OK. I give. Here's the whole reason I'm trying to do this.
At the top of the program:
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# Fonts: a constant nagging problem
System = sys.platform[:3].lower()
ScreenWidth = Root.winfo_screenwidth()
if System == "win":
if ScreenWidth <= 1024:
Root.option_add("*Button*font", "Helvetica 8 bold")
Root.option_add("*Menu*font", "Helvetica 8 bold")
CascadeFont = "Helvetica 8 bold"
Root.option_add("*Text*font", "Courier 10")
elif ScreenWidth <= 1400:
Root.option_add("*Button*font", "Helvetica 12 bold")
Root.option_add("*Checkbutton*font", "Helvetica 12")
Root.option_add("*Entry*font", "Helvetica 10")
Root.option_add("*Label*font", "Helvetica 12")
Root.option_add("*Menu*font", "Helvetica 12 bold")
CascadeFont = "Helvetica 12 bold"
Root.option_add("*Radiobutton*font", "Helvetica 12")
Root.option_add("*Text*font", "Courier 12")
elif System == "sun":
Root.option_add("*Button*font", "Helvetica 10 bold")
Root.option_add("*Checkbutton*font", "Helvetica 10")
Root.option_add("*Entry*font", "Courier 10")
Root.option_add("*Label*font", "Helvetica 10")
Root.option_add("*Listbox*font", "Courier 10")
Root.option_add("*Menu*font", "Helvetica 10 bold")
CascadeFont = "Helvetica 10 bold"
Root.option_add("*Radiobutton*font", "Helvetica 10")
Root.option_add("*Text*font", "Courier 11")
elif System == "lin":
Root.option_add("*Button*font", "Helvetica 12 bold")
Root.option_add("*Checkbutton*font", "Helvetica 12")
Root.option_add("*Entry*font", "Courier 12")
Root.option_add("*Label*font", "Helvetica 12")
Root.option_add("*Listbox*font", "Courier 12")
Root.option_add("*Menu*font", "Helvetica 12 bold")
CascadeFont = "Helvetica 12 bold"
Root.option_add("*Radiobutton*font", "Helvetica 12")
Root.option_add("*Text*font", "Courier 12")
Root.option_add("*Button*takeFocus", "0")
Root.option_add("*Checkbutton*anchor", "w")
Root.option_add("*Checkbutton*takeFocus", "0")
Root.option_add("*Entry*background", "white")
Root.option_add("*Entry*foreground", "black")
Root.option_add("*Entry*highlightThickness", "2")
Root.option_add("*Entry*highlightColor", "blue")
Root.option_add("*Entry*insertWidth", "3")
Root.option_add("*Listbox*background", "white")
Root.option_add("*Listbox*foreground", "black")
Root.option_add("*Listbox*takeFocus", "0")
Root.option_add("*Radiobutton*takeFocus", "0")
Root.option_add("*Scrollbar*takeFocus", "0")
Root.option_add("*Text*background", "black")
Root.option_add("*Text*foreground", "grey")
Root.option_add("*Text*takeFocus", "0")
Root.option_add("*Text*width", "0")
Then in another section:
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######################
# BEGIN: makeMenu(Win)
DebugCVar = IntVar()
LogCVar = IntVar()
LogFp = None
MsgFp = None
SetTimeRVar = StringVar()
SetTimeRVar.set("gps")
MemUnitsRVar = StringVar()
MemUnitsRVar.set("k")
DriveRpCVar = IntVar()
DriveRpCVar.set(1)
def makeMenu(Win):
global Di
Top = Menu(Win)
Win.configure(menu = Top)
Fi = Menu(Top, tearoff = 0)
Fi.add_command(label = "Erase Messages", command = cmdMsgErase)
Fi.add_separator()
Fi.add_command(label = "Save Parameters", command = parmsSave)
Fi.add_command(label = "Load Parameters", command = parmsLoad)
Fi.add_separator()
Fi.add_command(label = "Quit", command = progQuitter)
Top.add_cascade(label = "File", menu = Fi, font = CascadeFont)
Co = Menu(Top, tearoff = 0)
Co.add_command(label = "Get Event Table", command = cmdGetET)
Co.add_command(label = "Manual VCXO", command = cmdMVCXOForm)
Co.add_separator()
Co.add_command(label = "Enter A Message", command = cmdMessage)
Co.add_separator()
Co.add_command(label = "Label/Format USB Drives", \
command = cmdSetLabelsFormat)
Top.add_cascade(label = "Commands", menu = Co, font = CascadeFont)
Op = Menu(Top, tearoff = 0)
Op.add_radiobutton(label = "Set Time From GPS", variable = SetTimeRVar,
\
value = "gps", command = Command(subCont, "Rgps,pc", "time", \
SetTimeRVar))
Op.add_radiobutton(label = "Set Time From PC", variable = SetTimeRVar, \
value = "pc", command = Command(subCont, "Rgps,pc", "time", \
SetTimeRVar))
Op.add_separator()
Op.add_radiobutton(label = "Memory Units In KBs", \
variable = MemUnitsRVar, value = "k")
Op.add_radiobutton(label = "Memory Units In Blocks", \
variable = MemUnitsRVar, value = "blocks")
Op.add_separator()
Op.add_checkbutton(label = "Wait For USB Drive Responses", \
variable = DriveRpCVar, command = Command(subCont, "C1,0",
"drv", \
DriveRpCVar))
Op.add_separator()
Op.add_checkbutton(label = "Record Commands To Log", variable = LogCVar,
\
command = cmdLog)
Op.add_separator()
Op.add_checkbutton(label = "Debug Mode", variable = DebugCVar, \
command = cmdDebug)
Top.add_cascade(label = "Options", menu = Op, font = CascadeFont)
Help = Menu(Top, tearoff = 0)
Help.add_command(label = "Reset Commands", command = resetButtons)
Help.add_command(label = "Current Working Directory", command = cmdCWD)
Help.add_command(label = "Serial Port Scan", command = cmdPortScan)
# TESTING
# Help.add_command(label = "Test", command = cmdTest)
Help.add_separator()
Help.add_command(label = "Help", command = showHelp)
Help.add_command(label = "About", command = about)
Top.add_cascade(label = "Help", menu = Help, font = CascadeFont)
return
# END: makeMenu
Do you see the CascadeFont variable? I want to get rid of that and turn
setting the font of the .add_cascade items into an option_add function.
Does anyone know how to do that? What key word and tricky phrase does the
option_add function need?
Bob
"Bob Greschke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Root.option_add("*?????*font", "Helvetica 12 bold")
>
> Want to get rid of the "font =":
> Widget.add_cascade(label = "File", menu = Fi, font = "Helvetica 12 bold")
>
> Does anyone know what ????? should be to control the font of the cascade
> menus (the labels on the menu bar)? "*Menu*font" handles the part that
> drops down, but I can't come up with the menu bar labels part.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bob
>
>
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