Python 3 Tkinter - Messagebox with a toplevel as master?

Question

I've found that when a toplevel widget calls a messagebox dialog (like "showinfo"), the root window is showed up, over the toplevel. Is there a way to set the Toplevel window as the master of the messagebox dialog ?

Here is a script to reproduce this :

# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
# PYTHON 3 ONLY

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import messagebox

root = Tk()
root.title('ROOT WINDOW')
Label(root, text = 'Place the toplevel window over the root window\nThen, push the button and you will see that the root window is again over the toplevel').grid()

topWindow = Toplevel(root)
topWindow.title('TOPLEVEL WINDOW')
Label(topWindow, text = 'This button will open a messagebox but will\ndo a "focus_force()" thing on the root window').grid()
Button(topWindow, text = '[Push me !]', command = lambda: messagebox.showinfo('foo', 'bar!')).grid()

# --

root.mainloop()

Answer 1

You can set the parent argument to topWindow for the showInfo command:

Button(..., command=lambda: messagebox.showInfo(parent=topWindow, ...))

See also:

• http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/tkinter-standard-dialogs.htm

Answer 2

This may address more current versions.

#TEST AREA forcommands/methods/options/attributes
#standard set up header code 2 
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import messagebox
root = Tk()
root.attributes('-fullscreen', True)
root.configure(background='white')
scrW = root.winfo_screenwidth()
scrH = root.winfo_screenheight()  
workwindow = str(1024) + "x" + str(768)+ "+" +str(int((scrW-1024)/2)) + "+" +str(int((scrH-768)/2))
top1 = Toplevel(root, bg="light blue")
top1.geometry(workwindow)
top1.title("Top 1 - Workwindow")
top1.attributes("-topmost", 1)  # make sure top1 is on top to start
root.update()                   # but don't leave it locked in place
top1.attributes("-topmost", 0)  # in case you use lower or lift
#exit button - note: uses grid
b3=Button(root, text="Egress", command=root.destroy)
b3.grid(row=0,column=0,ipadx=10, ipady=10, pady=5, padx=5, sticky = W+N)
#____________________________
root.withdraw()
mb1=messagebox.askquestion(top1, "Pay attention: \nThis is the message?")
messagebox.showinfo("Say Hello", "Hello World")
root.deiconify()
top1.lift(aboveThis=None)
#____________________________
root.mainloop()