Tkinter menus

[Gigs_]

class MenuDemo(Frame) :
def __init__(self, parent=None):
Frame.__init__( self, parent)
self.pack(expan d=YES, fill=BOTH)
self.createWidg ets()

def createWidgets(s elf):
self.makeMenuBa r()
self.makeToolBa r()
L = Label(self, text='Menu and Toolbar demo')
L.config(relief =SUNKEN, width=40, height=10, bg='white')
L.pack(expand=Y ES, fill=BOTH)

def makeMenuBar(sel f):
self.menubar = Menu(self.maste r) #here
self.master.con fig(menu=self.m enubar) #here
self.fileMenu()
self.editMenu()
self.imageMenu( )

why i need to use self.master?
why i cant just use self?

thx

[James Stroud]

Gigs_ wrote:

class MenuDemo(Frame) :
def __init__(self, parent=None):
Frame.__init__( self, parent)
self.pack(expan d=YES, fill=BOTH)
self.createWidg ets()

def createWidgets(s elf):
self.makeMenuBa r()
self.makeToolBa r()
L = Label(self, text='Menu and Toolbar demo')
L.config(relief =SUNKEN, width=40, height=10, bg='white')
L.pack(expand=Y ES, fill=BOTH)

def makeMenuBar(sel f):
self.menubar = Menu(self.maste r) #here
self.master.con fig(menu=self.m enubar) #here
self.fileMenu()
self.editMenu()
self.imageMenu( )

why i need to use self.master?
why i cant just use self?

thx

master is a reference to a Tk() or Toplevel(). Frames do not contain
menus, but the windows that contain them do.

James

[Eric Brunel]

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:35:40 +0100, James Stroud <js*****@mbi.uc la.edu
wrote:

Gigs_ wrote:

>class MenuDemo(Frame) :
def __init__(self, parent=None):
Frame.__init__( self, parent)
self.pack(expan d=YES, fill=BOTH)
self.createWidg ets()
def createWidgets(s elf):
self.makeMenuBa r()
self.makeToolBa r()
L = Label(self, text='Menu and Toolbar demo')
L.config(relief =SUNKEN, width=40, height=10, bg='white')
L.pack(expand=Y ES, fill=BOTH)
def makeMenuBar(sel f):
self.menubar = Menu(self.maste r) #here
self.master.con fig(menu=self.m enubar) #here
self.fileMenu()
self.editMenu()
self.imageMenu( )
why i need to use self.master?
why i cant just use self?
thx

master is a reference to a Tk() or Toplevel(). Frames do not contain
menus, but the windows that contain them do.

This is the main reason why I always rant about examples of Tkinter
programming creating windows by sub-classing Frame: frames are not
windows. If you want to create a window, sub-class Toplevel (or Tk), not
Frame. A frame is a general-purpose container. It can be sub-classed to
create new "mega-widgets" that can be used in any context. This is
obviously not the case in the code above, as the parent passed to any
instance of MenuDemo *must* be a Toplevel or Tk. So just write:

class MenuDemo(Toplev el):
def __init__(self):
Toplevel.__init __(self)
...
def makeMenuBar(sel f):
self.menubar = Menu(self)
self.config(men u=self.menubar)
...

and your life will be easier ;-)

HTH
--
python -c "print ''.join([chr(154 - ord(c)) for c in
'U(17zX(%,5.zmz 5(17l8(%,5.Z*(9 3-965$l7+-'])"

[Gigs_]

>master is a reference to a Tk() or Toplevel(). Frames do not contain

>menus, but the windows that contain them do.

This is the main reason why I always rant about examples of Tkinter
programming creating windows by sub-classing Frame: frames are not
windows. If you want to create a window, sub-class Toplevel (or Tk), not
Frame. A frame is a general-purpose container. It can be sub-classed to
create new "mega-widgets" that can be used in any context. This is
obviously not the case in the code above, as the parent passed to any
instance of MenuDemo *must* be a Toplevel or Tk. So just write:

class MenuDemo(Toplev el):
def __init__(self):
Toplevel.__init __(self)
...
def makeMenuBar(sel f):
self.menubar = Menu(self)
self.config(men u=self.menubar)
...

and your life will be easier ;-)

HTH
--python -c "print ''.join([chr(154 - ord(c)) for c in
'U(17zX(%,5.zmz 5(17l8(%,5.Z*(9 3-965$l7+-'])"

btw im tkinter newbie so this question could be stupid

is it alright to use Menu instead Toplevel or Tk
like this?

from Tkinter import *
from tkMessageBox import *

class MenuDemo(Menu):
def __init__(self, master=None):
Menu.__init__(s elf, master)
self.createWidg ets()
self.master.tit le('Toolbars and Mennus')
self.master.ico nname('tkpython ')

def createWidgets(s elf):
self.makeMenuBa r()
self.makeToolBa r()
L = Label(self.mast er, text='Menu and Toolbar demo')
L.config(relief =SUNKEN, width=40, height=10, bg='white')
L.pack(expand=Y ES, fill=BOTH)

[Eric Brunel]

On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:41:12 +0100, Gigs_ <gi**@hi.t-com.hrwrote:

is it alright to use Menu instead Toplevel or Tk
like this?

from Tkinter import *
from tkMessageBox import *

class MenuDemo(Menu):
def __init__(self, master=None):
Menu.__init__(s elf, master)
self.createWidg ets()
self.master.tit le('Toolbars and Mennus')
self.master.ico nname('tkpython ')

def createWidgets(s elf):
self.makeMenuBa r()
self.makeToolBa r()
L = Label(self.mast er, text='Menu and Toolbar demo')
L.config(relief =SUNKEN, width=40, height=10, bg='white')
L.pack(expand=Y ES, fill=BOTH)

Feels weird to me. Creating widgets in a window from what is supposed to
its its menu is quite unexpected. I would definitely create a sub-class of
Toplevel or Tk and create the menu in it.

HTH
--
python -c "print ''.join([chr(154 - ord(c)) for c in
'U(17zX(%,5.zmz 5(17l8(%,5.Z*(9 3-965$l7+-'])"