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hedgesketch
hedgesketch

Reputation: 197

Display .gif image using tkinter, ttk and python3

I'm trying to display an image.

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk

root = Tk()
myimage = PhotoImage(file='world.gif')
ttk.Label(root, image=myimage)
root.mainloop()

When I run this I expect to see my image. But I only see a solid grey image. Any help is appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1242

Answers (1)

Adam
Adam

Reputation: 550

You need to keep a reference to the Tkinter object. Something like this (I'm not using ttk here):

myimage = PhotoImage(file='world.gif')

label = Label(image=myimage)
label.image = myimage # the reference
label.pack()

The garbage collector is trying to discard the Tkinter image object since Tkinter doesn't keep a reference on it. So Tkinter releases the image, Tk widget doesn't, and you get a weird blank image.

Upvotes: 3

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