Widget Windows

Widget Windows

Creating widgets onto the canvas used to be a pain. Now, it's easier and takes just 1 method to do so. Using the provided methods also simplify the process greatly, making it more beginner-friendly.

---

Table of Contents

1. Button
2. Checkbutton
3. Entry
   • [Getting Values from an Entry on Click]
4. Frame
5. Label
6. LabelFrame
7. Listbox
8. Menu
9. PanedWindow
10. RadioButton
11. Scale
12. Scrollbar
13. Spinbox
14. Text
15. Toplevel

---

Important Note:

**kwargs are automatically allocated to the correct element, i.e background will be "allocated" towards the widget while "anchor" will be allocated to the window creation

---

create_button()

Puts a button on the canvas

from typing import Tuple
from numbers import Real
from tkinter import Button
def create_button(self, x: Real, y: Real, **kwargs) -> Tuple[int, Button]

Example:

from CanvasPlus import CanvasPlus
from tkinter import Tk

root = Tk()
canvas = CanvasPlus(root, width=800, height=800, background = "white")
canvas.pack()

#button that prints "Hello world!" on click
canvas.create_button(
    400, 400, text = "my_button", highlightbackground = "blue", anchor = "center", command = print("Hello world!")
)

canvas.update()
canvas.mainloop()

For more on tkinter button, go to https://effbot.org/tkinterbook/button.htm

---

create_checkbutton()

Puts a checkbutton on the canvas

from numbers import Real
from typing import Tuple
from tkinter import Checkbutton
def create_checkbutton(self, x: Real, y: Real, **kwargs) -> Tuple[int, Checkbutton]

Example:

from CanvasPlus import CanvasPlus
from tkinter import Tk

root = Tk()
canvas = CanvasPlus(root, width=800, height=800, background = "white")
canvas.pack()

#checkbutton that is activated by defualt
_, checkbutton = canvas.create_checkbutton(
        400, 400, anchor = "center", bg = "brown", fg = "white", text = "My Checkbutton"
)
checkbutton.toggle()

canvas.update()
canvas.mainloop()

For more on tkinter checkbutton, go to https://effbot.org/tkinterbook/checkbutton.htm

---

create_entry()

Puts an entry box on the canvas

from numbers import Real
from typing import Tuple
from tkinter import Entry
def create_entry(self, x: Real, y: Real, **kwargs) -> Tuple[int, Entry]

Example:

from CanvasPlus import CanvasPlus
from tkinter import Tk, StringVar

root = Tk()
canvas = CanvasPlus(root, width=800, height=800, background = "white")
canvas.pack()

content = StringVar()
canvas.create_entry(400, 400, anchor = "center", textvariable = content, fg = "black", bg = "white")
content.set("a default value")

canvas.update()
canvas.mainloop()

Getting Values from an Entry on Click

---

create_frame()

create_label()

create_labelframe()

create_listbox()

create_menu()

create_panedwindow()

create_radiobutton()

create_scale()

create_scrollbar()

create_spinbox()

create_text_widget()

create_toplevel()