[Tkinter-discuss] Entry Widget that can't enter into at first.

[Firat Ozgul]

Actually, I can reproduce the error described by the original poster... I am
not exactly sure about the true dynamics of the solution, but after_idle()
method seems to solve the problem in a way. Perhaps, for one reason or the
other, the program cannot return to the main window properly even though the
open dialog is terminated.

Therefore:
[code]
    def __init__(self, parent=None, picdir='.', artdir='.', **args):
        Frame.__init__(self, parent, args)
        self.parent = parent
        self.makeWidgets()
        self.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
        self.makeBindings()
        self.opens = picdir
        self.artpics = artdir
        self.drawn  = None

        #note the use of after_idle()
        self.begin = self.after_idle(self.onOpen)

        self.pick = 'TBD'
        return
[/code]

2010/8/24 Michael Lange <klappnase at web.de>

> Hi,
>
> Thus spoketh "wet_colored)arch" <wet_colored_arch at yahoo.com>
> unto us on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:51:32 -0700 (PDT):
>
>
> >
> > I cannot
> > 1) enter content into the entry field without first trying to quit and
> > then cancelling - I cannot expect the user to do this because it is not
> > intuitive.  I should be able to enter the entry field immediately if I
> > want to.
>
> I cannot reproduce this here, as soon as the file dialog is closed I can
> click into the entry and type something in.
>
> > 2) I cannot seem to get the radio button to default to something I
> > want.. instead it has all buttons marked when the gui comes up.
>
> You need to define a value for the radiobutton's variable, otherwise all
> buttons will be "off" when instantiated, so simply add something like
>
>    self.var.set('key1')
>
> to makeWidgets() .
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Michael
>
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