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message box Tkinter get rid of the python rocket [duplicate]

I am using Python 3.5.0 on Windows 10 and want to replace this:

To change the icon you should use iconbitmap or wm_iconbitmap I'm under the impression that the file you wish to change it to must be an ico file.
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.iconbitmap("myIcon.ico")

If you haven't an icon.ico file you can use an ImageTk.PhotoImage(ico) and wm_iconphoto.
import tkinter as tk
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
root = tk.Tk()
ico = Image.open('test.jpg')
photo = ImageTk.PhotoImage(ico)
root.wm_iconphoto(False, photo)
root.mainloop()
Note:
If default is True, this is applied to all future created toplevels as
well. The data in the images is taken as a snapshot at the time of
invocation.
Detailed implementations under different OS:
On Windows, the images are packed into a Windows icon structure. This
will override an ico specified to wm iconbitmap, and vice versa.
On X, the images are arranged into the _NET_WM_ICON X property, which
most modern window managers support. A wm iconbitmap may exist
simultaneously. It is recommended to use not more than 2 icons,
placing the larger icon first.
On Macintosh, this sets the Dock icon with the specified image.
See more
Supported formats since TkVersion 8.6 of tk.PhotoImage(filepath):
PNG
GIF
PPM/PGM
Therefore code can be simplified with a .png file to:
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
photo = tk.PhotoImage(file = 'test.png')
root.wm_iconphoto(False, photo)
root.mainloop()

input for tkinter
from tkinter import *
app = Tk()
app.title('Tk')
app.geometry('')
app.iconbitmap(r'C:\Users\User\PycharmProjects\HelloWorld\my.ico')
app.mainloop()
input for pyinstaller
pyinstaller --onefile -w -F --add-binary "my.ico;." my.py

Here is another solution, wich doesn't force you to use an ico file :
from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.geometry("200x200")
root.iconphoto(False, tk.PhotoImage(file='C:\\Users\\Pc\\Desktop\\icon.png'))
root.mainloop()

You must not have favicon.ico in the same directory as your code or namely on your folder. Put in the full Pathname. For examples:
from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.iconbitmap(r'c:\Python32\DLLs\py.ico')
root.mainloop()
This will work

If you are using CustomTkinter:
app.wm_iconbitmap('yt.ico')
CustomTkinter documentation

from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.title('how to put icon ?')
root.iconbitmap('C:\Users\HP\Desktop\py.ico')
root.mainloop()

Here's another way via Tcl command:
import tkinter as tk
window=tk.Tk()
window.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', win._w, tk.PhotoImage(file=r"my_icon.png"))
window.mainloop()

Can't set icon in tkinter [duplicate]

When I tried to change the window icon in the top left corner from the ugly red "TK" to my own favicon using the code below, Python threw an error:
from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
#some buttons, widgets, a lot of stuff
root.iconbitmap('favicon.ico')
This should set the icon to 'favicon.ico' (according to a lot of forum posts all over the web). But unfortunately, all this line does is throw the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "d:\ladvclient\mainapp.py", line 85, in <module>
root.iconbitmap(bitmap='favicon.ico')
File "C:\Python33\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1637, in wm_iconbitmap
return self.tk.call('wm', 'iconbitmap', self._w, bitmap)
_tkinter.TclError: bitmap "favicon.ico" not defined
What I already did:
I checked the path - everything is 100% correct
I tried other file formats like .png or .bmp - none worked
I looked this problem up on many websites
And for the third point, effbot.org, my favorite site about Tkinter, told me that Windows ignores the iconbitmap function.
But this doesn't explain why it throws an error!
There are some "hackish" ways to avoid that issue, but none of them are Written for Python 3.x.
So my final question is: Is there a way to get a custom icon using Python 3.x and Tkinter?
Also, don't tell me I should use another GUI Library. I want my program to work on every platform. I also want a coded version, not a py2exe or sth solution.

You need to have favicon.ico in the same folder or dictionary as your script because python only searches in the current dictionary or you could put in the full pathname. For example, this works:
from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.iconbitmap(r'c:\Python32\DLLs\py.ico')
root.mainloop()
But this blows up with your same error:
from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.iconbitmap('py.ico')
root.mainloop()

No way what is suggested here works - the error "bitmap xxx not defined" is ever present. And yes, I set the correct path to it.
What it did work is this:
imgicon = PhotoImage(file=os.path.join(sp,'myicon.gif'))
root.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', root._w, imgicon)
where sp is the script path, and root the Tk root window.
It's hard to understand how it does work (I shamelessly copied it from fedoraforums) but it works

This works for me with Python3 on Linux:
import tkinter as tk
# Create Tk window
root = tk.Tk()
# Add icon from GIF file where my GIF is called 'icon.gif' and
# is in the same directory as this .py file
root.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', root._w, tk.PhotoImage(file='icon.gif'))

Got stuck on that too...
Finally managed to set the icon i wanted using the following code:
from tkinter import *
root.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', root._w, PhotoImage(file='resources/icon.png'))

#!/usr/bin/env python
import tkinter as tk
class AppName(tk.Frame):
def __init__(self, master=None):
tk.Frame.__init__(self, master)
self.grid()
self.createWidgets()
def createWidgets(self):
self.quitButton = tk.Button(self, text='Quit', command=self.quit)
self.quitButton.grid()
app = AppName()
app.master.title('Title here ...!')
app.master.iconbitmap('icon.ico')
app.mainloop()
it should work like this !

Make sure the .ico file isn't corrupted as well. I got the same error which went away when I tried a different .ico file.

Both codes are working fine with me on python 3.7..... hope will work for u as well
import tkinter as tk
m=tk.Tk()
m.iconbitmap("myfavicon.ico")
m.title("SALAH Tutorials")
m.mainloop()
and do not forget to keep "myfavicon.ico" in the same folder where your project script file is present
Another method
from tkinter import *
m=Tk()
m.iconbitmap("myfavicon.ico")
m.title("SALAH Tutorials")
m.mainloop()
[*NOTE:- python version-3 works with tkinter and below version-3 i.e version-2 works with Tkinter]

I had the same problem too, but I found a solution.
root.mainloop()
from tkinter import *
# must add
root = Tk()
root.title("Calculator")
root.iconbitmap(r"image/icon.ico")
root.mainloop()
In the example, what python needed is an icon file, so when you dowload an icon as .png it won't work cause it needs an .ico file. So you need to find converters to convert your icon from png to ico.

Try this:
from tkinter import *
import os
import sys
root = Tk()
root.iconbitmap(os.path.join(sys.path[0], '<your-ico-file>'))
root.mainloop()
Note: replace <your-ico-file> with the name of the ico file you are using otherwise it won't work.
I have tried this in Python 3. It worked.

So it looks like root.iconbitmap() only supports a fixed directory.
sys.argv[0] returns the directory that the file was read from so a simple code would work to create a fixed directory.
import sys
def get_dir(src):
dir = sys.argv[0]
dir = dir.split('/')
dir.pop(-1)
dir = '/'.join(dir)
dir = dir+'/'+src
return dir
This is the output
>>> get_dir('test.txt')
'C:/Users/Josua/Desktop/test.txt'
EDIT:
The only issue is that this method dosn't work on linux
josua#raspberrypi:~ $ python
Python 2.7.9 (default, Sep 17 2016, 20:26:04) [GCC 4.9.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> sys.argv[0]
''
>>>

from tkinter import *
from PIL import ImageTk, Image
Tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', Tk._w, ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open('./resources/favicon.ico')))
The above worked for me.

I recently ran into this problem and didn't find any of the answers very relevant so I decided to make a SO account for this.
Solution 1: Convert your .ico File online there are a lot of site out there
Solution 2: Convert .ico File in photoshop
If you or your Editor just renamed your image file to *.ico then it is not going to work.
If you see the image icon from your Windows/OS folder then it is working

I'm using Visual Studio Code. To make "favicon.ico" work, you need to specify in which folder you are working.
You press ctrl + shift + p to open the terminal cmd+shift+p on OSX.
In the terminal, you type: cd + the path where you are working. For example: cd C:\User\Desktop\MyProject

CONVERT YOUR IMAGE FILE INTO A PHOTO IMAGE FIRST
img = PhotoImage(file='your-icon')

Python 3.4 Tkinter Claims Image Doesn't Exist [duplicate]

I am trying to set an application icon (python3 / tkinter) like this:
Interface()
root.title("Quicklist Editor")
root.iconbitmap('#/home/jacob/.icons/qle_icon.ico')
root.resizable(0, 0)
root.mainloop()
no matter what I do, I keep getting an error message (Idle), saying:
return self.tk.call('wm', 'iconbitmap', self._w, bitmap)
_tkinter.TclError: error reading bitmap file "/home/jacob/.icons/qle_icon.ico"
What am I doing wrong?

The problem is not the code, but the icon. I tried creating an xbm with another program than Gimp (some KDE icon editor), and although it looks terrifyingly ugly, it does show an icon.
I guess I have to find a creator that gives an "understandable" icon for my Python program.
Edit
The iconbitmap method turned out to be black and white only, so it was useless after all.
After a long search, I found the solution to set the color of an application's icon for Python 3 (on Linux). I found it here:
root = Tk()
img = PhotoImage(file='your-icon')
root.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', root._w, img)

This is an old question, and there is lots of stuff written about it on the web, but all of it is either incorrect or incomplete, so having gotten it to work I thought it would be good to record my actual working code here.
First, you'll need to create an icon and save it in two formats: Windows "ico" and Unix "xbm". 64 x 64 is a good size. XBM is a 1-bit format--pixels just on or off, so no colors, no grays. Linux implementations of tkinter only accept XBM even though every Linux desktop supports real icons, so you're just out of luck there. Also, the XBM spec is ambiguous about whether "on" bits represent black or white, so you may have to invert the XBM for some desktops. Gimp is good for creating these.
Then to put the icon in your titlebar, use this code (Python 3):
import os
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.ttk import *
root = Tk()
root.title("My Application")
if "nt" == os.name:
root.wm_iconbitmap(bitmap = "myicon.ico")
else:
root.wm_iconbitmap(bitmap = "#myicon.xbm")
root.mainloop()

This will allow you to use PNG files as icons, and it does render color. I tested it on Xubuntu 14.04, 32-bit with Python 3.4 (root is your Tk object):
import sys, os
program_directory=sys.path[0]
root.iconphoto(True, PhotoImage(file=os.path.join(program_directory, "test.png")))
(Finding program directory is important if you want it to search for test.png in the same location in all contexts. os.path.join is a cross-platform way to add test.png onto the program directory.)
If you change True to False then it won't use the same icon for windows that aren't the main one.
Please let me know if this works on Windows and Mac.

I tried this, and I couldn't get it to work using Windows 7.
Found a fix.
Use Jacob's answer, but the file has to be a .gif if you're using my OS, (Windows 7) it appears.
Make a 64x64 gif using MS paint, save it, use the file path and bingo, works.

I hope this helps you for cross-platform ability
LOGO_PATH="pic/logo.ico"
LOGO_LINUX_PATH="#pic/logo_1.xbm" #do not forget "#" symbol and .xbm format for Ubuntu
root = Tk()
if detect_screen_size().detect_os()=="Linux":
root.iconbitmap(LOGO_LINUX_PATH)
else:
root.iconbitmap(LOGO_PATH)

Simply using an r string to convert the directory into raw text worked for me:
ex:
app.iconbitmap(r'enter your path here')

In my case, Ubuntu 20.04, python 3.6 (conda), the command iconbitmap(bitmap=icon_path) failed w/ this error. In the end, I put the command w/in a try-except block and it worked; I can see the colorful image.

I'm surprised to see this is such an old question with no good answers, not in eight years! I too want my own icon for my "quickie" tkinter program.
What does work for me on Linux and Python3:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import tkinter
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
root = tkinter.Tk()
im = Image.open('junk.png')
photo = ImageTk.PhotoImage(im)
root.wm_iconphoto(True, photo)
root.mainloop()
The key seems to be using Image and ImageTk. I found zero solutions that worked without these.

Why isn't .ico file defined when setting window's icon?

When I tried to change the window icon in the top left corner from the ugly red "TK" to my own favicon using the code below, Python threw an error:
from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
#some buttons, widgets, a lot of stuff
root.iconbitmap('favicon.ico')
This should set the icon to 'favicon.ico' (according to a lot of forum posts all over the web). But unfortunately, all this line does is throw the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "d:\ladvclient\mainapp.py", line 85, in <module>
root.iconbitmap(bitmap='favicon.ico')
File "C:\Python33\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1637, in wm_iconbitmap
return self.tk.call('wm', 'iconbitmap', self._w, bitmap)
_tkinter.TclError: bitmap "favicon.ico" not defined
What I already did:
I checked the path - everything is 100% correct
I tried other file formats like .png or .bmp - none worked
I looked this problem up on many websites
And for the third point, effbot.org, my favorite site about Tkinter, told me that Windows ignores the iconbitmap function.
But this doesn't explain why it throws an error!
There are some "hackish" ways to avoid that issue, but none of them are Written for Python 3.x.
So my final question is: Is there a way to get a custom icon using Python 3.x and Tkinter?
Also, don't tell me I should use another GUI Library. I want my program to work on every platform. I also want a coded version, not a py2exe or sth solution.

You need to have favicon.ico in the same folder or dictionary as your script because python only searches in the current dictionary or you could put in the full pathname. For example, this works:
from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.iconbitmap(r'c:\Python32\DLLs\py.ico')
root.mainloop()
But this blows up with your same error:
from tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.iconbitmap('py.ico')
root.mainloop()

No way what is suggested here works - the error "bitmap xxx not defined" is ever present. And yes, I set the correct path to it.
What it did work is this:
imgicon = PhotoImage(file=os.path.join(sp,'myicon.gif'))
root.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', root._w, imgicon)
where sp is the script path, and root the Tk root window.
It's hard to understand how it does work (I shamelessly copied it from fedoraforums) but it works

This works for me with Python3 on Linux:
import tkinter as tk
# Create Tk window
root = tk.Tk()
# Add icon from GIF file where my GIF is called 'icon.gif' and
# is in the same directory as this .py file
root.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', root._w, tk.PhotoImage(file='icon.gif'))

Got stuck on that too...
Finally managed to set the icon i wanted using the following code:
from tkinter import *
root.tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', root._w, PhotoImage(file='resources/icon.png'))

#!/usr/bin/env python
import tkinter as tk
class AppName(tk.Frame):
def __init__(self, master=None):
tk.Frame.__init__(self, master)
self.grid()
self.createWidgets()
def createWidgets(self):
self.quitButton = tk.Button(self, text='Quit', command=self.quit)
self.quitButton.grid()
app = AppName()
app.master.title('Title here ...!')
app.master.iconbitmap('icon.ico')
app.mainloop()
it should work like this !

Make sure the .ico file isn't corrupted as well. I got the same error which went away when I tried a different .ico file.

Both codes are working fine with me on python 3.7..... hope will work for u as well
import tkinter as tk
m=tk.Tk()
m.iconbitmap("myfavicon.ico")
m.title("SALAH Tutorials")
m.mainloop()
and do not forget to keep "myfavicon.ico" in the same folder where your project script file is present
Another method
from tkinter import *
m=Tk()
m.iconbitmap("myfavicon.ico")
m.title("SALAH Tutorials")
m.mainloop()
[*NOTE:- python version-3 works with tkinter and below version-3 i.e version-2 works with Tkinter]

I had the same problem too, but I found a solution.
root.mainloop()
from tkinter import *
# must add
root = Tk()
root.title("Calculator")
root.iconbitmap(r"image/icon.ico")
root.mainloop()
In the example, what python needed is an icon file, so when you dowload an icon as .png it won't work cause it needs an .ico file. So you need to find converters to convert your icon from png to ico.

Try this:
from tkinter import *
import os
import sys
root = Tk()
root.iconbitmap(os.path.join(sys.path[0], '<your-ico-file>'))
root.mainloop()
Note: replace <your-ico-file> with the name of the ico file you are using otherwise it won't work.
I have tried this in Python 3. It worked.

So it looks like root.iconbitmap() only supports a fixed directory.
sys.argv[0] returns the directory that the file was read from so a simple code would work to create a fixed directory.
import sys
def get_dir(src):
dir = sys.argv[0]
dir = dir.split('/')
dir.pop(-1)
dir = '/'.join(dir)
dir = dir+'/'+src
return dir
This is the output
>>> get_dir('test.txt')
'C:/Users/Josua/Desktop/test.txt'
EDIT:
The only issue is that this method dosn't work on linux
josua#raspberrypi:~ $ python
Python 2.7.9 (default, Sep 17 2016, 20:26:04) [GCC 4.9.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> sys.argv[0]
''
>>>

from tkinter import *
from PIL import ImageTk, Image
Tk.call('wm', 'iconphoto', Tk._w, ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open('./resources/favicon.ico')))
The above worked for me.

I recently ran into this problem and didn't find any of the answers very relevant so I decided to make a SO account for this.
Solution 1: Convert your .ico File online there are a lot of site out there
Solution 2: Convert .ico File in photoshop
If you or your Editor just renamed your image file to *.ico then it is not going to work.
If you see the image icon from your Windows/OS folder then it is working

I'm using Visual Studio Code. To make "favicon.ico" work, you need to specify in which folder you are working.
You press ctrl + shift + p to open the terminal cmd+shift+p on OSX.
In the terminal, you type: cd + the path where you are working. For example: cd C:\User\Desktop\MyProject

CONVERT YOUR IMAGE FILE INTO A PHOTO IMAGE FIRST
img = PhotoImage(file='your-icon')

Setting Application icon in my python Tk base application (On Ubuntu)

I want to set an image in my GUI application built on Python Tk package.
I tried this code:
root.iconbitmap('window.xbm')
but it gives me this:
root.iconbitmap('window.xbm')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1567, in wm_iconbitmap
return self.tk.call('wm', 'iconbitmap', self._w, bitmap)
_tkinter.TclError: bitmap "window.xbm" not defined
Can anyone help?

You want to use wm iconphoto. Being more used to Tcl/Tk than Python Tkinter I don't know how that is exposed to you (maybe root.iconphoto) but it takes a tkimage. In Tcl/Tk:
image create photo applicationIcon -file application_icon.png
wm iconphoto . -default applicationIcon
In Tk 8.6 you can provide PNG files. Before that you have to use the TkImg extension for PNG support or use a GIF. The Python PIL package can convert images into TkImage objects for you though so that should help.
EDIT
I tried this out in Python as well and the following worked for me:
import Tkinter
from Tkinter import Tk
root = Tk()
img = Tkinter.Image("photo", file="appicon.gif")
root.tk.call('wm','iconphoto',root._w,img)
Doing this interactively on Ubuntu resulted in the application icon (the image at the top left of the frame and shown in the taskbar) being changed to use my provided gif image.

This worked for me
from tkinter import *
raiz=Tk()
raiz.title("Estes es el titulo")
img = Image("photo", file="pycharm.png")
raiz.tk.call('wm','iconphoto',raiz._w, img)
raiz.mainloop()

Try this:
root.iconbitmap('#window.xbm')
And quote:
Set (get) the icon bitmap to use when this window is iconified. This method are ignored by some window managers (including Windows).
Note that this method can only be used to display monochrome icons. To display a color icon, put it in a Label widget and display it using the iconwindow method instead.