Tkinter: Make it go away!

[Martin Franklin]

Make that .pack_forget() and it may just work.


Martin.


Martyn Quick wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Rick Pasotto wrote:
>
> > > On the line with ???, what can I write to get only one label? How do I
> > > croak an object prematurely?
> >
> > Is there some reason not to just change the text in the label that's
> > already there?
> >
> > lab1.config(text='simple 2')
> >
> > If you insist on putting up with the possible flickering as the window
> > resizes:
> >
> > lab1.destroy()
>
> Another way which is quite useful is to use the forget method.  Here's an
> example that worked (provided I've not mistyped anything):
>
> import Tkinter
> root = Tkinter.Tk()
>
> button = Tkinter.Button(root, text="I'm a button!")
> button.pack()
>
> label = Tkinter.Label(root, text="But I'm a label!")
> label.forget()
>
> def switch():
>     button.forget()
>     label.pack()
>
> button.config(command=switch)
>
> Clicking on the button will hide the button and display the label.  Plenty
> more fun and games can be had with this sort of idea.
>
> Martyn
> (who's really proud of the fact that this is the first time he's posted a
> useful comment to this newsgroup rather than simply a "I'm
> stuck!" question)
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Martyn Quick  (Research Fellow in Pure Mathematics)
> University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
> http://www.mat.bham.ac.uk/M.R.Quick