I'm aware this is probably a newb question, but I have yet to be able to find an answer. Here's a snippet of my code, that has a root window containing a button to open a Toplevel. The Toplevel pulls a random line from a text file to function as a sort of idea generator.
import random, fileinput
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import *
root = tk.Tk()
root.title('Daydreamer')
#fname should be the file name of the image in working directory
fname = "bg.gif"
bg_image = tk.PhotoImage(file=fname)
#get width and height of image
w = bg_image.width()
h = bg_image.height()
#size window correctly
root.geometry("500x400")
cv = tk.Canvas(width=w, height=h)
cv.pack(side='top', fill='both', expand='yes')
cv.create_image(0,0,image=bg_image,anchor='nw')
#add a frame for text
mainframe=tk.Frame(root)
#new window for inspirations
def inspirations():
top = Toplevel(root)
top.geometry=("100x100")
top.title("Inspiration")
def idea():
textidea=None
for line in fileinput.input('textlist.txt'):
if random.randrange(fileinput.lineno())==0:
textidea=line
entrytext=tk.Text(top)
entrytext.insert(INSERT, textidea)
entrytext.insert(END, "Or press the Inspire Me button again for another idea!")
entrytext.pack()
idea()
top.mainloop()
#add buttons
btn1 = tk.Button(cv, text="Inspire Me", command=inspirations)
btn1.pack(side='left', padx=10, pady=5, anchor='sw')
root.mainloop()
Problem is, that Toplevel always comes out absolutely huge (larger than my root window), which looks incredibly silly for the small amount of content being displayed in it. Am I missing something really minute and stupid here? Help much appreciated.
The problem is that you aren't calling the geometry method, you're replacing it with a string.
Change this:
top.geometry=("100x100")
to this:
top.geometry("100x100")