I'm using Python 3.2.1 in Arch Linux x86_64.
This one is really driving me crazy: I just want to have a default, preselected value for a ttk.Combobox
as soon as I grid it. This is my code:
from tkinter import Tk, StringVar, ttk
root = Tk()
def combo(parent):
value = StringVar()
box = ttk.Combobox(parent, textvariable=value, state='readonly')
box['values'] = ('A', 'B', 'C')
box.current(0)
box.grid(column=0, row=0)
combo(root)
root.mainloop()
Which draws an empty Combobox
. What's funny is that if I don't use a function it works perfectly:
from tkinter import Tk, StringVar, ttk
root = Tk()
value = StringVar()
box = ttk.Combobox(root, textvariable=value, state='readonly')
box['values'] = ('A', 'B', 'C')
box.current(0)
box.grid(column=0, row=0)
root.mainloop()
Of course, in the real program I have to use a function, so I need another solution.
The problem is that the instance of StringVar is getting garbage-collected. This is because it's a local variable due to how you wrote your code.
One solution is to use a class so that your StringVar persists:
from tkinter import Tk, StringVar, ttk
class Application:
def __init__(self, parent):
self.parent = parent
self.combo()
def combo(self):
self.box_value = StringVar()
self.box = ttk.Combobox(self.parent, textvariable=self.box_value,
state='readonly')
self.box['values'] = ('A', 'B', 'C')
self.box.current(0)
self.box.grid(column=0, row=0)
if __name__ == '__main__':
root = Tk()
app = Application(root)
root.mainloop()
When your function 'combo' exits, the local variable 'value' is destroyed. You need a persistent variable, such as a global variable or a variable that is a property of a class so that the value isn't garbage-collected while the widget still exists.
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