from tkinter import *
# some vocabulary to keep from getting confused. This terminology
# is something I cooked up for this file, but follows the man pages
# pretty closely
#
#
#
# This is a MENUBUTTON
# V
# +-------------+
# | |
#
# +------------++------------++------------+
# | || || |
# | File || Edit || Options | <-------- the MENUBAR
# | || || |
# +------------++------------++------------+
# | New... |
# | Open... |
# | Print |
# | | <-------- This is a MENU. The lines of text in the menu are
# | | MENU ENTRIES
# | +---------------+
# | Open Files > | file1 |
# | | file2 |
# | | another file | <------ this cascading part is also a MENU
# +----------------| |
# | |
# | |
# | |
# +---------------+
# some miscellaneous callbacks
def new_file():
print("opening new file")
def open_file():
print("opening OLD file")
def print_something():
print("picked a menu item")
anchovies = 0
def print_anchovies():
global anchovies
anchovies = not anchovies
print("anchovies?", anchovies)
def makeCommandMenu():
# make menu button
Command_button = Menubutton(mBar, text='Simple Button Commands',
underline=0)
Command_button.pack(side=LEFT, padx="2m")
# make the pulldown part of the File menu. The parameter passed is the master.
# we attach it to the button as a python attribute called "menu" by convention.
# hopefully this isn't too confusing...
Command_button.menu = Menu(Command_button)
# just to be cute, let's disable the undo option:
Command_button.menu.add_command(label="Undo")
# undo is the 0th entry...
Command_button.menu.entryconfig(0, state=DISABLED)
Command_button.menu.add_command(label='New...', underline=0,
command=new_file)
Command_button.menu.add_command(label='Open...', underline=0,
command=open_file)
Command_button.menu.add_command(label='Different Font', underline=0,
font='-*-helvetica-*-r-*-*-*-180-*-*-*-*-*-*',
command=print_something)
# we can make bitmaps be menu entries too. File format is X11 bitmap.
# if you use XV, save it under X11 bitmap format. duh-uh.,..
Command_button.menu.add_command(
bitmap="info")
#bitmap='@/home/mjc4y/dilbert/project.status.is.doomed.last.panel.bm')
# this is just a line
Command_button.menu.add('separator')
# change the color
Command_button.menu.add_command(label='Quit', underline=0,
background='red',
activebackground='green',
command=Command_button.quit)
# set up a pointer from the file menubutton back to the file menu
Command_button['menu'] = Command_button.menu
return Command_button
def makeCascadeMenu():
# make menu button
Cascade_button = Menubutton(mBar, text='Cascading Menus', underline=0)
Cascade_button.pack(side=LEFT, padx="2m")
# the primary pulldown
Cascade_button.menu = Menu(Cascade_button)
# this is the menu that cascades from the primary pulldown....
Cascade_button.menu.choices = Menu(Cascade_button.menu)
# ...and this is a menu that cascades from that.
Cascade_button.menu.choices.weirdones = Menu(Cascade_button.menu.choices)
# then you define the menus from the deepest level on up.
Cascade_button.menu.choices.weirdones.add_command(label='avacado')
Cascade_button.menu.choices.weirdones.add_command(label='belgian endive')
Cascade_button.menu.choices.weirdones.add_command(label='beefaroni')
# definition of the menu one level up...
Cascade_button.menu.choices.add_command(label='Chocolate')
Cascade_button.menu.choices.add_command(label='Vanilla')
Cascade_button.menu.choices.add_command(label='TuttiFruiti')
Cascade_button.menu.choices.add_command(label='WopBopaLoopBapABopBamBoom')
Cascade_button.menu.choices.add_command(label='Rocky Road')
Cascade_button.menu.choices.add_command(label='BubbleGum')
Cascade_button.menu.choices.add_cascade(
label='Weird Flavors',
menu=Cascade_button.menu.choices.weirdones)
# and finally, the definition for the top level
Cascade_button.menu.add_cascade(label='more choices',
menu=Cascade_button.menu.choices)
Cascade_button['menu'] = Cascade_button.menu
return Cascade_button
def makeCheckbuttonMenu():
global fred
# make menu button
Checkbutton_button = Menubutton(mBar, text='Checkbutton Menus',
underline=0)
Checkbutton_button.pack(side=LEFT, padx='2m')
# the primary pulldown
Checkbutton_button.menu = Menu(Checkbutton_button)
# and all the check buttons. Note that the "variable" "onvalue" and "offvalue" options
# are not supported correctly at present. You have to do all your application
# work through the calback.
Checkbutton_button.menu.add_checkbutton(label='Pepperoni')
Checkbutton_button.menu.add_checkbutton(label='Sausage')
Checkbutton_button.menu.add_checkbutton(label='Extra Cheese')
# so here's a callback
Checkbutton_button.menu.add_checkbutton(label='Anchovy',
command=print_anchovies)
# and start with anchovies selected to be on. Do this by
# calling invoke on this menu option. To refer to the "anchovy" menu
# entry we need to know it's index. To do this, we use the index method
# which takes arguments of several forms:
#
# argument what it does
# -----------------------------------
# a number -- this is useless.
# "last" -- last option in the menu
# "none" -- used with the activate command. see the man page on menus
# "active" -- the currently active menu option. A menu option is made active
# with the 'activate' method
# "@number" -- where 'number' is an integer and is treated like a y coordinate in pixels
# string pattern -- this is the option used below, and attempts to match "labels" using the
# rules of Tcl_StringMatch
Checkbutton_button.menu.invoke(Checkbutton_button.menu.index('Anchovy'))
# set up a pointer from the file menubutton back to the file menu
Checkbutton_button['menu'] = Checkbutton_button.menu
return Checkbutton_button
def makeRadiobuttonMenu():
# make menu button
Radiobutton_button = Menubutton(mBar, text='Radiobutton Menus',
underline=0)
Radiobutton_button.pack(side=LEFT, padx='2m')
# the primary pulldown
Radiobutton_button.menu = Menu(Radiobutton_button)
# and all the Radio buttons. Note that the "variable" "onvalue" and "offvalue" options
# are not supported correctly at present. You have to do all your application
# work through the calback.
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='Republican')
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='Democrat')
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='Libertarian')
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='Commie')
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='Facist')
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='Labor Party')
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='Torie')
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='Independent')
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='Anarchist')
Radiobutton_button.menu.add_radiobutton(label='No Opinion')
# set up a pointer from the file menubutton back to the file menu
Radiobutton_button['menu'] = Radiobutton_button.menu
return Radiobutton_button
def makeDisabledMenu():
Dummy_button = Menubutton(mBar, text='Dead Menu', underline=0)
Dummy_button.pack(side=LEFT, padx='2m')
# this is the standard way of turning off a whole menu
Dummy_button["state"] = DISABLED
return Dummy_button
#################################################
#### Main starts here ...
root = Tk()
# make a menu bar
mBar = Frame(root, relief=RAISED, borderwidth=2)
mBar.pack(fill=X)
Command_button = makeCommandMenu()
Cascade_button = makeCascadeMenu()
Checkbutton_button = makeCheckbuttonMenu()
Radiobutton_button = makeRadiobuttonMenu()
NoMenu = makeDisabledMenu()
# finally, install the buttons in the menu bar.
# This allows for scanning from one menubutton to the next.
mBar.tk_menuBar(Command_button, Cascade_button, Checkbutton_button, Radiobutton_button, NoMenu)
root.title('menu demo')
root.iconname('menu demo')
root.mainloop()
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