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Class import in Tkinter Python

Hello: I have a few questions:
in the Gallery module widget appears ok to me - 640x480, After import I have a small window, I do not understand why?
How do I move this imported widget to the center of the main window? After import relative to the main window, it appears in the upper right corner. I tried this code fact it can be set but the problem is that here appears a second empty window and this empty one I can operate.
old_code.py
def get_gallery(self):
from GUI.module.gallery import Gallery
Gallery(tk.Toplevel(self.root)).pack(fill=tk.BOTH, expand=1)
x = self.root.winfo_x()
y = self.root.winfo_y()
tk.Toplevel(self.root).geometry("+%d+%d" % (x + 600, y + 800))
How to make this imported window pasted into the main window after import? I.e. so that there are not two windows of the main window and the gallery (after import) but that they constitute one window? Thank you for your help :D
gallery.py
class Gallery(tk.Frame):
code of gallery
if __name__ == '__main__':
root.geometry("%dx%d" % (640, 480))
root.title("Open file")
app = Gallery(tk.Tk())
root.mainloop()
main.py
...
def get_gallery(self):
from GUI.module.gallery import Gallery
Gallery(tk.Toplevel(self.root)).pack()
def get_run_gallery(self):
jpg = tk.Button(self.frame, text="Gallery", command=self.get_gallery)
self.my_canvas.create_window(780, 220, anchor="nw", window=jpg, height=50, width=200)
...
def get_run_first_page():
calling ...
if __name__ == '__main__':
first = MainPage(tk.Tk())
first.get_run_first_page()

Control location on screen where new windows open with graphics.py

I have a python program that deploys a windows via graphics.py. The initial window opened by the GraphWin class opens in the top left corner of the screen. Subsequent calls to GraphWin cascade from the upper left to the lower right.
I'd like to control the placement of each window. (Example: Have all the windows open in a grid-layout so I can create a dashboard.)

I think there is no such method in graphics.py right now.
Ref: The Book and webpage.
If you want to stick to using graphics.py, I suggest creating a dashboard by dividing a single window into different slots.
This option does exist in Tkinter library. Please refer to this answer for more information on that.

graphics.py doesn't provide a way for you to control the location of instances of its GraphWin class. However the fact that it's built on top of Python's Tk GUI toolkit module named tkinter means that sometimes you can work around its limitations by looking at its source code to see how things operate internally.
For example, here's a snippet of code from the module (version 5.0) showing the beginning of GraphWin class' definition from the graphics.py file:
class GraphWin(tk.Canvas):
"""A GraphWin is a toplevel window for displaying graphics."""
def __init__(self, title="Graphics Window",
width=200, height=200, autoflush=True):
assert type(title) == type(""), "Title must be a string"
master = tk.Toplevel(_root)
master.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", self.close)
tk.Canvas.__init__(self, master, width=width, height=height,
highlightthickness=0, bd=0)
self.master.title(title)
self.pack()
master.resizable(0,0)
self.foreground = "black"
self.items = []
self.mouseX = None
self.mouseY = None
self.bind("<Button-1>", self._onClick)
self.bind_all("<Key>", self._onKey)
self.height = int(height)
self.width = int(width)
self.autoflush = autoflush
self._mouseCallback = None
self.trans = None
self.closed = False
master.lift()
self.lastKey = ""
if autoflush: _root.update()
As you can see it's derived from a tkinter.Canvas widget which has an attribute named master which is a tkinter.Toplevel widget. It then initializes the Canvas base class and specifies the newly created Toplevel window as its parent.
The size and position of a Toplevel window can be controlled by calling its geometry() method as described in the linked documentation. This method expects to be passed a "geometry string" argument in a certain format ('wxh±x±y').
This mean you can take advantage of how this implementation detail in order to put it anywhere you want it and as well as resize if desired.
Here's an example of doing that:
from graphics import *
def main():
win = GraphWin("My Circle", 100, 100)
# Override size and position of the GraphWin.
w, h = 300, 300 # Width and height.
x, y = 500, 500 # Screen position.
win.master.geometry('%dx%d+%d+%d' % (w, h, x, y))
c = Circle(Point(50,50), 10)
c.draw(win)
win.getMouse() # pause for click in window
win.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
My desktop while script is running:

Tkinter canvas PhotoImage is not appearing

I have a problem with my code. I am creating a small video game called Lumanite. I have created the homepage and have started the graphics generation, but I have run into a bug. I am using Python 3.3 and am on a Win 10 laptop. I run the program through a run file, which accesses the main_game file that uses the classes outlined in a separate file, spritesclasses. I am trying to make a sprite appear. Here is the code for the main_game file and the spritesclasses file. (They import the canvas and root from a MENU file)
#SPRITES
from tkinter import *
from GUI_FILE import canvas, root
from OPENING_FILE import show, hide
class Sprite():
def __init__(self, photoplace):
self.orgin = photoplace
self.photo = PhotoImage(file=photoplace)
self.w = self.photo.width()
self.h = self.photo.height()
def draw(self):
self.sprite = canvas.create_image(self.h, self.w, image=self.photo)
And the MAIN_GAME file:
#Main Game File:
from tkinter import *
from OPENING_FILE import show, hide
from GUI_FILE import root, canvas
from spritesclasses import *
def start_game():
genterrain()
def genterrain():
test = Sprite("logo.gif")
test.draw()
And the sprites are not appearing. No error or anything. Please help me. I will supply you with information at a further notice.

This is a known but tricky issue. You can read about it in Why do my Tkinter images not appear? I've implemented one possible solution below:
from tkinter import *
class Sprite():
def __init__(self, photoplace):
self.photo = PhotoImage(file=photoplace)
self.w = self.photo.width()
self.h = self.photo.height()
self.sprite = None
def draw(self):
canvas = Canvas(root, width=self.w, height=self.h)
canvas.pack()
self.sprite = canvas.create_image(0, 0, anchor=NW, image=self.photo)
def start_game():
genterrain()
def genterrain():
sprite = Sprite("logo.gif")
sprite.draw()
sprites.append(sprite) # keep a reference!
root = Tk()
sprites = []
start_game()
root.mainloop()
The assignment self.photo = PhotoImage(file=photoplace) isn't a sufficient reference as the object test goes out of scope when genterrain() returns and is garbage collected, along with your image. You can test this by commenting out the line sprites.append(sprite) and see your image disappear again.
Also, it wasn't clear why you were positioning the image at it's own width and height -- the first to arguments to create_image() are the X and Y position. I moved canvas creation into draw() so I could size the canvas to the image but that's not a requirement of the visibility fix.

Open executable file from graphics button without closing parent window

I've created a game "dice poker" using Zelle's graphing package, and have a button on the main screen which opens a text file. The text file opens when the button is clicked, but the main window closes. How can I keep the parent window open?
The button class is below:
from graphics import *
from tkinter import Button as tkButton
class Button():
"""A button is a labeled rectangle in a window.
It is activated or deactivated with the activate()
and deactivate() methods. The clicked(p) method
returns true if the button is active and p is inside it."""
def __init__(self, win, center, width, height, label):
""" Creates a rectangular button, eg:
qb = Button(myWin, centerPoint, width, height, 'Quit') """
w,h = width/2.0, height/2.0
x,y = center.getX(), center.getY()
self.xmax, self.xmin = x+w, x-w
self.ymax, self.ymin = y+h, y-h
p1 = Point(self.xmin, self.ymin)
p2 = Point(self.xmax, self.ymax)
self.rect = Rectangle(p1,p2)
self.rect.setFill('lightgray')
self.rect.draw(win)
self.label = Text(center, label)
self.label.draw(win)
self.deactivate()
def clicked(self, p):
"Returns true if button active and p is inside"
return (self.active and
self.xmin <= p.getX() <= self.xmax and
self.ymin <= p.getY() <= self.ymax)
def getLabel(self):
"Returns the label string of this button."
return self.label.getText()
def activate(self):
"Sets this button to 'active'."
self.label.setFill('black')
self.rect.setWidth(2)
self.active = True
def deactivate(self):
"Sets this button to 'inactive'."
self.label.setFill('darkgrey')
self.rect.setWidth(1)
self.active = False
How can I include a command argument that can open an executable in a fashion similar to this tkinter implementation:
import Tkinter as tk
def create_window():
window = tk.Toplevel(root)
root = tk.Tk()
b = tk.Button(root, text="Create new window", command=create_window)
b.pack()
root.mainloop()
Where the command can be subprocess.run(['open', '-t', 'poker_help.txt']) and still keep the original window open?

I have to make some assumptions since you didn't include top level code (e.g. you're on a Mac):
Zelle graphics, unlike tkinter and turtle, which is also built on tkinter, doesn't have an explicit win.mainloop() call to turn control over to the Tk event handler to idle awaiting events to happen. Instead, you have to patch one together yourself, otherwise once you get the mouse click that fires off your button, the program falls through the end of the file and the main window closes:
import subprocess
from graphics import *
from button import Button
win = GraphWin()
help_button = Button(win, Point(150, 150), 50, 50, "Help")
help_button.activate()
quit_button = Button(win, Point(50, 50), 50, 50, "Quit")
quit_button.activate()
while True:
point = win.getMouse()
if help_button.clicked(point):
subprocess.call(['open', '-t', 'poker_help.txt'])
elif quit_button.clicked(point):
win.close()
Where from button import Button brings in your button code above. Another thing to check is your window is actually closing, and not simply being obscured by the new window opened atop it.

How to make a window fullscreen in a secondary display with tkinter?

I know how to make a window fullscreen in the "main" display, but even when moving my app's window to a secondary display connected to my PC, when I call:
self.master.attributes('-fullscreen', True)
to fullscreen that window, it does so in the "main" display and not in the secondary one (the app's window disappears from the secondary display and instantly appears in the "main" one, in fullscreen).
How can I make it fullscreen in the secondary display?

This works on Windows 7: If the second screen width and height are the same as the first one, you can use win1 or win2 geometry of the following code depending its relative position(leftof or rightof) to have a fullscreen in a secondary display:
from Tkinter import *
def create_win():
def close(): win1.destroy();win2.destroy()
win1 = Toplevel()
win1.geometry('%dx%d%+d+%d'%(sw,sh,-sw,0))
Button(win1,text="Exit1",command=close).pack()
win2 = Toplevel()
win2.geometry('%dx%d%+d+%d'%(sw,sh,sw,0))
Button(win2,text="Exit2",command=close).pack()
root=Tk()
sw,sh = root.winfo_screenwidth(),root.winfo_screenheight()
print "screen1:",sw,sh
w,h = 800,600
a,b = (sw-w)/2,(sh-h)/2
Button(root,text="Exit",command=lambda r=root:r.destroy()).pack()
Button(root,text="Create win2",command=create_win).pack()
root.geometry('%sx%s+%s+%s'%(w,h,a,b))
root.mainloop()

Try:
from Tkinter import *
rot = Tk()
wth,hgh = rot.winfo_screenwidth(),rot.winfo_screenheight()
#take desktop width and hight (pixel)
_w,_h = 800,600 #root width and hight
a,b = (wth-_w)/2,(hgh-_h)/2 #Put root to center of display(Margin_left,Margin_top)
def spann():
def _exit():
da.destroy()
da = Toplevel()
da.geometry('%dx%d+%d+%d' % (wth, hgh,0, 0))
Button(da,text="Exit",command=_exit).pack()
da.overrideredirect(1)
da.focus_set()#Restricted access main menu
Button(rot,text="Exit",command=lambda rot=rot : rot.destroy()).pack()
but = Button(rot,text="Show SUB",command=spann)
but.pack()
rot.geometry('%sx%s+%s+%s'%(_w,_h,a,b))
rot.mainloop()
""" Geometry pattern 'WxH+a+b'
W = Width
H = Height
a = Margin_left+Margin_Top"""

Super simple method working in 2021
This works even if both displays are different resolutions. Use geometry to offset the second display by the width of the first display. The format of the geometry string is <width>x<height>+xoffset+yoffset:
root = tkinter.Tk()
# specify resolutions of both windows
w0, h0 = 3840, 2160
w1, h1 = 1920, 1080
# set up a window for first display, if wanted
win0 = tkinter.Toplevel()
win0.geometry(f"{w0}x{h0}+0+0")
# set up window for second display with fullscreen
win1 = tkinter.Toplevel()
win1.geometry(f"{w1}x{h1}+{w0}+0") # <- this is the key, offset to the right by w0
win1.attributes("-fullscreen", True)
As long as you know the width of the first display, this will work fine. The X system TK runs on puts the second monitor to the right of the first one by default.

Windows, Python 3.8
In this solution, pressing F11 will make the window fullscreen on the current screen.
Note that self.root.state("zoomed") is Windows specific according to doc.
self.root.overrideredirect(True) is weird in Windows and may have unwanted side effects. For instance I've had issues related to changing screen configuration with this option active.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import tkinter as tk
class Gui:
fullScreen = False
def __init__(self):
self.root = tk.Tk()
self.root.bind("<F11>", self.toggleFullScreen)
self.root.bind("<Alt-Return>", self.toggleFullScreen)
self.root.bind("<Control-w>", self.quit)
self.root.mainloop()
def toggleFullScreen(self, event):
if self.fullScreen:
self.deactivateFullscreen()
else:
self.activateFullscreen()
def activateFullscreen(self):
self.fullScreen = True
# Store geometry for reset
self.geometry = self.root.geometry()
# Hides borders and make truly fullscreen
self.root.overrideredirect(True)
# Maximize window (Windows only). Optionally set screen geometry if you have it
self.root.state("zoomed")
def deactivateFullscreen(self):
self.fullScreen = False
self.root.state("normal")
self.root.geometry(self.geometry)
self.root.overrideredirect(False)
def quit(self, event=None):
print("quiting...", event)
self.root.quit()
if __name__ == '__main__':
Gui()