| | """ |
| | OptionMenu widget modified to allow dynamic menu reconfiguration |
| | and setting of highlightthickness |
| | """ |
| | from tkinter import OptionMenu, _setit, StringVar, Button |
| |
|
| | class DynOptionMenu(OptionMenu): |
| | """Add SetMenu and highlightthickness to OptionMenu. |
| | |
| | Highlightthickness adds space around menu button. |
| | """ |
| | def __init__(self, master, variable, value, *values, **kwargs): |
| | highlightthickness = kwargs.pop('highlightthickness', None) |
| | OptionMenu.__init__(self, master, variable, value, *values, **kwargs) |
| | self['highlightthickness'] = highlightthickness |
| | self.variable = variable |
| | self.command = kwargs.get('command') |
| |
|
| | def SetMenu(self,valueList,value=None): |
| | """ |
| | clear and reload the menu with a new set of options. |
| | valueList - list of new options |
| | value - initial value to set the optionmenu's menubutton to |
| | """ |
| | self['menu'].delete(0,'end') |
| | for item in valueList: |
| | self['menu'].add_command(label=item, |
| | command=_setit(self.variable,item,self.command)) |
| | if value: |
| | self.variable.set(value) |
| |
|
| | def _dyn_option_menu(parent): |
| | from tkinter import Toplevel |
| |
|
| | top = Toplevel(parent) |
| | top.title("Test dynamic option menu") |
| | x, y = map(int, parent.geometry().split('+')[1:]) |
| | top.geometry("200x100+%d+%d" % (x + 250, y + 175)) |
| | top.focus_set() |
| |
|
| | var = StringVar(top) |
| | var.set("Old option set") |
| | dyn = DynOptionMenu(top, var, "old1","old2","old3","old4", |
| | highlightthickness=5) |
| | dyn.pack() |
| |
|
| | def update(): |
| | dyn.SetMenu(["new1","new2","new3","new4"], value="new option set") |
| | button = Button(top, text="Change option set", command=update) |
| | button.pack() |
| |
|
| | if __name__ == '__main__': |
| | |
| | from idlelib.idle_test.htest import run |
| | run(_dyn_option_menu) |
| |
|