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.. _tkinter:
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Graphical User Interfaces with Tk
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.. index::
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single: GUI
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single: Graphical User Interface
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single: Tkinter
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single: Tk
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Tk/Tcl has long been an integral part of Python. It provides a robust and
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platform independent windowing toolkit, that is available to Python programmers
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using the :mod:`Tkinter` module, and its extensions, the :mod:`Tix` and
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the :mod:`ttk` modules.
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The :mod:`Tkinter` module is a thin object-oriented layer on top of Tcl/Tk. To
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use :mod:`Tkinter`, you don't need to write Tcl code, but you will need to
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consult the Tk documentation, and occasionally the Tcl documentation.
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:mod:`Tkinter` is a set of wrappers that implement the Tk widgets as Python
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classes. In addition, the internal module :mod:`_tkinter` provides a threadsafe
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mechanism which allows Python and Tcl to interact.
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:mod:`Tkinter`'s chief virtues are that it is fast, and that it usually comes
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bundled with Python. Although its standard documentation is weak, good
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material is available, which includes: references, tutorials, a book and
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others. :mod:`Tkinter` is also famous for having an outdated look and feel,
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which has been vastly improved in Tk 8.5. Nevertheless, there are many other
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GUI libraries that you could be interested in. For more information about
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alternatives, see the :ref:`other-gui-packages` section.
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.. toctree::
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tkinter.rst
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ttk.rst
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tix.rst
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scrolledtext.rst
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turtle.rst
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idle.rst
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othergui.rst
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.. Other sections I have in mind are
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Tkinter internals
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Freezing Tkinter applications
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