{"id":1431,"date":"2020-12-03T03:47:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T03:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/?page_id=1431"},"modified":"2025-04-03T08:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:32:36","slug":"tkinter-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/tkinter\/tkinter-options\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Set Options for a Tk Themed Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you&#8217;ll learn how to set options for a Tk themed widget using the widget constructor, a dictionary index, and <code>config()<\/code> method.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/tkinter\/tkinter-ttk\/\">themed widgets<\/a>, you often need to set their attributes, such as text and image.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Tkinter allows you to set the options of a widget using one of the following ways:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Use the <strong>widget constructor<\/strong> during the widget&#8217;s creation.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Set a property value using a <strong>dictionary index<\/strong> after creating the widget.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Call the <code>config()<\/code> method with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/python-basics\/python-keyword-arguments\/\">keyword arguments<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='using-the-widget-constructor-when-creating-the-widget'>Using the widget constructor when creating the widget <a href=\"#using-the-widget-constructor-when-creating-the-widget\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"using-the-widget-constructor-when-creating-the-widget\" title=\"Anchor for Using the widget constructor when creating the widget\">#<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The following illustrates how to use the widget constructor to set the <code>text<\/code> option for the <code>Label<\/code> widget:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> tkinter <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> tk\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> tkinter <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> ttk\r\n\r\n\r\nroot = tk.Tk()\r\nttk.Label(root, text=<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Hi, there'<\/span>).pack()\r\n\r\nroot.mainloop()<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Output:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"51\" class=\"wp-image-1433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/tkinter-options-keyword-arguments.png\" alt=\"tkinter options\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='using-a-dictionary-index-after-widget-creation'>Using a dictionary index after widget creation <a href=\"#using-a-dictionary-index-after-widget-creation\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"using-a-dictionary-index-after-widget-creation\" title=\"Anchor for Using a dictionary index after widget creation\">#<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The following program shows the same label but uses a dictionary index to set the <code>text<\/code> option for the <code>Label<\/code> widget:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> tkinter <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> tk\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> tkinter <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> ttk\r\n\r\n\r\nroot = tk.Tk()\r\n\r\nlabel = ttk.Label(root)\r\nlabel&#91;<span class=\"hljs-string\">'text'<\/span>] = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Hi, there'<\/span>\r\nlabel.pack()\r\n\r\nroot.mainloop()<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The following code sets the <code>text<\/code> options for the label:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">label&#91;<span class=\"hljs-string\">'text'<\/span>] = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'Hi, there'<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='using-the-config-method-with-keyword-arguments'>Using the config() method with keyword arguments <a href=\"#using-the-config-method-with-keyword-arguments\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"using-the-config-method-with-keyword-arguments\" title=\"Anchor for Using the config() method with keyword arguments\">#<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The following program illustrates how to use the <code>config()<\/code> method with a keyword argument to set the <code>text<\/code> option for the label:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> tkinter <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">as<\/span> tk\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> tkinter <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> ttk\r\n\r\n\r\nroot = tk.Tk()\r\n\r\nlabel = ttk.Label(root)\r\nlabel.config(text=<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Hi, there'<\/span>)\r\nlabel.pack()\r\n\r\nroot.mainloop()<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='summary'>Summary <a href=\"#summary\" class=\"anchor\" 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