Tk – Selection Widgets
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Selection widgets are used to select different options in a Tk application. The list of available selection widgets are as shown below.
Sr.No. | Widgets & Description |
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1 | Radiobutton
Widget that has a set of on/off buttons and labels, one of which may be selected. |
2 | Checkbutton
Widget that has a set of on/off buttons and labels, many of which may be selected. |
3 | Menu
Widget that acts as holder for menu items. |
4 | Listbox
Widget that displays a list of cells, one or more of which may be selected. |
A simple Tk example is shown below using selection widgets −
#!/usr/bin/wish grid [frame .gender ] grid [label .label1 -text "Male" -textvariable myLabel1 ] grid [radiobutton .gender.maleBtn -text "Male" -variable gender -value "Male" -command "set myLabel1 Male"] -row 1 -column 2 grid [radiobutton .gender.femaleBtn -text "Female" -variable gender -value "Female" -command "set myLabel1 Female"] -row 1 -column 3 .gender.maleBtn select grid [label .myLabel2 -text "Range 1 not selected" -textvariable myLabelValue2 ] grid [checkbutton .chk1 -text "Range 1" -variable occupied1 -command {if {$occupied1 } { set myLabelValue2 {Range 1 selected} } else { set myLabelValue2 {Range 1 not selected} } }] proc setLabel {text} { .label configure -text $text }
When we run the above program, we will get the following output −
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