[issue12288] Python 2.7.1 tkSimpleDialog initialvalue

[Tom Middleton]

New submission from Tom Middleton <busfault at gmail.com>:

Using Tkinter under Python 2.7.1 (Windows XP FWIF)
If using the tkSimpleDialog.askinteger() function with an initialvalue = 0, the 0 is not displayed in the dialog box. The same is true for tkSimpleDialog.askfloat().

The cause of this seems to be the following:
in Lib\libi-tk\tkSimpleDialog.py (attached for convenience) 
under class _QueryDialog(Dialog)

    def body(self, master):

        w = Label(master, text=self.prompt, justify=LEFT)
        w.grid(row=0, padx=5, sticky=W)

        self.entry = Entry(master, name="entry")
        self.entry.grid(row=1, padx=5, sticky=W+E)

        if self.initialvalue:
            self.entry.insert(0, self.initialvalue)
            self.entry.select_range(0, END)

        return self.entry

The if self.initialvalue will evaluate to a FALSE when the initial value is a 0.

Changing this line to:

if self.initialvalue is not None:

fixed this issue.
I am not certain that this is as intended or a bug.

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components: Tkinter
files: tkSimpleDialog.py
messages: 137925
nosy: busfault
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Python 2.7.1 tkSimpleDialog initialvalue
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file22286/tkSimpleDialog.py

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