Hello, probably this is a very naive question, but I've read some stuff on Tkinter and its infinite loop.
Then about how can i bind actions to elements, for example buttons. What if I want to run another loop beside the graphical interface in the same python script? For example a state machine with a var state which can have some discrete string values (like RUNNING, STOPPED, PAUSED, ABORTED, IDLE) and a text element on the gui that reports that state. So a button cause a transition > the python loop (not the gui loop) detects the transition and changes the state var value > the gui refresh its value on screen. I wrote some code to try it without threading but it does not give the expected result as it seems the button update status action is already triggered. I am missing some basic point here from Tkinter import * state = "STOPPED" root = Tk() myContainer1 = Frame(root) myContainer1.pack() label1=Label(myContainer1, text=state, font = "Helvetica 16 bold italic") label1.pack() def change(new_state): label1.config(text=new_state) button1 = Button(myContainer1, text="START") button1.bind("<Button-1>", change("START")) button1.pack() button2 = Button(myContainer1) button2["text"]= "STOP" button2.pack() root.mainloop() Thanks marco _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor