TKinter Managed Frames

Adds a Frame widget with a built in content manager.

Installation

Download from PYPI.
pip install TKinterManagedFrame
or
python -m pip install TKinterManagedFrame

Methods

• __init__()

  • args
    • master: a tkinter widget that is capable of having children
      • this includes Tk, Frame, and TopLevel
    • nameList: A list of names that will be associated with empty Frame objects.
    • initialIndex: the first Frame that will be displayed.
      • if this is not present in nameList, a Frame will be created to associate with it.
    • options: takes any number of keyword arguments.
      • see the documentation for tkinter.Frame for the full list of options.

• getCurrentFrameKey()

  • returns the key of the currently displayed Frame.

• getCurrentFrame()

  • returns a reference to the currently displayed Frame

• getFrameAtKey()

  • args
    • key: the key at which the requested Frame is stored
  • returns a reference to the Frame at the given key.
  • @raises KeyError: if key is not being managed

• addOption()

  • args
    • inputFrame: the Frame object to be added
    • key: the location at which `inputFrame' will be stored in the manager.
  • @raises KeyError: if key is already being managed
    • use updateOption() to change an already managed frame.

• updateOption()

  • args
    • inputFrame: the frame to place at key
    • key: the location at which to place inputFrame
  • @raises KeyError: if key is not being managed

• changeOption()

  • args
    • key: the the key of the desired Frame.
  • @raises KeyError if key is not being managed.

• setOption()

  • args
    • inputFrame: the Frame to be added
    • key: the key at which to store inputFrame
  • @raises KeyError if key is already being managed

• removeOption()

  • args
    • key: the key value at which the Frame to be deleted is stored
    • default: (defaults to an arbitrary frame), the key value of the frame that will be displayed if key references the currently displayed Frame
  • @raises KeyError if either key or default are not being managed.