https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b9bceb1fea40679cc0946f4bb97628c88fac822c
commit: b9bceb1fea40679cc0946f4bb97628c88fac822c
branch: main
author: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>
committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]>
date: 2026-06-22T13:51:50Z
summary:

gh-151876: Add tkinter Canvas methods rotate and rchars (GH-151877)

Wrap the Tk canvas commands "rchars" (replace the text or coordinates of
items, since Tk 8.6) and "rotate" (rotate the coordinates of items about
an origin, new in Tk 9.0) as the methods Canvas.rchars() and
Canvas.rotate(), complementing the existing dchars/insert and move/scale
methods.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-22-00-55-07.gh-issue-151876.sVe0xx.rst
M Doc/library/tkinter.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.16.rst
M Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
M Lib/tkinter/__init__.py

diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
index 58459017622067..a9659567eab5a7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
@@ -3743,6 +3743,15 @@ Widget classes
       *yOrigin* changes by a factor of *yScale* (a factor of ``1.0`` leaves the
       coordinate unchanged).
 
+   .. method:: rotate(tagOrId, xOrigin, yOrigin, angle, /)
+
+      Rotate the coordinates of all items given by *tagOrId* in canvas
+      coordinate space about the origin (*xOrigin*, *yOrigin*) by *angle*
+      degrees anticlockwise.
+      Negative values of *angle* rotate clockwise.
+
+      .. versionadded:: next
+
    .. method:: delete(*tagOrIds)
 
       Delete each of the items given by the *tagOrIds* arguments.
@@ -3762,6 +3771,17 @@ Widget classes
       For line and polygon items *string* must be a valid sequence of
       coordinates.
 
+   .. method:: rchars(tagOrId, first, last, string, /)
+
+      Replace the characters (for text items) or coordinates (for line and
+      polygon items) in the range from *first* to *last* inclusive of each of
+      the items given by *tagOrId* with *string*.
+      For line and polygon items *string* must be a valid sequence of
+      coordinates.
+      Items that do not support indexing ignore this operation.
+
+      .. versionadded:: next
+
    .. method:: itemcget(tagOrId, option)
 
       Return the current value of the configuration option *option* for the
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.16.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.16.rst
index 692b3cfdc067b8..ec7329a3d85260 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.16.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.16.rst
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ tkinter
   synchronization of the displayed view with the underlying text.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`151675`.)
 
+* Added new :class:`!tkinter.Canvas` methods :meth:`~tkinter.Canvas.rchars`
+  which replaces the text or coordinates of canvas items, and
+  :meth:`~tkinter.Canvas.rotate` which rotates the coordinates of canvas items.
+  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`151876`.)
+
 * Added a :meth:`!validate` method to the :class:`!tkinter.Entry` and
   :class:`!tkinter.Spinbox` widgets, which forces an evaluation of the
   validation command.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py 
b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
index d0305562a0cb05..c2117981208dd5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
@@ -1409,6 +1409,34 @@ def test_scale(self):
         self.assertRaises(TclError, c.scale, rect, 0, 0, 'spam', 2)
         self.assertRaises(TclError, c.scale, rect, 0, 0)  # missing factors
 
+    @requires_tk(8, 6)
+    def test_rchars(self):
+        c = self.create()
+        # On a line item, rchars replaces a range of the coordinate list.
+        line = c.create_line(0, 0, 10, 10, 20, 0)
+        c.rchars(line, 2, 5, (30, 30, 40, 40))
+        self.assertEqual(c.coords(line), [0.0, 0.0, 30.0, 30.0, 40.0, 40.0])
+        # On a text item, rchars replaces a range of characters.
+        text = c.create_text(10, 10, text='hello')
+        c.rchars(text, 0, 2, 'HE')
+        self.assertEqual(c.itemcget(text, 'text'), 'HElo')
+        self.assertRaises(TclError, c.rchars)
+
+    @requires_tk(9, 0)
+    def test_rotate(self):
+        c = self.create()
+        line = c.create_line(10, 0, 20, 0)
+        # The canvas y-axis points down, so an anticlockwise rotation about
+        # the origin maps (x, y) to (y, -x).
+        c.rotate(line, 0, 0, 90)
+        for got, expected in zip(c.coords(line), [0, -10, 0, -20]):
+            self.assertAlmostEqual(got, expected, places=3)
+        # A negative angle rotates clockwise, restoring the original position.
+        c.rotate(line, 0, 0, -90)
+        for got, expected in zip(c.coords(line), [10, 0, 20, 0]):
+            self.assertAlmostEqual(got, expected, places=3)
+        self.assertRaises(TclError, c.rotate, line, 0, 0, 'spam')
+
     def test_delete(self):
         c = self.create()
         r1 = c.create_rectangle(10, 10, 30, 30)
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index 974e386be1bb49..bf6a75875cfcb7 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -3270,6 +3270,22 @@ def tag_raise(self, *args):
 
     lift = tkraise = tag_raise  # overrides Misc.tkraise
 
+    def rchars(self, *args):
+        """Replace the text or coordinates between indices FIRST and LAST of
+        the items identified by TAGORID with STRING.
+
+        Text items replace their text; line and polygon items replace their
+        coordinates, in which case STRING is a list of coordinates. Other
+        items ignore this operation."""
+        self.tk.call((self._w, 'rchars') + args)
+
+    def rotate(self, *args): # new in Tk 9.0
+        """Rotate the coordinates of the items identified by TAGORID about the
+        origin (XORIGIN, YORIGIN) by ANGLE degrees anticlockwise.
+
+        Negative values of ANGLE rotate clockwise."""
+        self.tk.call((self._w, 'rotate') + args)
+
     def scale(self, *args):
         """Scale item TAGORID with XORIGIN, YORIGIN, XSCALE, YSCALE."""
         self.tk.call((self._w, 'scale') + args)
diff --git 
a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-22-00-55-07.gh-issue-151876.sVe0xx.rst 
b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-22-00-55-07.gh-issue-151876.sVe0xx.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9dc5f2327cf415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-22-00-55-07.gh-issue-151876.sVe0xx.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add the :class:`tkinter.Canvas` methods :meth:`!rchars` and :meth:`!rotate`,
+wrapping the ``rchars`` and ``rotate`` Tk canvas commands.

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