Python 3 - Second Edition

41.2    Introduction to tkinter

Now that we’ve introduced the various GUI toolkits for which Python bindings are available, let’s turn our attention to programming GUIs. For this purpose, the standard library includes the tkinter module, which can be used to program graphical interfaces with the Tk toolkit. The tkinter module is the only way to write a GUI in Python without installing third-party libraries, so it's worth taking a look at tkinter and its capabilities.

Note

If you run the following sample programs in an Anaconda environment under Linux, it may happen that the system fonts usually used aren’t available and bitmap fonts may be used instead. This leads to an unsightly, too small display of the dialogs, especially on high-resolution ...