CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonpython-2.7tkinter
killer
killer

Reputation: 382

Label `bg` does not exist

This is my code for my label

from Tkinter import Tk, BOTH, Canvas, Text,END
import Tkinter as tk
from ttk import Frame, Button, Style, Label, Entry
from tkMessageBox import *
from random import *


class Life(Frame): #is indented correctly in my code
def __init__(self, parent):
    Frame.__init__(self, parent)
    self.parent = parent
    self.initUI()

def initUI(self):
    self.parent.title('MTG LIFE COUNTER')
    self.style = Style()
    self.style.theme_use('default')
    self.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1)

    can = Canvas(self, width=800, height=500, borderwidth=5, background='black')
    can.pack()

    can.create_rectangle(0, 0, 200, 200, fill="white", outline="white")

    self.add = Button(self, text="Add 1", command=self.rollDice)
    self.add.place(x=20, y=210)

    self.sub = Button(self, text="Subtract 1", command=self.rollDice)
    self.sub.place(x=20, y=230)

    self.diceRoll = Button(self, text="Dice!", command=self.rollDice)
    self.diceRoll.place(x=20, y=250)

    self.coin = Button(self, text="Coin", command=self.rollDice)
    self.coin.place(x=20, y=270)

    color = 'yellow'
    l = Label(self, textvariable=color)
    self.namet = Label(self, text="What's your name?", bg='black')
    self.namet.place(x=215, y=10)


    self.v = tk.StringVar()
    self.nameBox = Text(self, height=1, width=10)
    self.nameBox.place(x=215,y=30)

The error I get is...

Traceback (most recent call last):
File ".\Mtg Life Counter.py", line 64, in <module>
main()
File ".\Mtg Life Counter.py", line 60, in main
app = Life(root)
File ".\Mtg Life Counter.py", line 12, in __init__
self.initUI()
File ".\Mtg Life Counter.py", line 39, in initUI
self.namet = Label(self, text="What's your name?", bg='black')
File "C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk\ttk.py", line 757, in __init__
Widget.__init__(self, master, "ttk::label", kw)
File "C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk\ttk.py", line 555, in __init__
Tkinter.Widget.__init__(self, master, widgetname, kw=kw)
File "C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 2090, in __init__
(widgetName, self._w) + extra + self._options(cnf))
_tkinter.TclError: unknown option "-bg"

My question is how do I change the background and foreground of a label?

I tried without the -fg and -bg options the code works just fine. Tried looking for the correct syntax all say that this is it. All help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2797

Answers (1)

Bryan Oakley
Bryan Oakley

Reputation: 385980

The problem is that you are using the ttk Label widget, and it does not support the bg or ft options. You can use background and foreground instead.

Upvotes: 3

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