from Tkinter import * # this shows how to spawn off new windows at a button press class Test(Frame): def printit(self): print "hi" def makeWindow(self): fred = Toplevel() fred.label = Label(fred, {'text': "Here's a new window",}) fred.label.pack() def createWidgets(self): self.QUIT = Button(self, {'text': 'QUIT', 'fg': 'red', 'command': self.quit}) self.QUIT.pack({'side': 'left', 'fill': 'both'}) # a hello button self.hi_there = Button(self, {'text': 'Make a New Window', 'command' : self.makeWindow}) self.hi_there.pack({'side': 'left'}) def __init__(self, master=None): Frame.__init__(self, master) Pack.config(self) self.createWidgets() test = Test() test.mainloop()