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pythontkintertkinter-menu
user9994167
user9994167

Reputation:

Tkinter option cursor in Menu class

I'm trying to display a different cursor when the mouse arrives on the menu elements, I thought that to do that you had to add the cursor='something' option at the options when you create the menu

try:
  import tkinter as tk
except ImportError:
  import Tkinter as tk

class Settings:
    def __init__(self, master):
        # Elements of the menu
        self.master=master
        self.menu = tk.Menu(root, fg="red")
        self.subMenu = tk.Menu(self.menu, cursor="hand1")

    def openMenu(self):
        # Configuration of the menu
        self.menu.add_cascade(label="Options", menu=self.subMenu)
        self.addOptionsSubMenu()
        self.master.config(menu=self.menu)

    def addOptionsSubMenu(self):
        # Add elements at the sub menu
        self.subMenu.add_command(label="Quit", command=self.quit)
        self.subMenu.add_command(label="Do nothing", command=self.passa)

    # Quit the function
    def quit(self):
        exit()

    # Do nothing
    def passa(self):
        pass

root = tk.Tk()
app = Settings(root)
app.openMenu()
root.mainloop()

But as it is the cursor doesn't change, how do I do this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 900

Answers (1)

Miraj50
Miraj50

Reputation: 4407

The docs for tkinter Menu state that the cursor option denotes "The cursor that appears when the mouse is over the choices, but only when the menu has been torn off". So, I don't think you can actually do what you want. Only when your sub menu has been detached (torn off), you can see your cursor changing. Here is a Demo.

import tkinter as tk

class Settings:
  def __init__(self, master):
    # Elements of the menu
    self.master=master
    self.menu = tk.Menu(root, fg="red")
    self.subMenu = tk.Menu(self.menu, cursor="plus")

  def openMenu(self):
    # Configuration of the menu
    self.menu.add_cascade(label="Options", menu=self.subMenu)
    self.addOptionsSubMenu()
    self.master.config(menu=self.menu)

  def addOptionsSubMenu(self):
    # Add elements at the sub menu
    self.subMenu.add_command(label="Quit", command=self.quit)
    self.subMenu.add_command(label="Do nothing", command=self.passa)

  # Quit the function
  def quit(self):
    exit()

  # Do nothing
  def passa(self):
    pass

root = tk.Tk()
app = Settings(root)
app.openMenu()
root.mainloop()

Demo

Upvotes: 1

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