[SOLVED] [Python] Importing and using tkinter

Mr. Alex · 09-22-2012, 07:01 AM

Hi.

I wrote a script:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python

from tkinter import *

root = Tk()

header = Entry(root, width=50, bd=1)
text = Text(root, width=50, wrap=WORD)

and it seems to work correctly. Then I changed it to make import other way:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python

import tkinter

root = tkinter.Tk()

header = tkinter.Entry(root, width=50, bd=1)
text = tkinter.Text(root, width=50, wrap=WORD)

and started to get errors such NameError: name 'WORD' is not defined.
What did I do wrong in second code snippet?

audriusk · 09-22-2012, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Alex

started to get errors such NameError: name 'WORD' is not defined.
What did I do wrong in second code snippet?

WORD belongs to Tkinter namespace, you have to access it using Tkinter.WORD form. In first example you are importing WORD (together with other names) into your namespace, that's why it's not needed. BTW, it's Tkinter with T capital, I fixed that in your example below:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python

import Tkinter

root = Tkinter.Tk()

header = Tkinter.Entry(root, width=50, bd=1)
text = Tkinter.Text(root, width=50, wrap=Tkinter.WORD)

audriusk · 09-22-2012, 08:29 AM

Oops, sorry, you are most likely using Python 3, where Tkinter was renamed to tkinter, I need to be more careful before fixing something that's not broken in the first place.

Mr. Alex · 09-22-2012, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by audriusk

Oops, sorry, you are most likely using Python 3, where Tkinter was renamed to tkinter, I need to be more careful before fixing something that's not broken in the first place.

Yes, it's Python 3.
Thanks for help, I got it working now.