Ctrl+s', command=self._save)
file_menu.add_separator()
file_menu.add_command(label='Quit Ctrl+q', command=self._quit)
file_menu.configure(background = background, foreground = text_color)
menu_bar.add_cascade(label='File', menu=file_menu)
# Code for cascading config menu
config_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
config_menu.add_command(label='Set Default Save Path', command=DefaultPath)
config_menu.add_separator()
config_menu.add_command(label='Use Bullet Points (' + use_bp + ')', command=SetBulletPoints)
config_menu.add_separator()
config_menu.add_command(label='Format Filename (' + fn_format + ')', command=FilenameFormat)
config_menu.configure(background = background, foreground = text_color)
config_menu.add_separator()
config_menu.add_command(label='Use Dark Mode (' + dark_mode + ')', command=UseDarkMode)
config_menu.configure(background = background, foreground = text_color)
menu_bar.add_cascade(label='Config', menu=config_menu)
# Code for the cascading Help menu
help_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
help_menu.add_command(label='Program Help Ctrl+h', command=HelpWindow)
help_menu.add_separator()
help_menu.add_command(label='About', command=AboutWindow)
help_menu.configure(background = background, foreground = text_color)
menu_bar.add_cascade(label='Help', menu=help_menu)
# Top frame for the recipe name entry
nameLabel = ttk.Label(foreground=label_text, background=label_bg, text=' Enter Recipe Title')
self.title_frame = ttk.LabelFrame(self.frame, labelwidget=nameLabel)
self.title_frame.grid(column=0, row=0, columnspan=2, padx=8, pady=4, sticky='W')
# Left frame for the ingredients list
ingLabel = ttk.Label(foreground=label_text, background=label_bg, text=' Ingreidents')
self.ing_frame = ttk.LabelFrame(self.frame, labelwidget=ingLabel)
self.ing_frame.grid(column=0, row=1, padx=8, pady=4, sticky = 'news')
self.ing_frame.rowconfigure(0, weight = 1)
self.ing_frame.columnconfigure(0, weight = 1)
# Right frame for the directions
dirLabel = ttk.Label(foreground=label_text, background=label_bg, text=' Directions')
self.dir_frame = ttk.LabelFrame(self.frame, labelwidget=dirLabel)
self.dir_frame.grid(column=1, row=1, padx=8, pady=4, sticky='nwes')
self.dir_frame.rowconfigure(0, weight = 1)
self.dir_frame.columnconfigure(0, weight = 1)
# Adding a text box entry widget for the recipe title
self.title = tk.StringVar()
self.title_entered = tk.Entry(self.title_frame, width=75, textvariable=self.title,
bd=5, relief=tk.RIDGE)
self.title_entered.configure(background = entry_bg, foreground = entry_text, insertbackground='white')
self.title_entered.grid(column=0, row=2, padx=8, pady=(3, 8), sticky='W')
self.title_entered.bind("<Tab>", self.focus_next_widget)
tt.create_ToolTip(self.title_entered, 'Enter the title of the recipe here')
# Add a scroll box for ingredients
self.ingredients = scrolledtext.ScrolledText(self.ing_frame, width = 30, bd=5,\
wrap=tk.WORD, relief=tk.RIDGE)
self.ingredients.configure(background = entry_bg, foreground = entry_text, insertbackground='white')
self.ingredients.vbar.configure(troughcolor = scroll_color, background = scroll_bg, activebackground = scrollbar_color)
self.ingredients.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=8, pady=(0, 20), sticky=tk.N+tk.S+tk.E+tk.W)
self.ingredients.bind("<Tab>", self.focus_next_widget)
tt.create_ToolTip(self.ingredients, 'Enter ingredients here, one per line\nBegin line with a period to omit bullet point')
# Add a scroll text box for directions
self.directions = scrolledtext.ScrolledText(self.dir_frame, bd=5,\
wrap=tk.WORD, relief=tk.RIDGE)
self.directions.configure(background = entry_bg, foreground = entry_text, insertbackground='white')
self.directions.vbar.configure(troughcolor = scroll_color, background = scroll_bg, activebackground = scrollbar_color)
self.directions.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=8, pady=(0, 20), sticky=tk.N+tk.S+tk.E+tk.W)
self.directions.bind("<Tab>", self.focus_next_widget)
tt.create_ToolTip(self.directions, 'Enter the recipe instructions here')
self.title_entered.focus() # Place cursor into the title entry box