Hi Michael,
> The problem is apparently that the widget name of the menu's "button" is
> assigned by Tk and there does not seem to be a way to access this subwidget
> from within Tkinter. Besides this I don't understand why this does not happen
> with the context
menu from my previous example b
Michael,
Thank you! That's EXACTLY the solution I was looking for :)
Regards,
Malcolm
Change your statusbarUpdate for the following, which will print out
the index of the currently selected menu item:
def statusbarUpdate( event=None ):
print tk.call(event.widget, "index", "active")
Note th
Hi,
Thus spoketh "Michael O'Donnell"
unto us on Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:26:24 +0100:
> Hi Malcom,
>
> Change your statusbarUpdate for the following, which will print out
> the index of the currently selected menu item:
>
> def statusbarUpdate( event=None ):
>print tk.call(event.widget, "index
Hi Malcom,
Change your statusbarUpdate for the following, which will print out
the index of the currently selected menu item:
def statusbarUpdate( event=None ):
print tk.call(event.widget, "index", "active")
Note that this uses tcl/tk code, where Tkinter code should be used,
but it seems the
Kevin,
> Try <>.
Thanks for the recommendation. Any suggestions on how I can determine
the currently selected menu item in the event raised by <>?
# here's how I create my popup menu
popup = tk.Menu( menubar )
popup.bind( '<>', statusbarUpdate )
# here's the command I bind to
def statusbarUpdat
On 11/18/10 5:56 PM, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote:
Wondering if there's a menu event I can bind to that's related to the
currently selected menu item? By menu item I mean the items that show up
in a popup menu like New, Open, Save, etc.
Use case: I would like to update a statusbar area of our applic
Wondering if there's a menu event I can bind to that's related to
the currently selected menu item? By menu item I mean the items
that show up in a popup menu like New, Open, Save, etc.
Use case: I would like to update a statusbar area of our
application with a description of the currently selected
