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How to change label (image form) with next button python

I am currently a novice in python and I'm trying to make a label switch from one image to another by clicking a next button. Here's my code:
from tkinter import *
def next1():
global slide
slide=1
if slide==1:
bglabel.config(image=bg1)
elif slide==2:
bglabel.config(image=bg2)
slide+=1
window.update()
window=Tk()
window.geometry("1500x750+0+0")
bg1=PhotoImage(file="backslide1.png")
bg2=PhotoImage(file="backslide2.png")
nextbutton=PhotoImage(file="next.png")
bglabel=Label(window, image=bg1)
bglabel.place(x=600,y=200)
nextbutton1=Button(window, image=nextbutton, bd=0, command=next1())
window.bind('<Button-1>', next1())
I sat for a good hour or so trying to tamper with the slide variable (trying to declare it before def, removing global, changing value, changing where slide+=1 is, etc) but one of two things always happens; either it's stuck on bg1 with the button clicking but doing nothing, or jumping straight to bg2. I've also tried splitting next1 into two different def's, one for variable tracking, one for switching bglabel, but still the same output. Please help.
(Also, will that window.bind be trouble as I continue to add buttons? If so please let me know how to do it correctly.)

As you mentioned, one 'error' that occurs is that the image immediately jumps to image bg2. This is the line causing that:
nextbutton1=Button(window, image=nextbutton, bd=0, command=next1())
More specifically, where you declare the command associated with the button:
command=next1()
With the enclosed brackets, you're calling the function next1 i.e. as soon as the button is created, run the specified function.
To solve this, just remove the pair of brackets:
nextbutton1=Button(window, image=nextbutton, bd=0, command=next1)
The same goes for your key binding. This way, the button/key now has a reference to the function - it knows what function to run and will run it when the specified action is performed.
More about the key binding...
When you use bind to assign a key to run a function, whatever function that is to be run needs to be made aware as such. Currently, the next function you are trying to bind is given no indication that it can be called using a keyboard button event. To fix that, we set a default parameter in next specifying the event:
def next1(event=None):
#rest of function code here
window.bind('<Button-1>', lambda event: next(event))
Setting a default parameter, event=None, basically means if no value forevent was passed to the function from whatever called it, set it to None by default (in that sense, you can choose to set it to whatever by default). Using lambda for the key bind in this way allows us to pass parameters to functions. We specify what parameter(s) we want to pass to the function and then specify the function, with the parameter(s) enclosed in brackets.

You need to provide the function, not the result of the function. So no parenthesis. Like this:
nextbutton1=Button(window, image=nextbutton, bd=0, command=next1)
Also remove the window.bind line, and your loop logic is broken. "slide" is always 1 since you set that in the function. Are you trying to cycle between the 2 images with every click? If so use itertools.cycle:
from tkinter import *
from itertools import cycle
def next1():
bglabel.config(image=next(bgimages))
window=Tk()
window.geometry("1500x750+0+0")
bg1=PhotoImage(file="backslide1.png")
bg2=PhotoImage(file="backslide2.png")
bgimages = cycle([bg1, bg2])
nextbutton=PhotoImage(file="next.png")
bglabel=Label(window)
bglabel.place(x=600,y=200)
next1() # set the first image
nextbutton1=Button(window, image=nextbutton, bd=0, command=next1)
nextbutton1.pack()
window.mainloop()
(totally untested since i don't have your images).

Python TK Notebook tab change check

Newbie programmer here. I am building a tk based desktop app and ran into an issue:
I have a main window with several stuff in it including two tabs:
global nBook
nBook = ttk.Notebook(self, name="book")
nBook.place(x=300,y=400)
frameOne = ttk.Frame(nBook, width=100, height=100)
frameTwo = ttk.Frame(nBook, width=100, height=100)
nBook.add(frameOne, text='T1')
nBook.add(frameTwo, text='T2')
frameOne.bind("<<NotebookTabChanged>>", self.routine())
frameTwo.bind("<<NotebookTabChanged>>", self.routine())
routine() is a function that SHOULD perform a check every time T2 is selected
def routine(self):
if str(nBook.index(nBook.select())) == "2":
# Do stuff
else:
pass
Problem is that it doesn't do anything when the tab is changed except for calling the routine function as soon as I open the app and never again. I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Could anyone point out the mistake(s) I'm making?
EDIT: Same issue if I try
nBook.bind("<<NotebookTabChanged>>", self.xbRoutine())

The error comes from the event binding statements: when using self.routine() the callback is called when the bind statement is executed, not when the event is triggered. To get the correct behavior, the second argument of bind should be the name of a function not a call to this function, so simply remove the parentheses.
Another error: when using bind, the callback function is expected to have a first argument (traditionnaly called event) storing the event parameters. So you should define your callback as:
def routine(self, event):
...

I had the same problem. The answer given by #sciroccorics is not complete.
What you bind is not the tab itself, but the notebook.
So, it should be
nBook.bind("<<NotebookTabChanged>>", self.xbRoutine)

Alternatively you could use lambda.
In your case this will look something like this:
frameOne.bind("<<NotebookTabChanged>>", lambda _: self.routine())
Don't forget the _, otherwise you will get a TypeError, since the event is passed as an argument.
lamba is really helpful if your function requires one or more arguments.

Python Tkinter - How do I change variables from outside the main window class?

Now i understand the concept of instance variables and classes, I've never had a problem with them before and I use them frequently. However when I make my MainWindow class, everything is peachy until i try accessing instance variables.
http://pastebin.com/tDs5EJhi is the full code, but at this point it's just placing labels and frames and whatnot, no actual logic is going on. The window looks fine and nothing bad happens.
My question comes to be when I try changing things inside of the window externally. I figured I could just make an instance of the class and change variables from there (namely instancevariable.ImageCanvas.itemconfig()) like i can normally, but Tkinter isn't being nice about it and I think it's a result of Tkinter's mainloop().
Here's the tidbit of my class MainWindow() that i'm having trouble with (ln 207)
...
self.C4 = Tk.PhotoImage(file="temp.png")
self.card4 = self.CardCanvas.create_image(120,46,image=self.C4, state=Tk.NORMAL)
#self.CardCanvas.itemconfig(4, state=Tk.HIDDEN) # < It works here
...
self.root.mainloop()
window = MainWindow()
window.CardCanvas.itemconfig(4, state=Tk.HIDDEN) # < It doesn't work here
That's how i learned how to edit instance variables. When the window pops up, the itemconfig command doesn't actually apply like it would were it inside the class (or maybe it did and the window just didn't update?) and after closing the window I get this error:
_tkinter.TclError: invalid command name
which I assume is just because it's trying to apply a method to variables that don't exist anymore, now that the window has closed.
So I guess here's my big question - I have a MainWindow class, and from what I can tell, nothing can be changed from outside of the class because the Tk.mainloop() is running and won't stop to let other code after it run, like the itemconfig. How do I go about changing those variables? Code after the instance variable declaration doesn't seem to run until the MainWindow() is closed.

You are correct that code after mainloop doesn't run. It does, but only after the GUI has been destroyed. Tkinter is designed for the call to mainloop be the last (or very nearly last) line of executable code. Once it is called, all other work must be done as reaction to events. That is the essence of GUI programming.
The answer to "how do I go about changing the variables" is simple: do it before you call mainloop, or do it in reaction to an event. For example, do it in a callback to a button, do it in a function bound to an event, or to a time-based event via after, and so on.

Python - Check for keypresses without using 100% cpu

I'm writing a GUI program in Python using Tkinter and I need a way to check if a keypress is happening without using all my cpu. Currently I'm using the threading module to start a thread that will check for the keypress without freezing the interface (Tkinter). I use win32api.GetKeyState() in a while loop inside my thread so that it constantly checks the status of the key because it needs to be able to tell if the key is being pressed even when the window doesnt have focus. The problem is the program uses 100% cpu the moment I start the thread. If I put a time.sleep() in the loop it cuts back the cpu usage dramatically BUT there is a delay between the actual keypress and the time that it knows that you are pressing a key.
Is there a way to capture a keypress the very moment it gets pressed even when the window is out of focus WITHOUT using so much cpu?
from Tkinter import *
import win32api
class Application(Frame):
def __init__(self, master=None):
Frame.__init__(self, master)
self.pack()
coords = StringVar()
Label(master=self, textvariable=coords).pack()
def GetCoords():
coords.set(str(win32api.GetCursorPos()))
root.bind_all("<Scroll_Lock>", self.GetCoords)
root = Tk()
app = Application(master=root)
#root.wm_iconbitmap(default='INSERT ICON HERE')
#root.wm_title("TITLE OF PROGRAM")
#app.master.maxsize(640, 480)
app.master.minsize(640, 480)
app.master.resizable(0, 0)
app.mainloop()
app.quit()
That script give me the following result:
AttributeError: Application instance has no attribute 'GetCoords'

You want to catch key events, instead of polling for the current keyboard state.
See Events and Bindings in the TkInter docs, which has a simple example that does exactly what you want (plus, it's cross-platform instead of Win32-only).
And this is generally an issue with all GUI programming (and network servers, for that matter), and the answer is always the same. You don't directly use non-blocking "check for current X status" calls usefully, with or without threads. In the main thread, you ask the event loop "call my function when X status changes", or you create a background thread and make a blocking "wait forever until X happens" call.
The Wikipedia page on Event loop actually has a pretty good description of this.
Looking at your edited version, you've got a completely new problem now:
class Application(Frame):
def __init__(self, master=None):
Frame.__init__(self, master)
self.pack()
coords = StringVar()
Label(master=self, textvariable=coords).pack()
def GetCoords():
coords.set(str(win32api.GetCursorPos()))
root.bind_all("<Scroll_Lock>", self.GetCoords)
GetCoords is a local function defined inside Application.__init__. But you're trying to use it as if it were a method of Application. You can't do self.GetCoords unless GetCoords is a method of self. That's exactly what the error message AttributeError: Application instance has no attribute 'GetCoords' means.
But you can just pass the local function GetCoords, just by taking out the self. prefix. I'm not sure this will do what you think (because I'm not sure whether you can close over a StringVar like that or not), but… try it and see.
Alternatively, you can make GetCoords a method just by moving it out of the def __init__ and giving it a self parameter. Then you can access self.GetCoords, and get a bound method, which you can pass exactly as you're trying to. However, in that case, it won't be able to access coords anymore, since that's a local variable inside __init__. To fix that, change that local variable into a member variable, by using self.coords everywhere in __init__ and GetCoords (and anywhere else) instead of coords.

How can I properly read out spin buttons in pyGTK?

For a small timer app I want to write a GTK interface where I can set the desired time. Here is a picture of the interface:
However, I am having trouble reading out the fields of the spin buttons. My envisaged procedure for this is the following:
Read out the buttons using methods for each button
Here is one of the methods that does this:
# Get the fields of the spinbuttons
def get_seconds(self, widget, spin):
self.rSeconds = spin.get_value_as_int()
It is then called like this:
button = gtk.Button("Start")
button.connect("clicked", self.get_seconds, spinnerS)
Create a timer object with the data from the buttons
This is planned to be accomplished using this method:
# Create the timer object ...
def prepare_timer(self, widget, hours, minutes, seconds, title, text):
self.timer = eggTimer(hours, minutes, seconds, title, text)
Which is called here:
button.connect("clicked", self.prepare_timer, self.rHours, self.rMinutes, self.rSeconds, "some title", "some text")
Unfortunately, when running the script I get the following error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "GTKInterface.py", line 140, in <module>
SpinButtonExample()
File "GTKInterface.py", line 126, in __init__
button.connect("clicked", self.prepare_timer, self.rHours, self.rMinutes, self.rSeconds, "Title", "Text")
AttributeError: SpinButtonExample instance has no attribute 'rSeconds'
To check whether there really is no instance of that variable, I programmed a short method to print it:
def returnS(self, widget):
print self.rSeconds
And surprisingly this method can "see" self.rSeconds. This makes me wonder what determines the visibility of the variable. What am I doing wrong to read this out?

You try to pass the attribute self.rHours to the connect method, but at that point the attribute doesn't exist yet (the clicked handlers haven't executed yet).
Note that even if you fill in self.rHours before calling connect, it will pass the value at the time of connecting, not at the time of the handler executing.
You can solve this by passing self.rHours etc directly to eggTimer in prepare_timer.
But it would be even easier to just combine all the click handlers into one, and use local variables instead of self.rHours etc. There's no reason to split your code over many click handlers like this.
Edit: BTW, you can also use nested functions instead of methods:
...
def prepare_timer(widget):
self.timer = eggTimer(
spinnerH.get_value_as_int(),
spinnerM.get_value_as_int(),
spinnerS.get_value_as_int(),
"Title", "Text")
button.connect("clicked", prepare_timer)
...
Keep it simple!

Going off of adw's answer recommending one click handler, a simple addition to your pastebin code would be:
def read_and_prepare(self,spinnerS,spinnerM,spinnerH,title,text):
self.get_seconds(spinnerS)
self.get_minutes(spinnerM)
self.get_hours(spinnerH)
self.prepare_timer(elf.rHours, self.rMinutes, self.rSeconds, title, text)
and only have
button.connect("clicked", self.read_and_prepare,spinnerS,spinnerM,spinnerH,"Title","Text")
for the connection code.
You could also probably redesign a bit to avoid all the get_* calls and just read the values in the click handler.