[Tkinter-discuss] Making an image the background of a Frame

[Alexnb]

Tim Jones-8 wrote:
> 
> On Jul 19, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Alexnb wrote:
> 
>> Guilherme Polo wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Alexnb <alexnbryan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So, is there a way I can make the background of a frame an image  
>>>> and still have all the widgets (buttons in this case) remain where  
>>>> they are and how
>>>> they work?
>>>
>>> You could just use a Label with a image and use this Label as the  
>>> parent for other widgets you want to place over it. You will  
>>> probably also want to set the window geometry according to this  
>>> background image dimensions.
>>>
>> Okay, I tried that and the area just showed up white :(. What do you  
>> suggest?
> 
> Unfortunately, this is one of the aspects of TK that isn't quite right  
> on OS X.  You could use a drawn image of a button on your backdrop  
> image and then monitor for the mouseclick position to determine that  
> the pseudo-button was pressed, but without proper ties to the Carbon  
> Compositor, it's best to use pushbuttons only on default, blank  
> backgrounds.
> 
> Sorry the news isn't better.
> 
> Tim
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Well, it's an answer. So thank you very much :)

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