Python 3.3 Tkinter Fullscreen - Taskbar not Hiding

teslafrequency at aol.com teslafrequency at aol.com
Wed Apr 3 23:45:51 EDT 2013


Hi, I am working with Tkinter, and I have set up some simple code to run:

import tkinter
import re
from tkinter import *

global master
master = Tk()

# Start game Launcher
def FormGUI():
    master.title("GAME TITLE")
    SW = master.winfo_screenwidth() / 3.2
    SH = master.winfo_screenheight() / 3.2
    master.geometry("500x300+%d+%d" % (SW, SH))
    Label(master,text="game:\nGAME TITLE").pack()
    Button(master, text="Start game", command=DestroyStart, takefocus=1).pack()
    master.wm_state(zoom)

# Destroy the GUI launcher window upon player starting the game.
def DestroyStart():
    global master
    master.destroy()
    master = Tk()
    ReformGui()

# Form the game's GUI window in full screen.
def ReformGui():
    master.title("GAME TITLE")
    SW = master.winfo_screenwidth()
    SH = master.winfo_screenheight()
    master.geometry("%dx%d+0+0" % (SW,SH))
    master.attributes("-fullscreen", 1)
    master.configure(bg="black")
    Label(master, text="\"GAME TESTING TEXT\"",
    background="black", foreground="white").pack()

FormGUI()

master.mainloop()

# END OF CODE

Everything in this code runs appropriately. The main goal of this code is to open up two windows, one with fixed dimensions, the other with full-screen enabled.

My problem is that with the code above, the full-screen window opens up properly, however my taskbar shows over the full-screen. Until I click on the full-screen window, the taskbar will not be hidden.

Am I doing something wrong, or is there a better way to create a full-screen window in Tkinter with the taskbar hidden?

Note: Removing the 'import re' code above fixes the taskbar problem, however the re module is apparently needed as I can't run the program properly as an executable. Importing re fixes this problem. I'm running this program under Windows.



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