How to call multiple buttons together in Tkinter

Question

I'm trying to create a window with 3 buttons. When a user clicks on one of the buttons, the assigned function is called. Here is my code, I tried everything from what I read in the documentation, but I can't seem to get over it!

I also added the functions called by the program, they work perfectly, just adding them for reference. Also, the buttons() function is called only one time and it's a simple call without argument.

def buttons():
    root.geometry('1000x1000')

    btncreation = tkinter.Button(root, text='Order by Creation',
                                 command=creation)
    btncreation.pack()

    btnmodified = tkinter.Button(root, text='Order by Last Modified',
                                 command=lastmodified)
    btnmodified.pack()

    btnaccessed = tkinter.Button(root, text='Order by Last Accessed',
                                 command=lastaccessed)
    btnaccessed.pack()


def creation():
    lst.sort(key=os.path.getctime)
    num = 1
    for line in lst:
        dst = newpath + name + str(num) + suffix
        rename(line, dst)
        num += 1


def lastmodified():
    lst.sort(key=os.path.getmtime)
    num = 1
    for line in lst:
        dst = newpath + name + str(num) + suffix
        rename(line, dst)
        num += 1

Functions called by buttons:

def lastaccessed():
    lst.sort(key=os.path.getatime)
    num = 1
    for line in lst:
        dst = newpath + name + str(num) + suffix
        rename(line, dst)
        num += 1

Also, please, please, refrain from formatting answers on my question. I just want some honest to god help and not 5 comments on how to "better format my question". If you need more info, I'll be glad to give it. But I'm not answering salty comments on the formatting :)

import os
import tkinter.filedialog
import pathlib
from os import rename
from tkinter import simpledialog
import getpass
import tkinter as tk

root = tkinter.Tk()

# File types list
ftypes = [
    ('Python code files', '*.py'),
    ('Perl code files', '*.pl;*.pm'),
    ('Java code files', '*.java'),
    ('C++ code files', '*.cpp;*.h'),
    ('Text files on mac', '*.rtf'),
    ('Text files', '*.txt'),
    ("PDF files", "*.pdf"),
    ('All files', '*'),
]


# The function renames and relocates selected files depending on the sorting selected
def creation():
    lst.sort(key=os.path.getctime)
    num = 1
    for line in lst:
        dst = newpath + name + str(num) + suffix
        rename(line, dst)
        num += 1


def lastmodified():
    lst.sort(key=os.path.getmtime)
    num = 1
    for line in lst:
        dst = newpath + name + str(num) + suffix
        rename(line, dst)
        num += 1


def lastaccessed():
    lst.sort(key=os.path.getatime)
    num = 1
    for line in lst:
        dst = newpath + name + str(num) + suffix
        rename(line, dst)
        num += 1


def hide(root):
    root.withdraw()


def show(root):
    root.update()
    root.deiconify()


def buttons():
    root.geometry('1000x1000')

    btncreation = tkinter.Button(root, text='Order by Creation',
                                 command=creation)
    btncreation.pack()

    btnmodified = tkinter.Button(root, text='Order by Last Modified',
                                 command=lastmodified)
    btnmodified.pack()

    btnaccessed = tkinter.Button(root, text='Order by Last Accessed',
                                 command=lastaccessed)
    btnaccessed.pack()




hide(root)

# Window to select files to order
filez = tkinter.filedialog.askopenfilenames(title='Select files to rename (must be all of the same type!)')

# List populated with file names
lst = list(filez)

# Saves the extension of the selected files
suffix = pathlib.Path(lst[0]).suffix

# Window to get user input on file naming

# Asks user for file names, while loop won't break if no name is given
USER_INP = simpledialog.askstring(title="File Names",
                                  prompt="Name your files:")

while USER_INP == '':
    USER_INP = simpledialog.askstring(title="File Names",
                                      prompt="Name your files:")

# Gets username for path use
username = getpass.getuser()

name = USER_INP

# Asks user for folder name, while loop won't break if no name is given
USER_INP2 = simpledialog.askstring(title="Folder Name",
                                   prompt="Name your folder:")

while USER_INP2 == '':
    USER_INP2 = simpledialog.askstring(title="Folder Name",
                                       prompt="Name your folder:")

foldername = USER_INP2

# Creates new folder for ordered files, if folder exists, it uses it
newpath = r'/Users/' + username + '/Desktop/' + foldername + '/'
if not os.path.exists(newpath):
    os.makedirs(newpath)

buttons()

root.mainloop()

Answer 1

You can start by using hide(root) but before or after calling buttons() say, show(root), so:

# Rest of your code
hide(root)
# Rest of your code

show(root)
buttons()