""" a couple of classes for implementing partial tabbed-page like behaviour """ from Tkinter import * class PageTab(Frame): """ a 'page tab' like framed button """ def __init__(self,parent): Frame.__init__(self, parent,borderwidth=2,relief=RIDGE) self.button=Radiobutton(self,padx=5,pady=5,takefocus=FALSE, underline=0,indicatoron=FALSE,highlightthickness=0, borderwidth=0,selectcolor=self.cget('bg')) self.button.pack() class TabPageSet(Frame): """ a set of 'pages' with TabButtons for controlling their display """ def __init__(self,parent,pageNames,**kw): """ pageNames - a list of strings, each string will be the dictionary key to a page's data, and the name displayed on the page's tab. Should be specified in desired page order. The first page will be the default and first active page. """ Frame.__init__(self, parent, kw) self.grid_location(0,0) self.columnconfigure(0,weight=1) self.rowconfigure(1,weight=1) self.tabBar=Frame(self) self.tabBar.grid(row=0,column=0,sticky=EW) self.activePage=StringVar(self) self.defaultPage='' self.pages={} for name in pageNames: self.AddPage(name) def ChangePage(self,pageName=None): if pageName: if pageName in self.pages.keys(): self.activePage.set(pageName) else: raise 'Invalid TabPage Name' ## pop up the active 'tab' only for page in self.pages.keys(): self.pages[page]['tab'].config(relief=RIDGE) self.pages[self.GetActivePage()]['tab'].config(relief=RAISED) ## switch page self.pages[self.GetActivePage()]['page'].lift() def GetActivePage(self): return self.activePage.get() def AddPage(self,pageName): if pageName in self.pages.keys(): raise 'TabPage Name Already Exists' self.pages[pageName]={'tab':PageTab(self.tabBar), 'page':Frame(self,borderwidth=2,relief=RAISED)} self.pages[pageName]['tab'].button.config(text=pageName, command=self.ChangePage,variable=self.activePage, value=pageName) self.pages[pageName]['tab'].pack(side=LEFT) self.pages[pageName]['page'].grid(row=1,column=0,sticky=NSEW) if len(self.pages)==1: # adding first page self.defaultPage=pageName self.activePage.set(self.defaultPage) self.ChangePage() def RemovePage(self,pageName): if not pageName in self.pages.keys(): raise 'Invalid TabPage Name' self.pages[pageName]['tab'].pack_forget() self.pages[pageName]['page'].grid_forget() self.pages[pageName]['tab'].destroy() self.pages[pageName]['page'].destroy() del(self.pages[pageName]) # handle removing last remaining, or default, or active page if not self.pages: # removed last remaining page self.defaultPage='' return if pageName==self.defaultPage: # set a new default page self.defaultPage=\ self.tabBar.winfo_children()[0].button.cget('text') if pageName==self.GetActivePage(): # set a new active page self.activePage.set(self.defaultPage) self.ChangePage() if __name__ == '__main__': #test dialog root=Tk() tabPage=TabPageSet(root,pageNames=['Foobar','Baz']) tabPage.pack(expand=TRUE,fill=BOTH) Label(tabPage.pages['Foobar']['page'],text='Foo',pady=20).pack() Label(tabPage.pages['Foobar']['page'],text='Bar',pady=20).pack() Label(tabPage.pages['Baz']['page'],text='Baz').pack() entryPgName=Entry(root) buttonAdd=Button(root,text='Add Page', command=lambda:tabPage.AddPage(entryPgName.get())) buttonRemove=Button(root,text='Remove Page', command=lambda:tabPage.RemovePage(entryPgName.get())) labelPgName=Label(root,text='name of page to add/remove:') buttonAdd.pack(padx=5,pady=5) buttonRemove.pack(padx=5,pady=5) labelPgName.pack(padx=5) entryPgName.pack(padx=5) root.mainloop()