tkinterex

A package that adds extension features to tkinter.

Installation

pip install tkinterex

Components

EntryEx

A ttk.Entry subclass that manages its own StringVar internally, exposing a simple value property.

from tkinterex import EntryEx

entry = EntryEx(master)
entry.value = "hello"
print(entry.value)  # "hello"

CheckbuttonEx

A ttk.Checkbutton subclass that manages its own BooleanVar internally, exposing a simple value property.

from tkinterex import CheckbuttonEx

cb = CheckbuttonEx(master, text="Enable feature")
cb.value = True
print(cb.value)  # True

ListboxEx

A Frame-based widget that wraps a Listbox with a vertical Scrollbar. All standard Listbox methods are transparently delegated.

from tkinterex import ListboxEx

lb = ListboxEx(master)
lb.insert("end", "item 1")
lb.insert("end", "item 2")

# Get/set selected items by value
print(lb.curselection_list)   # ["item 1"]
lb.curselection_list = ["item 2"]

show_modal_window

Displays a Toplevel window as a modal dialog, positioned near the parent window and clamped within the screen bounds.

from tkinterex import show_modal_window

dialog = Toplevel(root)
# ... build dialog contents ...
show_modal_window(root, dialog)
# execution resumes here after the dialog is closed

ListWindow

A ready-made modal Toplevel that presents a list of items and lets the user select one.

from tkinterex import ListWindow, show_modal_window

win = ListWindow(root, title="Choose an item", items=["Apple", "Banana", "Cherry"])
show_modal_window(root, win)

if win.selected_index is not None:
    print(f"Selected index: {win.selected_index}")
    print(f"Selected item:  {win.selected_item}")

License

MIT