[issue42283] test_idle is interactive on macOS 11

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: I was using a Tk 8.6.8 build on macOS 11. Looking at this more closely there are clearly other problems with that build: All windows that were created by the test were completely black except for the window chrome. @terry.reedy: I got those crash reporter

[issue42283] test_idle is interactive on macOS 11

Ned Deily added the comment: This is the behavior seen with Tk 8.6.8 *built* on macOS 11.0 Big Sur; I'm assuming that's what Ronald was testing. We'll be updating the macOS installers to use a more recent Tk for installers built on 11.0 and this should go away. Note that Tk 8.6.8 *built*

[issue42283] test_idle is interactive on macOS 11

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Ned, do you have any experience of tk acting so differently on different macOS versions? -- nosy: +ned.deily ___ Python tracker ___

[issue42283] test_idle is interactive on macOS 11

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Strange. test_idle runs fine on my Mohave, so I cannot investigate what you see. Tests of classes that create windows and call wait_window pass _utest_=True and wait_window calls are guarded by "if not _utest:". I believe this is always in __init__. You