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of.ramirez10
of.ramirez10

Reputation: 31

Tkinter Label image setting won´t work

I've been learning how to use Tkinter from scratch and while I try to set a simple Label widget in a frame:

from Tkinter import *
from ttk import *

root = Tk()
root.title("Practice")

mainW = LabelFrame(root, text = "Main info")
mainW.grid()

image = Label(mainW, image = "C:\Users\Oscar Ramirez\Pictures\image.png")
image.grid(column = 0, row = 0)

codeEntry = Entry(mainW, text = "User Code")
codeEntry.grid(column = 1, row = 0)

root.mainloop()

I'm getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Tutorial.py", line 10, in <module>
    image = Label(mainW, image = "C:\Users\Oscar Ramirez\Pictures\image.png")
  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 2096, in __init__
(widgetName, self._w) + extra + self._options(cnf))
_tkinter.TclError: image specification must contain an odd number of elements

I've checked the image format, the route, etc. And now I don't really know what can be causing me trouble.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3910

Answers (1)

Lafexlos
Lafexlos

Reputation: 7735

image
The image to display in the widget. The value should be a PhotoImage, BitmapImage, or a compatible object. If specified, this takes precedence over the text and bitmap options. (image/Image)

Right now you are just passing a string for image option of label. You need something like,

photo = PhotoImage(file="image.gif")
label = Label(..., image=photo)
label.photo = photo  #reference keeping is important when working with images

Right now, since you are using PNG image, you need to install and use Python Imaging Library (PIL) though. For more info, you can read Photo Image section from effbot.

Upvotes: 5

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