I am working on GUI programming of python using Tkinter.
I am creating 4 frames(Frame1, Frame2, Frame3 and Frame4) in my Tkinter Root Window by using the below code:
import tkinter as tki class App(object): def __init__(self): self.root = tki.Tk() self.root.wm_title("Play With python") for r in range(8): self.root.rowconfigure(r, weight=1) for c in range(2): self.root.columnconfigure(c, weight=1) # Create Frames Frame1 = tki.Frame(self.root, borderwidth=1, bg = 'blue') Frame1.grid(row = 0, column = 0, rowspan = 2, columnspan = 2, sticky = 'w, e, n, s') Frame2 = tki.Frame(self.root, borderwidth=1, bg = 'blue') Frame2.grid(row = 2, column = 0, rowspan = 2, columnspan = 2, sticky = 'w, e, n, s') Frame3 = tki.Frame(self.root, borderwidth=1, bg = 'blue') Frame3.grid(row = 4, column = 0, rowspan = 2, columnspan = 2, sticky = 'w, e, n, s') Frame4 = tki.Frame(self.root, borderwidth=1, bg = 'blue') Frame4.grid(row = 6, column = 0, rowspan = 2, columnspan = 2, sticky = 'w, e, n, s') app = App() app.root.mainloop()
The same thing I want to do using a for loop to make my code readable as in my real code the frames are around 12.
I am trying the below code for the same output:
import tkinter as tki class App(object): def __init__(self): self.root = tki.Tk() self.root.wm_title("Play With python") for r in range(8): self.root.rowconfigure(r, weight=1) for c in range(2): self.root.columnconfigure(c, weight=1) # Create Frames j = 0 for i in range(1,5): Framei = tki.Frame(self.root, borderwidth=1, bg = 'blue') Framei.grid(row = j, column = 0, rowspan = 2, columnspan = 2, sticky = 'w, e, n, s') j = j + 2 app = App() app.root.mainloop()
Problem:
As I can see the problem this code is creating 4 frames but with same name reference as Framei(and not as Frame1, Frame2, Frame3 and Frame4). But I want 4 separate frames with different names as (Frame1, Frame2, Frame3 and Frame4).
I know my problem is quite related to variable creation at Run Time, but as I am applying it first time So facing Problem.
Python Version I am using is 3.0.1.
Please Help…
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Answer
You should place the Frame
instances in a list like so:
import tkinter as tki class App(object): def __init__(self): self.root = tki.Tk() self.root.wm_title("Play With python") for r in range(8): self.root.rowconfigure(r, weight=1) for c in range(2): self.root.columnconfigure(c, weight=1) # Create a list of the Frames in the order they were created frames = [] j = 0 for i in range(1,5): Frame = tki.Frame(self.root, borderwidth=1, bg = 'blue') Frame.grid(row = j, column = 0, rowspan = 2, columnspan = 2, sticky = 'w, e, n, s') # Add the Frame to the list frames.append(Frame) # Also, just as an FYI, j = j + 2 can be better written like this j += 2 # To demonstrate print(frames) # This is the first Frame created print(frames[0]) app = App() app.root.mainloop()
To access the Frames, just index the list.