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Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 69

Python tkinter PhotoImage not working correctly

I'm trying to use tkinter but this code doesn't work and I'm wondering if anyone knows why thanks.

from tkinter import *
window = Tk()
window.title("tkinter stuff")
photo1 = PhotoImage("file=hs.gif")
Label(window, image=photo1).grid(row=0,column=0,sticky=W)
window.mainloop()

Just to clarify, a window titled 'tkinter stuff' comes up but the image doesn't display. Also, there is a file called 'hs.gif' in the same folder as my code.

Thanks for the help

Upvotes: 5

Views: 6647

Answers (3)

Nidomus
Nidomus

Reputation: 21

I had problem to display images with Label widget too. This seem be a BUG with the garbage collector. I found this solution at:

https://blog.furas.pl/python-tkinter-why-label-doesnt-display-image-bug-with-garbage-collector-in-photoimage-GB.html.

import tkinter as tk  # PEP8: `import *` is not preferred

def main(root):
    img = tk.PhotoImage(file="image.png")
    label = tk.Label(image=img)
    label.pack()

    label.img = img  # <-- solution for bug 

if __name__ == "__main__":
    root = tk.Tk()
    main(root)

Upvotes: 2

Chetan_Vasudevan
Chetan_Vasudevan

Reputation: 2414

Below code serves as a example to your problem, and a clean way for using images as well. You can also configure background of window

import Tkinter as tk
from PIL import ImageTk, Image
window = tk.Tk()
window.title("tkinter stuff")
window.geometry("300x300")
window.configure(background='grey')
path = "hs.gif"
img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open(path))
panel = tk.Label(window, image = img)
panel.pack(side = "bottom", fill = "both", expand = "yes")
window.mainloop()

Upvotes: 1

PRMoureu
PRMoureu

Reputation: 13327

You need to move the quotes :

photo1 = PhotoImage(file="hs.gif")

Upvotes: 4

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