window-creation-w-location.py

reduced python source for embedded apps

from Tkinter import *

import sys
##sys.path.append("/users/mjc4y/projects/python/tkinter/utils")
##from TkinterUtils  import *

# this shows how to create a new window with a button in it that
# can create new windows

class QuitButton(Button):
    def __init__(self, master, *args, **kwargs):
        if not kwargs.has_key("text"):
            kwargs["text"] = "QUIT"
        if not kwargs.has_key("command"):
            kwargs["command"] = master.quit
        apply(Button.__init__, (self, master) + args, kwargs)

class Test(Frame):
    def makeWindow(self, *args):
	fred = Toplevel()

	fred.label = Canvas (fred, width="2i", height="2i")

	fred.label.create_line("0", "0", "2i", "2i")
	fred.label.create_line("0", "2i", "2i", "0")
	fred.label.pack()

	##centerWindow(fred, self.master)

    def createWidgets(self):
	self.QUIT = QuitButton(self)
	self.QUIT.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)

	self.makeWindow = Button(self, text='Make a New Window',
				 width=50, height=20,
				 command=self.makeWindow)
	self.makeWindow.pack(side=LEFT)

    def __init__(self, master=None):
	Frame.__init__(self, master)
	Pack.config(self)
	self.createWidgets()

test = Test()
test.mainloop()