May 2018
Beginner to intermediate
452 pages
11h 26m
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Several Tkinter widgets, including Label and Button, can take an image argument, which allows them to display an image. We can't simply put a path to an image file in those cases; instead, we have to create a PhotoImage object.
Making a PhotoImage object is fairly simple:
myimage = tk.PhotoImage(file='my_image.png')
PhotoImage is typically called with the keyword argument file, which is pointed to a file path. Alternatively, you can use the data argument to point to a bytes object containing image data.
A PhotoImage can be used wherever an image argument is accepted, such as a Label:
mylabel = tk.Label(root, image=myimage)
It's critical to note that your application must retain a reference to the PhotoImage object that ...