I have a refresh button that will get the latest data from database everytime i pressed. I can see the new data from terminal but the data couldn't show in the drop down list.
For example: New data "newaddded" can be shown in terminal every time i pressed "refresh" :
BUT the "newadded" data cannot be shown in tkinter drop down list :
My code:
def MainMenuForm():
refresh_button = Button(root, text="refresh", command=ListboxContent)
refresh_button.place(x=130, y=17, width=50, height=22)
JsonPresetLBL = Label(jsonframe, text="JSON Preset:", font=("Calibri", 11, "bold"), fg="black")
JsonPresetLBL.place(x=200, y=170)
global options
options = StringVar(jsonframe)
options.set("Select ") # default value
om1 = OptionMenu(jsonframe, options, *jsonprofileName, command=get)
om1.place(x=290, y=168, width=100)
def ListboxContent():
# ==========jsonProfileName================
cur = con.cursor()
sqlName = ("select jsonid, jsonprofilename from json")
# call jsonProfileName
global jsonprofileName
jsonprofileName = []
try:
cur.execute(sqlName)
results = cur.fetchall()
for a in results:
global data
data = (a[1])
jsonprofileName.append(data)
print(data)
except:
print("Error: unable to fetch data")
An approach could be to destroy the old one and place a new one at the same position.
If you use place
, then you can simply place the new one at the same coordinate, example
from tkinter import *
def refresh():
global optionmenu
data=['new','data']
optionmenu.destroy()
option.set('')
optionmenu=OptionMenu(root,option,*data)
optionmenu.place(x=100,y=50)
root=Tk()
option=StringVar()
data=['hello','world']
optionmenu=OptionMenu(root,option,*data)
optionmenu.place(x=100,y=50)
button=Button(root,text='Refresh',command=refresh)
button.pack(padx=100,pady=100)
root.mainloop()
If you use pack
or grid
, you will need to have a container Frame
that will hold the position, example
from tkinter import *
def refresh():
global optionmenu
data=['new','data']
optionmenu.destroy()
option.set('')
optionmenu=OptionMenu(op_frame,option,*data)
optionmenu.pack()
root=Tk()
option=StringVar()
data=['hello','world']
op_frame=Frame(root)
op_frame.pack()
optionmenu=OptionMenu(op_frame,option,*data)
optionmenu.pack()
button=Button(root,text='Refresh',command=refresh)
button.pack(padx=100,pady=10)
root.mainloop()
UPDATE
You could also do it by accessing the menu
of the OptionMenu
, clearing it out and rewriting all the options.
def refresh():
global optionmenu
data=['new','data']
menu=optionmenu['menu']
menu.delete(0,END)
for d in data:
menu.add_command(label=d,command=lambda val=d: option.set(val))