On Apr 8, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Vasilis Vlachoudis wrote: > In my application I wanted to have a help window which is > responsive at all times even if a dialog issues a grab_set. > > I solved the problem by starting the Help window as a second root > window with Tk().Now my program is like the following, and in fact > if I get the grab from a dialog in rootmain the roothelp remains > unaffected. What happens with Tkinter and Tk in this case? Which > mainloop should I call (now I calling the main one and everything > works in linux)? >
What you're currently doing should work, but have you considered creating your Help tool as a second application and starting it when the user asks for Help? Tim _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss