Pmw.Balloon() -
activate(). The default is None.
deactivate(). The default is None.
activate() method to control whether the
window is made transient during modal dialogs. See the
activate() method. The default is 'parent'.
class Demo:
def __init__(self, parent):
# Create the Balloon.
self.balloon = Pmw.Balloon(parent)
# Create some widgets and megawidgets with balloon help.
frame = Tkinter.Frame(parent)
frame.pack(padx = 10, pady = 5)
field = Pmw.EntryField(frame,
labelpos = 'nw',
label_text = 'Command:')
field.setentry('mycommand -name foo')
field.pack(side = 'left', padx = 10)
self.balloon.bind(field, 'Command to\nstart/stop',
'Enter the shell command to control')
start = Tkinter.Button(frame, text='Start')
start.pack(side='left', padx = 10)
self.balloon.bind(start, 'Start the command')
stop = Tkinter.Button(frame, text='Stop')
stop.pack(side='left', padx = 10)
self.balloon.bind(stop, 'Stop the command')
scrolledCanvas = Pmw.ScrolledCanvas(parent,
canvas_width = 200,
canvas_height = 115,
)
scrolledCanvas.pack()
canvas = scrolledCanvas.component('canvas')
# Create some canvas items and individual help.
item = canvas.create_arc(5, 5, 35, 35, fill = 'red', extent = 315)
self.balloon.tagbind(canvas, item, 'This is help for\nan arc item')
item = canvas.create_bitmap(20, 150, bitmap = 'question')
self.balloon.tagbind(canvas, item, 'This is help for\na bitmap')
item = canvas.create_line(50, 60, 70, 80, 85, 20, width = 5)
self.balloon.tagbind(canvas, item, 'This is help for\na line item')
item = canvas.create_text(80, 90, text = 'Canvas items with balloons')
self.balloon.tagbind(canvas, item, 'This is help for\na text item')
# Create two canvas items which have the same tag and which use
# the same help.
item = canvas.create_rectangle(100, 10, 170, 50, fill = 'aliceblue',
tags = 'TAG1')
item = canvas.create_oval(110, 30, 160, 80, fill = 'blue',
tags = 'TAG1')
self.balloon.tagbind(canvas, 'TAG1',
'This is help for the two blue items' + '\n' * 10 +
'It is very, very big.',
'This is help for the two blue items')
scrolledCanvas.resizescrollregion()
scrolledText = Pmw.ScrolledText(parent,
text_width = 32,
text_height = 4,
text_wrap = 'none',
)
scrolledText.pack(pady = 5)
text = scrolledText.component('text')
text.insert('end',
'This is a text widget with ', '',
' balloon', 'TAG1',
'\nhelp. Find the ', '',
' text ', 'TAG1',
' tagged with', '',
' help.', 'TAG2',
'\n\nAnother line.\nAnd another', '',
)
text.tag_configure('TAG1', borderwidth = 2, relief = 'raised')
self.balloon.tagbind(text, 'TAG1',
'There is one secret\nballoon help.\nCan you find it?')
self.balloon.tagbind(text, 'TAG2',
'Well done!\nYou found it!')
frame = Tkinter.Frame(parent)
frame.pack(padx = 10)
self.toggleBalloonVar = Tkinter.IntVar()
self.toggleBalloonVar.set(1)
toggle = Tkinter.Checkbutton(frame,
variable = self.toggleBalloonVar,
text = 'Balloon help', command = self.toggle)
toggle.pack(side = 'left', padx = 10)
self.balloon.bind(toggle, 'Toggle balloon help\non and off')
self.toggleStatusVar = Tkinter.IntVar()
self.toggleStatusVar.set(1)
toggle = Tkinter.Checkbutton(frame,
variable = self.toggleStatusVar,
text = 'Status help', command = self.toggle)
toggle.pack(side = 'left', padx = 10)
self.balloon.bind(toggle,
'Toggle status help on and off, on and off' + '\n' * 10 +
'It is very, very big, too.',
'Toggle status help on and off')
# Create and pack the MessageBar.
messageBar = Pmw.MessageBar(parent,
entry_width = 40,
entry_relief='groove',
labelpos = 'w',
label_text = 'Status:')
messageBar.pack(fill = 'x', expand = 1, padx = 10, pady = 5)
# Configure the balloon to display its status messages in the
# message bar.
self.balloon.configure(statuscommand = messageBar.helpmessage)
def toggle(self):
if self.toggleBalloonVar.get():
if self.toggleStatusVar.get():
self.balloon.configure(state = 'both')
else:
self.balloon.configure(state = 'balloon')
else:
if self.toggleStatusVar.get():
self.balloon.configure(state = 'status')
else:
self.balloon.configure(state = 'none')
Home. Pmw 0.8.5 Maintainer gregm@iname.com. 9 Feb 2001