From contropinion at gmail.com  Sun Jul  1 08:52:55 2012
From: contropinion at gmail.com (contro opinion)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 14:52:55 +0800
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] how to use tkinter in python3.2
Message-ID: <CA+YdQ_7joZe135oEd9eO5Jc0WHVsY3FJO=oSxKSdMqRjd43PpA@mail.gmail.com>

1.i have installed tk
2.install python3.1 and  python3.2 the sameway
1)download
2)./configure
3)make
4)make install

in my console


tiger at ocean:~$ python3.2
Python 3.2.3 (default, Jul  1 2012, 11:07:14)
[GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import tkinter
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/tkinter/__init__.py", line 39, in <module>
    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: No module named _tkinter
>>>

tiger at ocean:~$ python3.1
Python 3.1.3 (r313:86834, Nov 28 2010, 11:28:10)
[GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import tkinter
>>>
what is the matter?
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From psaoflamand at live.com  Sun Jul  1 11:22:31 2012
From: psaoflamand at live.com (psao pollard-flamand)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 02:22:31 -0700
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] how to use tkinter in python3.2
Message-ID: <blu0-p4-eas2741E54B24886063E43093C3EB0@phx.gbl>

The module name is Tkinter not tkinter...
________________________________
From: contro opinion
Sent: 30/06/2012 11:53 PM
To: Tkinter-discuss
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] how to use tkinter in python3.2

1.i have installed tk
2.install python3.1 and  python3.2 the sameway
1)download
2)./configure
3)make
4)make install

in my console


tiger at ocean:~$ python3.2
Python 3.2.3 (default, Jul  1 2012, 11:07:14)
[GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import tkinter
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/tkinter/__init__.py", line 39, in <module>
    import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: No module named _tkinter
>>>

tiger at ocean:~$ python3.1
Python 3.1.3 (r313:86834, Nov 28 2010, 11:28:10)
[GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import tkinter
>>>
what is the matter?
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From klappnase at web.de  Sun Jul  1 13:08:59 2012
From: klappnase at web.de (Michael Lange)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 13:08:59 +0200
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] how to use tkinter in python3.2
In-Reply-To: <blu0-p4-eas2741E54B24886063E43093C3EB0@phx.gbl>
References: <blu0-p4-eas2741E54B24886063E43093C3EB0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20120701130859.63503420.klappnase@web.de>

Thus spoketh psao pollard-flamand <psaoflamand at live.com> 
unto us on Sun, 1 Jul 2012 02:22:31 -0700:

> The module name is Tkinter not tkinter...

Not in Python3, tkinter is correct.

> ________________________________
> From: contro opinion
> Sent: 30/06/2012 11:53 PM
> To: Tkinter-discuss
> Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] how to use tkinter in python3.2
> 
> 1.i have installed tk
> 2.install python3.1 and  python3.2 the sameway
> 1)download
> 2)./configure
> 3)make
> 4)make install
> 
> in my console
> 
> 
> tiger at ocean:~$ python3.2
> Python 3.2.3 (default, Jul  1 2012, 11:07:14)
> [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import tkinter
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/tkinter/__init__.py", line 39, in
> <module> import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be
> configured for Tk ImportError: No module named _tkinter
> >>>
> 
> tiger at ocean:~$ python3.1
> Python 3.1.3 (r313:86834, Nov 28 2010, 11:28:10)
> [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import tkinter
> >>>
> what is the matter?

Apparently in Python-3.2 ./configure failed to detect the Tcl/Tk install.
Maybe something on your system was changed in between the install of 3.1
and 3.2 ?
We had a similar discussion here a while ago:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tkinter-discuss/2012-June/003203.html

Unfortunately there do not seem to be much resources helping with these
kind of problems, I encountered them myself, too, and never came to a
really satisfying solution.
If ./configure fails to find tcl/tk while all the libs and header files
are properly installed, usually the paths pointing to tclConfig.sh and
tkConfig.sh must be added to some environment variable like
LD_LIBRARY_PATH or LIBDIR , maybe the the paths to tcl.h and tk.h must
also be explicitely added to some other environment variable.
Alas there does not seem to be the one solution that works in any case,
at least I never saw it.

Regards

Michael


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From michael.odonnell at uam.es  Mon Jul  2 00:38:14 2012
From: michael.odonnell at uam.es (Michael O'Donnell)
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 08:38:14 +1000
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] how to use tkinter in python3.2
In-Reply-To: <20120701130859.63503420.klappnase@web.de>
References: <blu0-p4-eas2741E54B24886063E43093C3EB0@phx.gbl>
	<20120701130859.63503420.klappnase@web.de>
Message-ID: <CABaQFFEiwN8haasps+6cofdMzYK3BaUYp3r+euL_5xN1QEr_dg@mail.gmail.com>

Try installing the ActivePython installation, and which has
TCL/TK installed. They do not need to be installed separately
in any case, both the ActivePython and official releases include
all libraries needed for tkinter.

Mick

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Michael Lange <klappnase at web.de> wrote:
> Thus spoketh psao pollard-flamand <psaoflamand at live.com>
> unto us on Sun, 1 Jul 2012 02:22:31 -0700:
>
>> The module name is Tkinter not tkinter...
>
> Not in Python3, tkinter is correct.
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: contro opinion
>> Sent: 30/06/2012 11:53 PM
>> To: Tkinter-discuss
>> Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] how to use tkinter in python3.2
>>
>> 1.i have installed tk
>> 2.install python3.1 and  python3.2 the sameway
>> 1)download
>> 2)./configure
>> 3)make
>> 4)make install
>>
>> in my console
>>
>>
>> tiger at ocean:~$ python3.2
>> Python 3.2.3 (default, Jul  1 2012, 11:07:14)
>> [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> >>> import tkinter
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>>   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/tkinter/__init__.py", line 39, in
>> <module> import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be
>> configured for Tk ImportError: No module named _tkinter
>> >>>
>>
>> tiger at ocean:~$ python3.1
>> Python 3.1.3 (r313:86834, Nov 28 2010, 11:28:10)
>> [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> >>> import tkinter
>> >>>
>> what is the matter?
>
> Apparently in Python-3.2 ./configure failed to detect the Tcl/Tk install.
> Maybe something on your system was changed in between the install of 3.1
> and 3.2 ?
> We had a similar discussion here a while ago:
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tkinter-discuss/2012-June/003203.html
>
> Unfortunately there do not seem to be much resources helping with these
> kind of problems, I encountered them myself, too, and never came to a
> really satisfying solution.
> If ./configure fails to find tcl/tk while all the libs and header files
> are properly installed, usually the paths pointing to tclConfig.sh and
> tkConfig.sh must be added to some environment variable like
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH or LIBDIR , maybe the the paths to tcl.h and tk.h must
> also be explicitely added to some other environment variable.
> Alas there does not seem to be the one solution that works in any case,
> at least I never saw it.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
>
> .-.. .. ...- .   .-.. --- -. --.   .- -. -..   .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-.
>
> You're too beautiful to ignore.  Too much woman.
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From mid.tier at gmail.com  Thu Jul  5 08:17:39 2012
From: mid.tier at gmail.com (mid.tier)
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:17:39 +0600
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] pytkapp - python package to develop a simple
 application (MDI/SDI) using tkinter library.
Message-ID: <CABowRAHkgeMGkg5Tp3hyRBq8cMsGuVZoPST3HwnFaf7SK+8WsQ@mail.gmail.com>

Good day,

I uploaded initial release for pytkapp package (former pytkmdiapp) for
fast develop tkinter-based application with MDI/SDI interface.

Features:
Tested under python 2.6, 2.7, 3.1
Platform-independent (testing on win xp, 7, ubuntu, fedora)
Contains set of useful (on my view ;-)) widgets and tools
Contains updated tablelist wrapper for tcl package tablelist
(http://www.nemethi.de)

You can download package from PyPi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytkapp

From list at qtrac.plus.com  Thu Jul 12 12:38:37 2012
From: list at qtrac.plus.com (Mark Summerfield)
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:38:37 +0100
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Toggle buttons
Message-ID: <20120712113837.5241e55f@dino>

Hi,

I want to create a toggle button, i.e., a button that when clicked goes
down (if it is up) and goes up (if it is down).

One easy way to achieve this is to set the button's style to
"Toolbutton" (see self.toggle2). But unfortunately, that gets rid of the
button's relief so it looks out of place amongst other non-toggling
buttons.

I solved if for Linux using a custom style (see self.toggle3). But this
doesn't work on Windows and I can't figure out how to solve it.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

Here's the code I've got:

############################################################
import tkinter.ttk

class Window(tkinter.ttk.Frame):

    def __init__(self, master=None):
        super().__init__(master)
        self.toggle1 = tkinter.ttk.Button(text="Off",
                command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle1))
        self.toggle1.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
        self.toggle2 = tkinter.ttk.Button(text="Off", style="Toolbutton",
                command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle2))
        self.toggle2.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
        self.toggle3 = tkinter.ttk.Button(text="Off", 
                command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle3))
        self.toggle3.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
        style = tkinter.ttk.Style()
        style.configure("Toggle.TButton")
        style.map("Toggle.TButton", relief=[("pressed", "sunken"),
            ("selected", "sunken"), ("!selected", "raised")])
        self.toggle3.config(style="Toggle.TButton")
        tkinter.ttk.Button(text="Quit",
                command=self.master.destroy).pack(padx=5, pady=5)
        self.pack()

    def toggle(self, button):
        if button.instate(("!selected",)):
            button.state(("selected",))
            button.config(text="On")
        else:
            button.state(("!selected",))
            button.config(text="Off")


window = Window()
window.master.title("Toggle")
window.master.mainloop()
############################################################

Thanks!

-- 
Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd, www.qtrac.eu
    C++, Python, Qt, PyQt - training and consultancy
        "Programming in Python 3" - ISBN 0321680561
            http://www.qtrac.eu/py3book.html

From klappnase at web.de  Thu Jul 12 19:13:36 2012
From: klappnase at web.de (Michael Lange)
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:13:36 +0200
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Toggle buttons
In-Reply-To: <20120712113837.5241e55f@dino>
References: <20120712113837.5241e55f@dino>
Message-ID: <20120712191336.748e3b98.klappnase@web.de>

Hi,

Thus spoketh Mark Summerfield <list at qtrac.plus.com> 
unto us on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:38:37 +0100:

> Hi,
> 
> I want to create a toggle button, i.e., a button that when clicked goes
> down (if it is up) and goes up (if it is down).
> 
> One easy way to achieve this is to set the button's style to
> "Toolbutton" (see self.toggle2). But unfortunately, that gets rid of the
> button's relief so it looks out of place amongst other non-toggling
> buttons.
> 
> I solved if for Linux using a custom style (see self.toggle3). But this
> doesn't work on Windows and I can't figure out how to solve it.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a solution?

Maybe you could use a Checkbutton with indicatoron=False, as in:

import tkinter

root = tkinter.Tk()

def toggle(button, variable):
    if variable.get():
        button.config(text='On')
    else:
        button.config(text='Off')

v1 = tkinter.BooleanVar()
v1.set(False)
b1 = tkinter.Checkbutton(root, text='Off', variable=v1, indicatoron=False,
                         selectcolor='', command=lambda : toggle(b1, v1))
b1.pack(padx=50, pady=50)

root.mainloop()

The button in this example looks tiny compared to a Button(), but this
could probably easily be fixed. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a
indicatoron Option for the ttk.Checkbutton though, and I am not sure how
good or bad this will look on windows.

Regards

Michael

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                   3134.0

From list at qtrac.plus.com  Fri Jul 13 09:35:20 2012
From: list at qtrac.plus.com (Mark Summerfield)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:35:20 +0100
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Toggle buttons
In-Reply-To: <20120712191336.748e3b98.klappnase@web.de>
References: <20120712113837.5241e55f@dino>
	<20120712191336.748e3b98.klappnase@web.de>
Message-ID: <20120713083520.78d2eff9@dino>

Hi Michael,

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:13:36 +0200
Michael Lange <klappnase at web.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thus spoketh Mark Summerfield <list at qtrac.plus.com> 
> unto us on Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:38:37 +0100:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I want to create a toggle button, i.e., a button that when clicked goes
> > down (if it is up) and goes up (if it is down).
> > 
> > One easy way to achieve this is to set the button's style to
> > "Toolbutton" (see self.toggle2). But unfortunately, that gets rid of
> > the button's relief so it looks out of place amongst other non-toggling
> > buttons.
> > 
> > I solved if for Linux using a custom style (see self.toggle3). But this
> > doesn't work on Windows and I can't figure out how to solve it.
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest a solution?
> 
> Maybe you could use a Checkbutton with indicatoron=False, as in:
> 
> import tkinter
> 
> root = tkinter.Tk()
> 
> def toggle(button, variable):
>     if variable.get():
>         button.config(text='On')
>     else:
>         button.config(text='Off')
> 
> v1 = tkinter.BooleanVar()
> v1.set(False)
> b1 = tkinter.Checkbutton(root, text='Off', variable=v1,
> indicatoron=False, selectcolor='', command=lambda : toggle(b1, v1))
> b1.pack(padx=50, pady=50)
> 
> root.mainloop()
> 
> The button in this example looks tiny compared to a Button(), but this
> could probably easily be fixed. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a
> indicatoron Option for the ttk.Checkbutton though, and I am not sure how
> good or bad this will look on windows.

Unfortunately it looks bad on Windows because using tkinter.Checkbutton
rather than tkinter.ttk.Checkbutton means you get a button that isn't
styled so it looks completely different from the others.

I'll probably use "on" and "off" images on Windows.

Thanks!

-- 
Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd, www.qtrac.eu
    C++, Python, Qt, PyQt - training and consultancy
        "Advanced Qt Programming" - ISBN 0321635906
            http://www.qtrac.eu/aqpbook.html

From markus.holub at bluebottle.com  Fri Jul 13 17:56:07 2012
From: markus.holub at bluebottle.com (Markus Holub)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:56:07 +0200
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] pybwidget notebook bug
Message-ID: <50004517.6010308@bluebottle.com>

'delete' is defined twice in the NoteBook class.
Moreover the second definition misses the 'destroyframe' argument, 
making this argument unusable.

The 'delete' call in 'getframe' seems also incorrect.

Regards,
Markus

From michael.odonnell at uam.es  Mon Jul 23 03:22:20 2012
From: michael.odonnell at uam.es (Michael O'Donnell)
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:22:20 +1000
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] hierarchical version of ttk.combobox
Message-ID: <CABaQFFHZcFDTmAn-L=bdkD2TXCj21apa4=kA-u0P1rGLB5O32w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi All,

  Is there some widget that can give me a hierarchical popup menu
similar to ttk.combobox,  but with each item opening a submenu?

Mick

From kw at codebykevin.com  Mon Jul 23 03:31:14 2012
From: kw at codebykevin.com (Kevin Walzer)
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:31:14 -0400
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] hierarchical version of ttk.combobox
In-Reply-To: <CABaQFFHZcFDTmAn-L=bdkD2TXCj21apa4=kA-u0P1rGLB5O32w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABaQFFHZcFDTmAn-L=bdkD2TXCj21apa4=kA-u0P1rGLB5O32w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <500CA962.8050704@codebykevin.com>

On 7/22/12 9:22 PM, Michael O'Donnell wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>    Is there some widget that can give me a hierarchical popup menu
> similar to ttk.combobox,  but with each item opening a submenu?
>
> Mick
> _______________________________________________
> Tkinter-discuss mailing list
> Tkinter-discuss at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
>

How about tk_popup()?

http://effbot.org/zone/tkinter-popup-menu.htm

--Kevin

-- 
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Code by Kevin
http://www.codebykevin.com

From jgriscti at gmail.com  Tue Jul 24 15:45:38 2012
From: jgriscti at gmail.com (Jane)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:45:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Toggle buttons
References: <20120712113837.5241e55f@dino>
Message-ID: <loom.20120724T153827-461@post.gmane.org>

Mark Summerfield <list <at> qtrac.plus.com> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to create a toggle button, i.e., a button that when clicked goes
> down (if it is up) and goes up (if it is down).
> 
> One easy way to achieve this is to set the button's style to
> "Toolbutton" (see self.toggle2). But unfortunately, that gets rid of the
> button's relief so it looks out of place amongst other non-toggling
> buttons.
> 
> I solved if for Linux using a custom style (see self.toggle3). But this
> doesn't work on Windows and I can't figure out how to solve it.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a solution?
> 
> Here's the code I've got:
> 
> ############################################################
> import tkinter.ttk
> 
> class Window(tkinter.ttk.Frame):
> 
>     def __init__(self, master=None):
>         super().__init__(master)
>         self.toggle1 = tkinter.ttk.Button(text="Off",
>                 command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle1))
>         self.toggle1.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
>         self.toggle2 = tkinter.ttk.Button(text="Off", style="Toolbutton",
>                 command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle2))
>         self.toggle2.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
>         self.toggle3 = tkinter.ttk.Button(text="Off", 
>                 command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle3))
>         self.toggle3.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
>         style = tkinter.ttk.Style()
>         style.configure("Toggle.TButton")
>         style.map("Toggle.TButton", relief=[("pressed", "sunken"),
>             ("selected", "sunken"), ("!selected", "raised")])
>         self.toggle3.config(style="Toggle.TButton")
>         tkinter.ttk.Button(text="Quit",
>                 command=self.master.destroy).pack(padx=5, pady=5)
>         self.pack()
> 
>     def toggle(self, button):
>         if button.instate(("!selected",)):
>             button.state(("selected",))
>             button.config(text="On")
>         else:
>             button.state(("!selected",))
>             button.config(text="Off")
> 
> window = Window()
> window.master.title("Toggle")
> window.master.mainloop()
> ############################################################
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Hi ... 

Found that setting the ttk.Checkbutton style to 'TButton' forces it to appear as 
themed button; then, on selection, changing it to 'Toolbutton' gives it a 
'sunken' appearance. Works ok under Windows 7.

    cb1 = ttk.Checkbutton(f, style='Demo.TButton',
                             image=(self.noletters, 'selected', self.letters),
                             command=lambda: self._cb_value_changed(cb1))

    def _cb_value_changed(self, cb):
        # if a checkbutton is selected, use the 'Toolbutton' 
        # style to make it appear 'sunken'
        if 'selected' in cb.state():
            cb['style'] = 'Demo.Toolbutton'
        else:
            cb['style'] = 'Demo.TButton'






From list at qtrac.plus.com  Tue Jul 24 17:05:01 2012
From: list at qtrac.plus.com (Mark Summerfield)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:05:01 +0100
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Toggle buttons
In-Reply-To: <loom.20120724T153827-461@post.gmane.org>
References: <20120712113837.5241e55f@dino>
	<loom.20120724T153827-461@post.gmane.org>
Message-ID: <20120724160501.484be7f1@dino>

Hi Jane,

On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:45:38 +0000 (UTC)
Jane <jgriscti at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mark Summerfield <list <at> qtrac.plus.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I want to create a toggle button, i.e., a button that when clicked goes
> > down (if it is up) and goes up (if it is down).
> > 
> > One easy way to achieve this is to set the button's style to
> > "Toolbutton" (see self.toggle2). But unfortunately, that gets rid of
> > the button's relief so it looks out of place amongst other non-toggling
> > buttons.
> > 
> > I solved if for Linux using a custom style (see self.toggle3). But this
> > doesn't work on Windows and I can't figure out how to solve it.
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest a solution?
[snip]

> Hi ... 
> 
> Found that setting the ttk.Checkbutton style to 'TButton' forces it to
> appear as themed button; then, on selection, changing it to 'Toolbutton'
> gives it a 'sunken' appearance. Works ok under Windows 7.
> 
>     cb1 = ttk.Checkbutton(f, style='Demo.TButton',
>                              image=(self.noletters, 'selected',
> self.letters), command=lambda: self._cb_value_changed(cb1))
> 
>     def _cb_value_changed(self, cb):
>         # if a checkbutton is selected, use the 'Toolbutton' 
>         # style to make it appear 'sunken'
>         if 'selected' in cb.state():
>             cb['style'] = 'Demo.Toolbutton'
>         else:
>             cb['style'] = 'Demo.TButton'

I tried your idea on Windows 7 & Linux (& a slightly simplified version
which did the same). Yes, it correctly changes the appearance between
raised and sunken: but in the sunken state the width of the button
shrinks to fit the text -- and there's no width property for styled
buttons:-(

Here's the code:

############################################################
import tkinter.ttk

class Window(tkinter.ttk.Frame):

    def __init__(self, master=None):
        super().__init__(master)
        self.toggle1 = tkinter.ttk.Button(self, text="Off (1)",
                command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle1, 1))
        self.toggle1.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
        self.toggle2 = tkinter.ttk.Button(self, text="Off (2)",
		style="Toolbutton",
		command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle2, 2))
        self.toggle2.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
        self.toggle3 = tkinter.ttk.Button(self, text="Off (3)", 
                command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle3, 3))
        self.toggle3.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
        style = tkinter.ttk.Style()
        style.configure("Toggle.TButton")
        style.map("Toggle.TButton", relief=[("pressed", "sunken"),
            ("selected", "sunken"), ("!selected", "raised")])
        self.toggle3.config(style="Toggle.TButton")
        self.toggle4 = tkinter.ttk.Checkbutton(self,
                style="Toggle.TButton", text="Off (4)",
                command=lambda *args: self.toggle_style(self.toggle4, 4))
        self.toggle4.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
        tkinter.ttk.Button(self, text="Quit",
                command=self.master.destroy).pack(padx=5, pady=5)
        self.pack()

    def toggle_style(self, button, number):
        if button.instate(("selected",)):
            button.config(text="Off ({})".format(number))
            button.config(style="Toolbutton")
        else:
            button.config(text="On ({})".format(number))
            button.config(style="Toggle.TButton")

    def toggle(self, button, number):
        if button.instate(("!selected",)):
            button.state(("selected",))
            button.config(text="On ({})".format(number))
        else:
            button.state(("!selected",))
            button.config(text="Off ({})".format(number))

window = Window()
window.master.title("Toggle")
window.master.mainloop()
############################################################


-- 
Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd, www.qtrac.eu
    C++, Python, Qt, PyQt - training and consultancy
        "Programming in Go" - ISBN 0321774639
            http://www.qtrac.eu/gobook.html

From jgriscti at gmail.com  Tue Jul 24 20:50:36 2012
From: jgriscti at gmail.com (Jane Griscti)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:50:36 -0400
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Fwd:  Toggle buttons
In-Reply-To: <CAN+dCc4KRU-6tEb-_GiiMehxJYsEHJ02ZY90or2g4qp8vEHgjg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20120712113837.5241e55f@dino>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jane Griscti <jgriscti at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Tkinter-discuss] Toggle buttons
To: Mark Summerfield <list at qtrac.plus.com>



On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Mark Summerfield <list at qtrac.plus.com>wrote:

> Hi Jane,
>
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:45:38 +0000 (UTC)
> Jane <jgriscti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mark Summerfield <list <at> qtrac.plus.com> writes:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I want to create a toggle button, i.e., a button that when clicked goes
> > > down (if it is up) and goes up (if it is down).
> > >
> > > One easy way to achieve this is to set the button's style to
> > > "Toolbutton" (see self.toggle2). But unfortunately, that gets rid of
> > > the button's relief so it looks out of place amongst other non-toggling
> > > buttons.
> > >
> > > I solved if for Linux using a custom style (see self.toggle3). But this
> > > doesn't work on Windows and I can't figure out how to solve it.
> > >
> > > Can anyone suggest a solution?
> [snip]
>
> > Hi ...
> >
> > Found that setting the ttk.Checkbutton style to 'TButton' forces it to
> > appear as themed button; then, on selection, changing it to 'Toolbutton'
> > gives it a 'sunken' appearance. Works ok under Windows 7.
> >
> >     cb1 = ttk.Checkbutton(f, style='Demo.TButton',
> >                              image=(self.noletters, 'selected',
> > self.letters), command=lambda: self._cb_value_changed(cb1))
> >
> >     def _cb_value_changed(self, cb):
> >         # if a checkbutton is selected, use the 'Toolbutton'
> >         # style to make it appear 'sunken'
> >         if 'selected' in cb.state():
> >             cb['style'] = 'Demo.Toolbutton'
> >         else:
> >             cb['style'] = 'Demo.TButton'
>
> I tried your idea on Windows 7 & Linux (& a slightly simplified version
> which did the same). Yes, it correctly changes the appearance between
> raised and sunken: but in the sunken state the width of the button
> shrinks to fit the text -- and there's no width property for styled
> buttons:-(
>
> Here's the code:
>
> ############################################################
> import tkinter.ttk
>
> class Window(tkinter.ttk.Frame):
>
>     def __init__(self, master=None):
>         super().__init__(master)
>         self.toggle1 = tkinter.ttk.Button(self, text="Off (1)",
>                 command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle1, 1))
>         self.toggle1.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
>         self.toggle2 = tkinter.ttk.Button(self, text="Off (2)",
>                 style="Toolbutton",
>                 command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle2, 2))
>         self.toggle2.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
>         self.toggle3 = tkinter.ttk.Button(self, text="Off (3)",
>                 command=lambda *args: self.toggle(self.toggle3, 3))
>         self.toggle3.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
>         style = tkinter.ttk.Style()
>         style.configure("Toggle.TButton")
>         style.map("Toggle.TButton", relief=[("pressed", "sunken"),
>             ("selected", "sunken"), ("!selected", "raised")])
>         self.toggle3.config(style="Toggle.TButton")
>         self.toggle4 = tkinter.ttk.Checkbutton(self,
>                 style="Toggle.TButton", text="Off (4)",
>                 command=lambda *args: self.toggle_style(self.toggle4, 4))
>         self.toggle4.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
>         tkinter.ttk.Button(self, text="Quit",
>                 command=self.master.destroy).pack(padx=5, pady=5)
>         self.pack()
>
>     def toggle_style(self, button, number):
>         if button.instate(("selected",)):
>             button.config(text="Off ({})".format(number))
>             button.config(style="Toolbutton")
>         else:
>             button.config(text="On ({})".format(number))
>             button.config(style="Toggle.TButton")
>
>     def toggle(self, button, number):
>         if button.instate(("!selected",)):
>             button.state(("selected",))
>             button.config(text="On ({})".format(number))
>         else:
>             button.state(("!selected",))
>             button.config(text="Off ({})".format(number))
>
> window = Window()
> window.master.title("Toggle")
> window.master.mainloop()
> ############################################################
>
>
> --
> Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd, www.qtrac.eu
>     C++, Python, Qt, PyQt - training and consultancy
>         "Programming in Go" - ISBN 0321774639
>             http://www.qtrac.eu/gobook.html
>

Hi Mark ... there is a width value for ttk.Checkbutton.

I was able to get it work with the code below.  I just forced a width of 11
pixels (tried to use the winfo_reqwidth() of another button to get the
right size but it returns 76 for some reason ... there must be a way to get
a decent size??)


        tkinter.ttk.Style().configure('Toggle.Toolbutton', anchor='center')
        self.toggle4 = tkinter.ttk.Checkbutton(self,
                style='Toggle.TButton', text="Off (4)", width=-11,
                command=lambda *args: self.toggle_style(self.toggle4, 4))
        self.toggle4.pack(padx=5, pady=5)

    def toggle_style(self, button, number):
        if button.instate(("selected",)):
            button.config(text="Off ({})".format(number))
            button.config(style="Toggle.Toolbutton")
        else:
            button.config(text="On ({})".format(number))
            button.config(style="Toggle.TButton")

Jane

PS Apologies, thought I had sent this to the list
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From klappnase at web.de  Tue Jul 24 21:17:12 2012
From: klappnase at web.de (Michael Lange)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:17:12 +0200
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Fwd:  Toggle buttons
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Message-ID: <20120724211712.e3c5f0be.klappnase@web.de>

Hi,

Thus spoketh Jane Griscti <jgriscti at gmail.com> 
unto us on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:50:36 -0400:

> I was able to get it work with the code below.  I just forced a width
> of 11 pixels (tried to use the winfo_reqwidth() of another button to
> get the right size but it returns 76 for some reason ... there must be
> a way to get a decent size??)

Sounds like a tiny checkbutton ;)
I suspect that the "11" refers to character units rather than pixels and
the "76" looks like a reasonable pixel size for a button.

Regards

Michael


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From list at qtrac.plus.com  Wed Jul 25 09:03:43 2012
From: list at qtrac.plus.com (Mark Summerfield)
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:03:43 +0100
Subject: [Tkinter-discuss] Fwd:  Toggle buttons
In-Reply-To: <CAN+dCc5mD-j+OLyor23R4FLOoDAzeWW=yQw57C90JkaxDVtdww@mail.gmail.com>
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	<20120724160501.484be7f1@dino>
	<CAN+dCc4KRU-6tEb-_GiiMehxJYsEHJ02ZY90or2g4qp8vEHgjg@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAN+dCc5mD-j+OLyor23R4FLOoDAzeWW=yQw57C90JkaxDVtdww@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20120725080343.23aa92e6@dino>

Hi Jane,

On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:50:36 -0400
Jane Griscti <jgriscti at gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
> Hi Mark ... there is a width value for ttk.Checkbutton.
> 
> I was able to get it work with the code below.  I just forced a width of
> 11 pixels (tried to use the winfo_reqwidth() of another button to get the
> right size but it returns 76 for some reason ... there must be a way to
> get a decent size??)
> 
> 
>         tkinter.ttk.Style().configure('Toggle.Toolbutton',
> anchor='center') self.toggle4 = tkinter.ttk.Checkbutton(self,
>                 style='Toggle.TButton', text="Off (4)", width=-11,
>                 command=lambda *args: self.toggle_style(self.toggle4, 4))
>         self.toggle4.pack(padx=5, pady=5)
> 
>     def toggle_style(self, button, number):
>         if button.instate(("selected",)):
>             button.config(text="Off ({})".format(number))
>             button.config(style="Toggle.Toolbutton")
>         else:
>             button.config(text="On ({})".format(number))
>             button.config(style="Toggle.TButton")
> 
> Jane

You're right about the width option (I was thinking of ttk.Button).

However, I've found two problems with this approach:
(1) button widths differ per platform (so on Windows 7 I need -11 and on
    Linux -9; and this may vary with DPI or other factors, so setting
    width may not be a good idea)
(2) the text is centered (like the other buttons) when in TButton style;
    but is left aligned in Toolbutton style. And there doesn't seem to
    be a justify option for ttk.Checkbuttons.

So, for now, I'm using the style approach for Linux since it works
perfectly there, and for Windows and Mac OS X I'm adding an image to the
button with one image for selected and one for deselected.

Thanks!

-- 
Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd, www.qtrac.eu
    C++, Python, Qt, PyQt - training and consultancy
        "Programming in Go" - ISBN 0321774639
            http://www.qtrac.eu/gobook.html