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Module tkColorChooser

askcolor(color = None, **options)

Module tkFileDialog

class Open

class SaveAs

class Directory

askopenfilename(**options)

asksaveasfilename(**options)

askopenfile(mode="r", **options)

asksaveasfile(mode="w", **options)

askdirectory(**options)

The common dialog call options are defaultextension

(added to filename if not explicitly given), filetypes

(sequence of (label, pattern) tuples), initialdir (initial

directory, remembered by classes),

initialfile (initial file),

parent (window in which to place the dialog box), and title

(dialog box title).

Additional Tkinter Classes and Tools

Table 22 lists some commonly used Tkinter interfaces and

tools beyond the core widget class and standard dialog set.

Table 22. Additional Tkinter tools

Tool category Available tools

Tkinter-linked variable classes

StringVar, IntVar, DoubleVar,BooleanVar

Geometry management

methods

pack, grid, place, plus configuration options

Scheduled callbacks Widget

after, wait, and update methods; fileI/O

callbacks

Other Tkinter tools Clipboard access;

bind/Event low-level event

processing; widget config options; modal dialog

box support

Tkinter extensions (Vaults of

Parnassus site)

PMW: more widgets; PIL: images; Komodo and

PythonWorks: Tkinter GUI builder, etc.