Hi Alex, John,
No need to collect a list of widgets to delete. Use pack_slaves()
to find the widgets packed
in the the frame, and then kill each of these:
for wgt in self.mainContainer.pack_slaves():
wgt.destroy()
All widgets within these widgets will also be destroyed.
Mick
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Alexnb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Haha!, Brilliant, worked perfectly! Thank you for the help!
>
>
>
> John McMonagle-3 wrote:
>>
>> Alexnb wrote:
>>> I have an app that has a base frame, and some other frames inside of that
>>> base frame. My question is if there is some way to clear out the base
>>> frame.
>>> Meaning leaving an empty baseframe. See I have a function that pulls up
>>> frames inside that base frame. The problem comes when I hit a button(this
>>> button is the button that first shows the frames inside the base frame,
>>> basically you click it and the internal frames show up.) and then I hit
>>> it
>>> again, I get some weird stuff. Okay, this is getting really complicated.
>>> I
>>> really just want to know if I can clear out a frame, and still be able to
>>> fill it back up again. If you want ot uunderstand further I'll post the
>>> code
>>> at the bottom and just run it, then hit the "Word List" button, then hit
>>> it
>>> again, you'll see what I am talking about.
>>>
>> Make a list of the widgets when they are created and destroy the widgets
>> in this list whenever you have to re-define them.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> Your code with mods:
>>
>> from Tkinter import *
>>
>> class App:
>> def __init__(self, parent):
>> self.parent = parent
>> self.parent.geometry("500x250")
>>
>> self.list_of_widgets = []
>>
>> #----------------------------Contstants for Buttons------------
>>
>> button_padx = "2m"
>> button_pady = "1m"
>>
>> #--------------------------end constants-----------------------
>>
>> self.baseContainer = Frame(self.parent)
>> self.baseContainer.pack(side=TOP, fill = BOTH, expand=NO)
>>
>> #the Top Frame with all the buttons
>> self.topContainer = Frame(self.baseContainer)
>> self.topContainer.pack(side=TOP, expand=YES, ipadx=5,
>> ipady=5, fill = X, anchor=N)
>>
>>
>>
>> #the frame with the main things the user will use
>> self.mainContainer = Frame(self.baseContainer)
>> self.mainContainer.pack(side=TOP,
>> ipadx = 5,
>> ipady = 5,
>> anchor=CENTER,
>> expand=YES,
>> fill=BOTH)
>>
>> #---------------------Top Buttons-----------------------------
>>
>> self.defineButton = Button(self.topContainer, padx=button_padx,
>> pady=button_pady)
>> self.defineButton.configure(text="Word List",
>> command=self.define_Frame)
>> self.defineButton.pack(side=LEFT)
>>
>> #--------------------------------------------------------------
>> def define_Frame(self):
>> # destroy all the child widgets of the Frame
>> for widget in self.list_of_widgets:
>> widget.destroy()
>> self.list_of_widgets = []
>>
>> myMessage="Please type in all the words that you would like to
>> define"
>> xxx = Label(self.mainContainer, text=myMessage,
>> justify=LEFT)
>> xxx.pack(side=TOP, anchor=N)
>> self.list_of_widgets.append(xxx)
>>
>> #The LEFT Frame that comes up when you hit define
>> self.defineContainer1 = Frame(self.mainContainer)
>> self.defineContainer1.pack(side=LEFT, ipadx = 5,
>> ipady = 5, expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
>> self.list_of_widgets.append(self.defineContainer1)
>>
>> #The RIGHT Frame that comes up when you hit define
>> self.defineContainer2 = Frame(self.mainContainer)
>> self.defineContainer2.pack(side=LEFT, ipadx=5,
>> ipady=5, expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
>> self.list_of_widgets.append(self.defineContainer2)
>>
>> #This frame is where the define button goes
>> self.defineButtonF = Frame(self.baseContainer)
>> self.defineButtonF.pack(side=TOP,
>> anchor=S,
>> ipady=5,
>> ipadx=5,
>> fill=BOTH,
>> expand=NO)
>> self.list_of_widgets.append(self.defineButtonF)
>>
>> #----------------------------Contstants for Buttons------------
>>
>> self.button_padx = "2m"
>> self.button_pady = "1m"
>>
>> #--------------------------end constants-----------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> #----------------------STUFF FOR DEFINE
>> FRAME-------------------------
>>
>> self.e1 = Entry(self.defineContainer1)
>> self.e1.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e2 = Entry(self.defineContainer1)
>> self.e2.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e3 = Entry(self.defineContainer1)
>> self.e3.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e4 = Entry(self.defineContainer1)
>> self.e4.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e5 = Entry(self.defineContainer1)
>> self.e5.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e6 = Entry(self.defineContainer1)
>> self.e6.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e7 = Entry(self.defineContainer1)
>> self.e7.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e8 = Entry(self.defineContainer2)
>> self.e8.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e9 = Entry(self.defineContainer2)
>> self.e9.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e10 = Entry(self.defineContainer2)
>> self.e10.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e11 = Entry(self.defineContainer2)
>> self.e11.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e12 = Entry(self.defineContainer2)
>> self.e12.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e13 = Entry(self.defineContainer2)
>> self.e13.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> self.e14 = Entry(self.defineContainer2,)
>> self.e14.pack(fill=X)
>>
>> #-------------------------Define Button Stuff-------------------------
>>
>> #Define it button
>> self.defineIt= Button(self.defineButtonF,
>> command=self.DefineClick)
>> self.defineIt.configure(text="Define!")
>> self.defineIt.bind("<Return>", self.DefineClickE)
>> self.defineIt.pack(side=TOP,
>> anchor=N,
>> padx=self.button_padx,
>> pady=self.button_pady,)
>> def DefineClickE(self, event):
>> print "Define was hit with Enter"
>> self.DefineClick()
>> def DefineClick(self):
>> print "Define was activated."
>>
>> #----------------------------end define Button Stuff----------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> root = Tk()
>> app = App(root)
>> root.mainloop()
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