While I was chasing this down Bryan provided the correct answer. Thanks, Bryan. I believe I will follow your advice.
On Feb 28, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Bryan Oakley wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Lynn Oliver <rayco...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've discovered that 'bd=4' and 'font=...' both work if I import: >> from tkFileDialog import askopenfilename, asksaveasfilename, askdirectory >> from Tkinter import * >> import tkFont >> from ttk import * >> >> And they both fail if I import only: >> from Tkinter import * >> import tkFont >> from ttk import * >> >> Can anyone explain what is going on here? > > Both Tkinter and ttk define objects with the same name, such as Button > and Label. These two widgets don't share the same set of options. When > you do "import *", whichever one you import second "wins". Thus, in > one file you might be getting a tk button with one set of options, and > in another you get a ttk button with a different set, even though in > both files you use "Button". > > IMHO this is a perfect example why you should _never_ "import *". > Instead, I wholeheartedly recommend always working like this: > > import Tkinter as tk > import ttk > ... > tk.Button(...) > ttk.Button(...) > > With that, it becomes completely obvious which sort of button or label > you are creating. Even if you don't mix tk and ttk widgets I think you > should import this way. It makes the code more self-documenting at the > expense of a tiny bit more typing. _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
