[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am not certain where the problem is or who to report it to, but > there is a bug in TkAqua, Tkinter, or possibly OS X's windowing > system. I am using a simple module on top of Tkinter for teaching an > intro programming course. When I click the mouse in the Tkinter > window, it often reports the wrong coordinates for the click most of > the time. If I use idle and first click on the Tk Console window and > then in the graphical window it seems to work. If I don't click in the > Tk Console window or start Python from the Terminal, it almost always > reports wrong values. > > I am running Leopard now and tried both the built-in Python 2.5 and > installing the version from python.org. Some of my students who are > using Tiger report the same issue - I don't recall problems last year > when using this on Tiger, but it's possible. On Windows, the > coordinates are always correct. > > The graphics.py module built on top of Tkinter is available at: > > http://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/ > > A simple example that shows the problem is: > > from graphics import * > win = GraphWin('test', 800, 800) > pt = win.getMouse() > print pt.getX(), pt.getY() > > After clicking in the top left corner, it is clearly the wrong answer > (it should be near 0, 0 depending on how accurate your click is). > > Any ideas on where the problem is, who to notify, etc.? > > Thanks, > Dave
Are you using the built-in Tk that comes with OS X? It's ancient (8.4.7 on Tiger, and not updated for Leopard). Try installing a more recent version, such as 8.4.16, from ActiveState and see if that solves the problem. -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
