Tkinter/Pmw: code snippet for newbies: linked OptionMenus
Stewart Midwinter
stewart at midtoad.homelinux.org
Wed Feb 25 19:53:05 EST 2004
I needed to have linked OptionMenus for an app I'm developing: a selection in
the first OptionMenu causes the list in the second OptionMenu to be updated, and
similarly for the third. I got most of the solution myself, but the help of
Eric Brunel and Peter Otten was invaluable in solving the final problem. Here's
my contribution of a completed solution. Enjoy!
Note: this script requires installation of the Pmw widget-set in addition to
Tkinter.
Exercise for the reader: convert this code to work on linked picklists, or
linked radiobutton widgets.
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#file linkedOptionMenus.py
#Stewart Midwinter, stewart 'at' midwinter 'dot' ca
#use and enjoy!
title = 'linked OptionMenus'
# Import Pmw from this directory tree.
import sys
sys.path[:0] = ['../../..']
import Tkinter
import Pmw, re
global continentList, countryList, stateList
continentList = ['N.America','C. America', 'S. America']
countryList = {'N.America':['Canada','USA','Mexico'],
'C. America':['Guatemala','Nicaragua','Panama'],
'S. America':['Venezuela','Colombia','Ecuador']
}
stateList =
{'Canada':['BC','Alberta','Saskatchewan','Manitoba','Ontario','Quebec',
'New Brunswick','Nova Scotia','Prince Edward
Island','Newfoundland',
'Nunavut','Northwest Territory'],
'USA':['California','Oregon','Washington','others'],
'Mexico':['Aguascalientes', 'Baja California', 'Baja California Sur',
'Campeche', 'Chiapas', 'Chihuahua', 'Coahuila de Zaragoza',
'Colima',
'Distrito Federal', 'Durango', 'Guanajuato', 'Guerrero',
'Hidalgo',
'Jalisco', 'Mexico', 'Michoacan de Ocampo', 'Morelos',
'Nayarit',
'Nuevo Leon', 'Oaxaca', 'Puebla', 'Queretaro de Arteaga',
'Quintana Roo',
'San Luis Potosi', 'Sinaloa', 'Sonora', 'Tabasco',
'Tamaulipas', 'Tlaxcala',
'Veracruz-Llave', 'Yucatan', 'Zacatecas'],
'Guatemala':['Alta Verapaz', 'Baja Verapaz', 'Chimaltenango',
'Chiquimula', 'El Progreso', 'Escuintla', 'Guatemala',
'Huehuetenango', 'Izabal', 'Jalapa', 'Jutiapa', 'Peten',
'Quetzaltenango', 'Quiche', 'Retalhuleu', 'Sacatepequez',
'San Marcos', 'Santa Rosa', 'Solola', 'Suchitepequez',
'Totonicapan', 'Zacapa'],
'Nicaragua':['Boaco', 'Carazo', 'Chinandega', 'Chontales', 'Esteli', 'Granada',
'Jinotega', 'Leon', 'Madriz', 'Managua', 'Masaya',
'Matagalpa', 'Nueva Segovia',
'Rio San Juan', 'Rivas', 'Atlantico Norte*', 'Atlantico Sur*'],
'Panama':['Bocas del Toro', 'Chiriqui', 'Cocle', 'Colon', 'Darien',
'Herrera', 'Los Santos', 'Panama', 'San Blas*', 'Veraguas'],
'Venezuela':['Amazonas', 'Anzoategui', 'Apure', 'Aragua', 'Barinas', 'Bolivar',
'Carabobo', 'Cojedes', 'Delta Amacuro', 'Falcon',
'Guarico', 'Lara', 'Merida',
'Miranda', 'Monagas', 'Nueva Esparta', 'Portuguesa', 'Sucre',
'Tachira', 'Trujillo', 'Vargas', 'Yaracuy', 'Zulia'],
'Colombia':['Amazonas', 'Antioquia', 'Arauca', 'Atlantico',
'Bolivar', 'Boyaca', 'Caldas', 'Caqueta', 'Casanare',
'Cauca', 'Cesar', 'Choco', 'Cordoba', 'Cundinamarca',
'Guainia', 'Guaviare', 'Huila', 'La Guajira', 'Magdalena',
'Meta', 'Narino', 'Norte de Santander', 'Putumayo', 'Quindio',
'Risaralda', 'San Andres y Providencia',
'Distrito Capital de Santa Fe de Bogota', 'Santander',
'Sucre', 'Tolima', 'Valle del Cauca', 'Vaupes', 'Vichada'],
'Ecuador':['Ecuador states']
}
# default selection
continentItem = continentList[0]
countryItem = countryList[continentItem][0]
stateItem = stateList[countryItem][0]
class selectSystem:
def __init__(self, parent):
# Create and pack the OptionMenu megawidgets.
# The first one has a textvariable.
self.varContinent = Tkinter.StringVar()
self.varCountry = Tkinter.StringVar()
self.varState = Tkinter.StringVar()
self.varContinent.set(continentItem) # N. America
self.varCountry.set(countryItem) # Canada
self.varState.set(stateItem) # B.C.
self.continent_menu = Pmw.OptionMenu(parent,
labelpos = 'w',
label_text = 'Select Continent:',
menubutton_textvariable = self.varContinent,
items = continentList,
menubutton_width = 20,
menubutton_direction = 'flush',
command = self._selectContinent
)
self.continent_menu.pack(anchor = 'w', padx = 10, pady = 10)
self.country_menu = Pmw.OptionMenu (parent,
labelpos = 'w',
label_text = 'Select country:',
menubutton_textvariable = self.varCountry,
items = countryList['N.America'],
menubutton_width = 20,
menubutton_direction = 'flush',
command = self._selectCountry
)
self.country_menu.pack(anchor = 'w', padx = 10, pady = 10)
self.state_menu = Pmw.OptionMenu (parent,
labelpos = 'w',
label_text = 'Select state:',
menubutton_textvariable = self.varState,
items = stateList['Canada'],
menubutton_width = 20,
menubutton_direction = 'flush' ,
command = self._getSelection
)
self.state_menu.pack(anchor = 'w', padx = 10, pady = 10)
menus = (self.continent_menu, self.country_menu, self.state_menu)
Pmw.alignlabels(menus)
# Create the dialog.
self.dialog = Pmw.Dialog(parent,
buttons = ('OK', 'Apply', 'Cancel', 'Help'),
defaultbutton = 'OK',
title = 'Select State',
command = self.execute)
self.dialog.withdraw()
# Add some contents to the dialog.
w = Tkinter.Label(self.dialog.interior(),
text = 'Pmw Dialog\n(put your widgets here)',
background = 'black',
foreground = 'white',
pady = 20)
w.pack(expand = 1, fill = 'both', padx = 4, pady = 4)
def showAppModal(self):
self.dialog.activate(geometry = 'centerscreenalways')
def execute(self, result):
print 'You clicked on', result
if result not in ('Apply', 'Help'):
self.dialog.deactivate(result)
def _getSelection(self, choice):
# Can use 'self.var.get()' instead of 'getcurselection()'.
print 'You have chosen %s : %s : %s' % \
(self.varContinent.get(),
self.varCountry.get(),
self.varState.get() )
print choice # debug
def _selectContinent(self, choice):
## Set appropriate list of countries
countries = countryList[self.varContinent.get()]
self.country_menu.setitems(countries)
## If currently selected country is not in new list, select first valid one
if not self.varCountry.get() in countries:
self.varCountry.set(countries[0])
## Set appropriate list of states
states = stateList[self.varCountry.get()]
self.state_menu.setitems(states)
## If currently selected state is not in list, select first valid one
if not self.varState.get() in states:
self.varState.set(states[0])
def _selectCountry(self, choice):
## Set appropriate list of states
states = stateList[self.varCountry.get()]
self.state_menu.setitems(states)
## If currently selected state is not in list, select first valid one
if not self.varState.get() in states:
self.varState.set(states[0])
def __call__(self):
self.dialog.show()
def indexContinent(name):
found = 'false'
for i in range(len(continentList)):
check = continentList[i]
# print 'checking %s in %s' % (name, check) # debug
if re.search(name,check):
found = 'true'
break
print found
if (found=='true'):
#print 'index of %s is %s' % (name,i) # debug
return i
else:
return -1
def indexCountry(continentindex, name):
found = 'false'
for i in range(len(countryList[continentindex])):
check = countryList[continentindex][i]
# print 'checking %s in %s' % (name, check) # debug
if re.search(name,check):
found = 'true'
break
print found
if (found=='true'):
#print 'index of %s is %s' % (name,i) # debug
return i
else:
return -1
######################################################################
# Create selectSystem in root window for testing.
if __name__ == '__main__':
root = Tkinter.Tk()
Pmw.initialise(root)
root.title(title)
OKButton = Tkinter.Button(root, text = 'OK', command = root.destroy)
OKButton.pack(side = 'bottom')
widget = selectSystem(root)
root.mainloop()
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Stewart Midwinter
Calgary, Alberta
stewart 'at' midwinter 'dot' ca
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