[Tkinter-discuss] optionmenu question

[Michael Lange]

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:06:33 -0600
"Stewart Midwinter" <stewart.midwinter at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/11/06, Jan Filip Tristan <blenderkid at web.de> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have got a problem.I've got a List and I want to have everything in this
> > List as an own OptionMenu piece.
> 
> from Tkinter import *
> import Pmw
> root=Tk()
> Pmw.initialise()
> var = StringVar()
> var.set('Quanitity Surveyor')
> opt_menu = Pmw.OptionMenu(root,labelpos=W,
>     label_text='Choose Profession',
>     menubutton_textvariable=var,
>     items=('Stockbrocker','Quantity Surveyor','Church Warden','BRM'),
>     menubutton_width = 16)
> opt_menu.pack(anchor=W, padx=20, pady=30)
> root.mainloop()
> 

Or in plain Tkinter:

>>> from Tkinter import *
>>> fruits = ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry', 'strawberry']
>>> root = Tk()
>>> s = StringVar()
>>> s.set('banana')
>>> o = OptionMenu(root, s, *fruits)
>>> o.pack()

Michael