Tkinter Cheatsheet: Tips and Tricks to Create Your User Interface
Use this Tkinter Cheatsheet as a quick reference for widgets and how to implement them when building the perfect user interface for your application.
- Creating widgets, like check button, progress bar, size grip etc.
- Positioning widgets using pack(), place() or grid()
- Replacing button text with images
You can find these instructions in detail here.
If you want to take advantage of the latest version of Tkinter, you’ll need to install a version of Python that supports Tcl/Tk 8.5 or greater. This will provide you with Ttk (the tile extension integrated into Tk), which is required to implement the current Tk widget set.
Warning: If you’re working on a system that comes with Python pre-installed, you may need to upgrade it to at least Python 3.7, which includes everything you need to run Tk out of the box.
Alternatively, you could install the latest version of ActivePython . ActivePython includes a version of the Python core language and hundreds of popular third-party packages (including Tkinter), all pre-compiled and free to use for development purposes.
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Related Resources:
What is Tkinter used for and how to install this Python Framework?
