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TamP
TamP

Reputation: 1

Tkinter code Works in Windows but not in Mac

Why does the following test not display the menu on my Mac running Python 3.7 on Mojave?

Tried a shebang but that didn't help.

import tkinter as tk

def quit_app():
    my_window.destroy()

    my_window = tk.Tk()
    my_menu = tk.Menu(my_window)
    my_menu.add_command(label='Quit',command=quit_app)
    my_window.config(menu=my_menu)
    my_window.mainloop()

The menu displays in Windows 10 but not on the Mac. The tkinter window is blank on the Mac.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 664

Answers (1)

Samuel Kazeem
Samuel Kazeem

Reputation: 805

The menu displays in Windows 10 but not on the Mac

Yes, that is because MAC has a design philosophy that all devs for their platform have to conform with. You cannot have a add_command as a top level menu item on mac, rather:

import tkinter as tk

def quit_app():
    my_window.destroy()

my_window = tk.Tk()
my_menu = tk.Menu(my_window)
quit_menu= tk.Menu(my_menu, tearoff=0)
quit_menu.add_command(label='Quit App',command=quit_app)
my_menu.add_cascade(label="Quit", menu=quit_menu, underline=0)
my_window.config(menu=my_menu)
my_window.mainloop()

Upvotes: 1

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