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Marcel Barlik
Marcel Barlik

Reputation: 55

Python 3 - tkinter adding a minimize button



I would like to add a custom minimize button in ### but don't really know how to.
I have tried looking for a bit but only found Python 2 results which no longer work for Python 3.

It would be best if it was possible for both linux and windows (with an os check at the start which I can do myself) and without the use of imported modules off the basic python modules.

Here is my current code:

from tkinter import *
import ctypes

root = Tk()
usr32 = ctypes.windll.user32
res1 = usr32.GetSystemMetrics(0)
res2 = usr32.GetSystemMetrics(1)

#-------------------------------

def ext():
    exit()


def minim():
    ###


root.resizable(0, 0)
root.geometry(str(int(res1 * 0.15)) + "x" + str(int(res2 * 0.1)))
root.overrideredirect(1)

back = Frame(root, bg='black')
back.pack_propagate(0)
back.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1)

b_Frame = Frame(back, bg="#505050")
b_Frame.place(x=0, y=0, anchor="nw", width=res1 * 0.15, height=res2 * 0.025)

Ext_but = Button(b_Frame, text="X", bg="#FF6666", fg="white", command=ext)
Ext_but.place(x=res1 - res1 * 0.8665, y=0, anchor="nw", width=res1 * 0.016, height=res2 * 0.025)

Min_but = Button(b_Frame, text="_", bg="#FF6666", fg="white", command=minim)
Min_but.place(x=res1 - res1 * 0.8825, y=0, anchor="nw", width=res1 * 0.016, height=res2 * 0.025)

#-------------------------------

root.mainloop()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2266

Answers (1)

qr7NmUTjF6vbA4n8V3J9
qr7NmUTjF6vbA4n8V3J9

Reputation: 451

You can use:

root.wm_state("iconic")

For example a button that does this could be:

tk.Button(root, text = "Mimimize", command = lambda: root.wm_state("iconic")).pack()

So in your example it would be:

def minim():
    root.wm_state("iconic")

Uses standard modules (as requested). Tested in Windows 10 in Python 3.6, but it should work with all operating systems and Python versions.

Upvotes: 1

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