I've added some comments about the code in question as well... On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:45 PM, <teslafreque...@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi, I am working with Tkinter, and I have set up some simple code to run: > > import tkinter > import re > from tkinter import * > If you import everything from tkinter into your top-level namespace, then the "import tkinter" at the top serves no purpose. > global master > This 'global master' statement does nothing (and is actually misleading IMO). > master = Tk() > > # Start game Launcher > def FormGUI(): > master.title("GAME TITLE") > SW = master.winfo_screenwidth() / 3.2 > SH = master.winfo_screenheight() / 3.2 > master.geometry("500x300+%d+%d" % (SW, SH)) > Label(master,text="game:\nGAME TITLE").pack() > Button(master, text="Start game", command=DestroyStart, > takefocus=1).pack() > master.wm_state(zoom) > What is "zoom"? This variable is not defined. In fact, I get a NameError when I try running your code because of this: Traceback (most recent call last): File "test_tk.py", line 38, in <module> FormGUI() File "test_tk.py", line 18, in FormGUI master.wm_state(zoom) NameError: global name 'zoom' is not defined If I change zoom to "normal" (with quotes), it appears to work (although I'm testing on Linux, not Windows). > # Destroy the GUI launcher window upon player starting the game. > def DestroyStart(): > global master > master.destroy() > master = Tk() > ReformGui() > > # Form the game's GUI window in full screen. > def ReformGui(): > master.title("GAME TITLE") > SW = master.winfo_screenwidth() > SH = master.winfo_screenheight() > master.geometry("%dx%d+0+0" % (SW,SH)) > master.attributes("-fullscreen", 1) > master.configure(bg="black") > Label(master, text="\"GAME TESTING TEXT\"", > background="black", foreground="white").pack() > FormGUI() > > master.mainloop() > > # END OF CODE > > Everything in this code runs appropriately. The main goal of this code is > to open up two windows, one with fixed dimensions, the other with > full-screen enabled. > > My problem is that with the code above, the full-screen window opens up > properly, however my taskbar shows over the full-screen. Until I click on > the full-screen window, the taskbar will not be hidden. > > Am I doing something wrong, or is there a better way to create a > full-screen window in Tkinter with the taskbar hidden? > This sounds to me that your full screen window does not have the focus (i.e., it is not the `active' window). Try adding a "master.focus_force()" call in the ReformGui function to force it to take focus. Note that focus_force() is often considered 'impolite'---it's akin to that kid that always needs to be the center of attention. Of course it's not as bad as master.grab_set_global :) If your application already has 'focus', then you can use focus_set instead of focus_force. The problem may be that you are destroying the original master window and re-creating another (I typically avoid destroying the root window mid-application). Also as a note, it would be helpful to have some kind of button or something to exit the app or exit fullscreen. I had to Alt-F4 in order to quit your sample program ;). Hope this helps, Jason
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