In this tutorial, we will learn about Python Tkinter MenuButton. Tkinter MenuButton is a widget which we use to show the drop-down menu on the screen. We use a Menu widget with this MenuButton to show options to the user to select from.
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Syntax to add Python Tkinter MenuButton
w = Menubutton (master, options)
- master: This represents the parent window.
- options: Here is the list of most commonly used options for this widget.
Example Program of Python Tkinter MenuButton
from tkinter import *
mainWindow = Tk()
mainWindow.geometry("300x150")
menuButton= Menubutton (mainWindow, text="Select Language", relief=RAISED )
menuButton.grid()
menuButton.menu = Menu ( menuButton, tearoff = 0 )
menuButton["menu"] = menuButton.menu
pythonVar = IntVar()
javaVar = IntVar()
menuButton.menu.add_checkbutton ( label="Python",
variable=pythonVar )
menuButton.menu.add_checkbutton ( label="Java",
variable=javaVar )
menuButton.pack()
mainWindow.mainloop()
Various possible options in Python Tkinter MenuButton:
Option | Description |
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activebackground | This option is used to set background color of widget under focus. |
activeforeground | This option is used to set foreground color of widget under focus. |
anchor | This option helps us to set position of text inside the widget. By default value of anchor is CENTER. |
bg | This option helps us to set normal background color of widget. |
bd | This option helps us to set the border size around widget. |
cursor | This option helps us to set the style of cursor like an arrow, dot etc. |
direction | This option is used to set the position of menu to display such as LEFT, RIGHT, or ABOVE. |
disabledforeground | This option is used to disable text color of widget. |
fg | This option helps us to set normal foreground colour of widget. |
height | This option helps us to set height of widget. |
highlightcolor | This option is used to set highlight color shown to the widget under focus. |
justify | This helps us to automatically organize the text in multiple lines. |
menu | This option is used to set menu with MenuButton. |
padx | This option helps us to set space left and right of widget. |
pady | This option helps us to set space above and below of widget. |
relief | This helps us to set the style of the border by which is default Flat. |
state | This option is used to set state of MenuButton such as ENABLE or DISABLE. |
text | This option helps us to set string source for label. |
underline | This option helps us to underline specified letter of the text. |
width | This helps us to set the width of the widget in characters. By default it is 20. |