Convenient way to get all associated values of tkinter radiobuttons?

Question

Is there a convenient (intrinsic) way to access to attributes of radiobutton (tkinter, python)?

I did serious search not only on Stackoverflow but also internet, many similar questions but the answers seem to mean that the only choice is to deal with "variable" parameter, which gives only value of selected button. I would like to access parameters of multiple buttons, example:

• associated value (the value that we assign to the button when creating it)
• text (label that users see)
• state (selected or not)

I am hoping that we have quick access such as radio_button.value, radio_button.text...

Answer 1

You can iterate over a list of the radiobutton objects themselves, and use cget or configure to get the values of any of the widget options.

The following example will print out the text and a boolean to show if it is selected or not.

import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk()

radios = []
radiovar = tk.IntVar(root, value=1)
for i in range(10):
    radio = tk.Radiobutton(root, text=f"Choice #{i+1:2}", variable=radiovar, value=i+1)
    radios.append(radio)
    radio.pack()

for radio in radios:
    is_selected = (radio.cget("value") == radiovar.get())
    print(f"{radio.cget('text')}: selected? {is_selected}")

tk.mainloop()