[Tutor] tkinter, create widgets during runtime?

[Karim]

Sorry, I forgot to update continuously the Frame:

 >>> a.mainloop()

Karim

On 01/27/2011 02:59 PM, Karim wrote:
>
> I never did that but this is python!
> You can create anything you want at runtime!
> Make a factory method in you gui class which inherit from Frame or 
> whatever container code below is testing:
>
> >>> from Tkinter import *
> >>> class gui(Frame):
> ...      def __init__(self, master=None):
> ...          Frame.__init__(self, master)
> ...          self.pack()
> ...      def createLabels(self):
> ...          labels = []
> ...          for  i in range(4):
> ...               labelName = "myLabel_{0}".format(i)
> ...               labels.append(Label(master=self, text="this is label 
> " + labelName))
> ...          for label in labels:
> ...              label.pack()
> ...
> >>> a=gui()
> >>> a.createLabels()
>
>
> self is the instance of your inherited Frame or else container.
>
> Regards
> Karim
>
>
> On 01/27/2011 01:15 PM, Elwin Estle wrote:
>> From the lack of replies...I am guessing that this can't be done.  
>> Tho I just realized I had a typo in part of it.
>>
>> The line that reads:
>> "Is there a way to do something like this in Tkinter?  Or am I 
>> correct in guessing that if it is not possible, it is probably more 
>> complicated than the above?"
>>
>> ...should have said, "Or am I correct in guessing tat if it IS 
>> possible, it is probably more..."
>>
>> --- On *Wed, 1/26/11, Elwin Estle /<chrysalis_reborn at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>>     From: Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn at yahoo.com>
>>     Subject: [Tutor] tkinter, create widgets during runtime?
>>     To: tutor at python.org
>>     Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 12:21 PM
>>
>>     With Tcl/Tk, you can generate widgets "on the fly" during program
>>     execution, without having to explicitly create them in your
>>     code.  i.e., something like:
>>
>>     for {set i 0} {$i <= 5} {incr i} {
>>         label .myLabel_$i -text "this is label myLabel_$i"
>>         pack .myLabel_$i
>>     }
>>
>>     ...which will generate five labels from "myLabel_0" to "myLabel_5".
>>
>>     Useful if you need a varying number of widgets, or a series of
>>     "incremental" widgets.
>>
>>     Is there a way to do something like this in Tkinter?  Or am I
>>     correct in guessing that if it is not possible, it is probably
>>     more complicated than the above?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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