cpython/Demo/tkinter/matt/menu-simple.py

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from Tkinter import *
# some vocabulary to keep from getting confused. This terminology
# is something I cooked up for this file, but follows the man pages
# pretty closely
#
#
#
# This is a MENUBUTTON
# V
# +-------------+
# | |
#
# +------------++------------++------------+
# | || || |
# | File || Edit || Options | <-------- the MENUBAR
# | || || |
# +------------++------------++------------+
# | New... |
# | Open... |
# | Print |
# | | <-------- This is a MENU. The lines of text in the menu are
# | | MENU ENTRIES
# | +---------------+
# | Open Files > | file1 |
# | | file2 |
# | | another file | <------ this cascading part is also a MENU
# +----------------| |
# | |
# | |
# | |
# +---------------+
def new_file():
print "opening new file"
def open_file():
print "opening OLD file"
def makeFileMenu():
# make menu button : "File"
File_button = Menubutton(mBar, {'text': 'File',
'underline': 0,
Pack: {'side': 'left',
'padx': '1m'}})
# make the pulldown part of the File menu. The parameter passed is the master.
# we attach it to the File button as a python attribute called "menu" by convention.
# hopefully this isn't too confusing...
File_button.menu = Menu(File_button)
# add an item. The first param is a menu entry type,
# must be one of: "cascade", "checkbutton", "command", "radiobutton", "seperator"
# see menu-demo-2.py for examples of use
File_button.menu.add('command', {'label': 'New...',
'underline': 0,
'command' : new_file})
File_button.menu.add('command', {'label': 'Open...',
'underline': 0,
'command' : open_file})
File_button.menu.add('command', {'label': 'Quit',
'underline': 0,
'command': 'exit'})
# set up a pointer from the file menubutton back to the file menu
File_button['menu'] = File_button.menu
return File_button
def makeEditMenu():
Edit_button = Menubutton(mBar, {'text': 'Edit',
'underline': 0,
Pack: {'side': 'left',
'padx' : '1m'}})
Edit_button.menu = Menu(Edit_button)
# just to be cute, let's disable the undo option:
Edit_button.menu.add('command', {"label" : "Undo"} )
# undo is the 0th entry...
Edit_button.menu.entryconfig(0, {"state" : "disabled"})
# and these are just for show. No "command" callbacks attached.
Edit_button.menu.add('command', {"label" : "Cut"} )
Edit_button.menu.add('command', {"label" : "Copy"} )
Edit_button.menu.add('command', {"label" : "Paste"} )
# set up a pointer from the file menubutton back to the file menu
Edit_button['menu'] = Edit_button.menu
return Edit_button
#################################################
#### Main starts here ...
root = Tk()
# make a menu bar
mBar = Frame(root, {'relief': 'raised',
'bd': 2,
Pack: {'side': 'top',
'fill': 'x'}})
File_button = makeFileMenu()
Edit_button = makeEditMenu()
# finally, install the buttons in the menu bar.
# This allows for scanning from one menubutton to the next.
mBar.tk_menuBar(File_button, Edit_button)
root.title('menu demo')
root.iconname('packer')
root.mainloop()