from Tkinter import * # This example program creates a scroling canvas, and demonstrates # how to tie scrollbars and canvses together. The mechanism # is analogus for listboxes and other widgets with # "xscroll" and "yscroll" configuration options. class Test(Frame): def printit(self): print "hi" def createWidgets(self): self.question = Label(self, {"text": "Can Find The BLUE Square??????", Pack : {"side" : "top"}}) self.QUIT = Button(self, {'text': 'QUIT', 'bg': 'red', "height" : "3", 'command': self.quit}) self.QUIT.pack({'side': 'bottom', 'fill': 'both'}) spacer = Frame(self, {"height" : "0.25i", Pack : {"side" : "bottom"}}) # notice that the scroll region (20" x 20") is larger than # displayed size of the widget (5" x 5") self.draw = Canvas(self, {"width" : "5i", "height" : "5i", "bg" : "white", "scrollregion" : "0i 0i 20i 20i"}) self.draw.scrollX = Scrollbar(self, {"orient" : "horizontal"}) self.draw.scrollY = Scrollbar(self, {"orient" : "vertical"}) # now tie the three together. This is standard boilerplate text self.draw['xscroll'] = self.draw.scrollX.set self.draw['yscroll'] = self.draw.scrollY.set self.draw.scrollX['command'] = self.draw.xview self.draw.scrollY['command'] = self.draw.yview # draw something. Note that the first square # is visible, but you need to scroll to see the second one. self.draw.create_polygon("0i", "0i", "3.5i", "0i", "3.5i", "3.5i", "0i" , "3.5i") self.draw.create_polygon("10i", "10i", "13.5i", "10i", "13.5i", "13.5i", "10i" , "13.5i", "-fill", "blue") # pack 'em up self.draw.scrollX.pack({'side': 'bottom', "fill" : "x"}) self.draw.scrollY.pack({'side': 'right', "fill" : "y"}) self.draw.pack({'side': 'left'}) def scrollCanvasX(self, *args): print "scrolling", args print self.draw.scrollX.get() def __init__(self, master=None): Frame.__init__(self, master) Pack.config(self) self.createWidgets() test = Test() test.mainloop()