Tkinter add_cascade option_add

[Eric Brunel]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:31:31 -0600, Bob Greschke <bob at greschke.com> wrote:

> Root.option_add("*?????*font", "Helvetica 12 bold")
>
> Want to get rid of the "font =":
> Widget.add_cascade(label = "File", menu = Fi, font = "Helvetica 12 bold")
>
> Does anyone know what ????? should be to control the font of the cascade
> menus (the labels on the menu bar)?  "*Menu*font" handles the part that
> drops down, but I can't come up with the menu bar labels part.

option_add('*Menu.font', 'helvetica 12 bold') works for me for all sorts of menu items (cascade, commands, checkbuttons, whatever...).

What is your platform? There may be a few limitations for menu fonts on Windows.

HTH
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python -c "print ''.join([chr(154 - ord(c)) for c in 'U(17zX(%,5.zmz5(17;8(%,5.Z65\'*9--56l7+-'])"