How do I create tabs in tkinter dynamically

Question

I have creatd a menu bar that has options open , edit and some more. The dropmenu in open says open file , save file and save as. I want to design the GUI in such a way that when click open and choose the file , I want the file contents to be displayed in a new tab and when I click another option I want it to be displayed in another tab. Can anybody help me with this?

    from tkinter import *
from tkinter import filedialog
from tkinter import font
from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
from tkinter import ttk
import subprocess
import os

root = Tk()
root.title('Text-Editor')
root.resizable(width=True, height=True)
root.geometry("1400x660")



def new_file():
    my_text.delete("1.0",END)
    root.title('New File - TextEditor')
    status_bar.config(text="New File        ")

def open_file():
    my_text.delete("1.0",END)
    text_file = filedialog.askopenfilename(initialdir = "/",title="Open file" , filetypes = (("APK Files","*.apk"),("all files","*.*")))
    name=text_file
    status_bar.config(text=f'{name}       ')
    name = name.replace("/", "")
    root.title(f'{name}-TextEditor')
    text_file = open(text_file,'r')
    stuff = text_file.read()
    my_text.insert(END , stuff)
    text_file.close()


def save_as_file():
    text_file = filedialog.asksaveasfilename(defaultextension=".*",initialdir="/",title="Save file",filetypes=(("Text files",".txt"),("All files",".*.*")))
    if text_file:
        name = text_file
        name = name.replace("/","")
        root.title(f'{name} Saved1-TextEditor')

        text_file = open(text_file,'w')
        text_file.write(my_text.get(1.0, END))

        text_file.close()


def get_path(p):
    p = p.split(".")
    p.pop()
    return ''.join(p)


apk_path = filedialog.askopenfilename(initialdir="/",title = "Disassembling", filetypes=(("APK files","*.apk"),("All files","*.apk")))
gpath = get_path(apk_path) + "/AndroidManifest.xml"


def dis_file():
    
    subprocess.run(["apktool","d",apk_path])
    b = str(apkname(apk_path))
    command = "ls " + b + " >" + " a.txt"
    os.system(command)
    os.system("pwd > path.txt")
    file()
    

    
def perm_file():
    tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabcontrol)
    tabcontrol.add(tab1 , text = "Permissions")
    tabcontrol.pack(fill = "both" , expand = 1)
    with open(gpath,'r') as f:
        data = f.read()
    dom = parseString(data)
    nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName('uses-permission')
    l = Listbox(tab1,height=600,
        width=650,
        bg = "grey",
        activestyle="dotbox",
        font="Arial",
        fg="black")
    co = 0
    for c,node in enumerate(nodes):
        co+=1
        l.insert(c,node.getAttribute('android:name'))
    l.insert(0,f'Number of Permissions : {co}')

    l.pack()


def apkname(a):
    a = a.split("/")
    a = a[-1].split(".")
    return a[0]

def act_file():
    tab2 = ttk.Frame(tabcontrol)
    tabcontrol.add(tab2 , text = "Activity Names")
    tabcontrol.pack(fill = "both" , expand = 1)
    with open(gpath,'r') as f:
        data = f.read()
    dom = parseString(data)
    nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName('activity')
    l = Listbox(tab2, height=600,
        width=650,
        bg = "grey",
        activestyle="dotbox",
        font="Arial",
        fg="black")
    co = 0
    for c,node in enumerate(nodes):
        co += 1
        l.insert(c,node.getAttribute('android:name'))
    l.insert(0,f'Number of Activities : {co}')
    l.pack()

def inte_file():
    with open(gpath,'r') as f:
        data = f.read()
    dom = parseString(data)
    nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName('action')
    top = Toplevel()
    l = Listbox(top, height=600,
        width=650,
        bg = "grey",
        activestyle="dotbox",
        font="Arial",
        fg="black")
    top.geometry("700x250")
    co = 0
    for c,node in enumerate(nodes):
        co += 1
        l.insert(c,node.getAttribute('android:name'))
    l.insert(0,f'Number of Intent Actions : {co}')
    l.pack()

def intent_cat():
    with open(gpath,'r') as f:
        data = f.read()
    dom = parseString(data)
    nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName('category')
    top = Toplevel()
    l = Listbox(top, height=600,
        width=650,
        bg = "grey",
        activestyle="dotbox",
        font="Arial",
        fg="black")
    top.geometry("700x250")
    co = 0
    for c,node in enumerate(nodes):
        co += 1
        l.insert(c,node.getAttribute('android:name'))
    l.insert(0,f'Number of Intents Categories : {co}')
    l.pack()

def serv_file():
    with open(gpath,'r') as f:
        data = f.read()
    dom = parseString(data)
    nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName('service')
    top = Toplevel()
    l = Listbox(top, height=600,
        width=650,
        bg = "grey",
        activestyle="dotbox",
        font="Arial",
        fg="black")
    top.geometry("700x250")
    co = 0
    for c,node in enumerate(nodes):
        co += 1
        l.insert(c,node.getAttribute('android:name'))
    l.insert(0,f'Number of Services : {co}')
    l.pack()

def prov_file():
    with open(gpath,'r') as f:
        data = f.read()
    dom = parseString(data)
    nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName('provider')
    top = Toplevel()
    l = Listbox(top, height=600,
        width=650,
        bg = "grey",
        activestyle="dotbox",
        font="Arial",
        fg="black")
    top.geometry("700x250")
    co = 0
    for c,node in enumerate(nodes):
        co += 1
        l.insert(c,node.getAttribute('android:name'))
    l.insert(0,f'Number of providers : {co}')
    l.pack()

def recv_file():
    with open(gpath,'r') as f:
        data = f.read()
    dom = parseString(data)
    nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName('receiver')
    top = Toplevel()
    l = Listbox(top, height=600,
        width=650,
        bg = "grey",
        activestyle="dotbox",
        font="Arial",
        fg="black")
    top.geometry("700x250")
    co = 0
    for c,node in enumerate(nodes):
        co += 1
        l.insert(c,node.getAttribute('android:name'))
    l.insert(0,f'Number of Receivers : {co}')
    l.pack()

def app_file():
    with open(gpath,'r') as f:
        data = f.read()
    dom = parseString(data)
    nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName('manifest')
    top = Toplevel()
    l = Listbox(top, height=600,
        width=650,
        bg = "grey",
        activestyle="dotbox",
        font="Arial",
        fg="black")
    top.geometry("700x250")
    co = 0
    for node in nodes:
        co += 1
        l.insert(1,f'Package Name:{node.getAttribute("package")}')
        l.insert(2,f'compileSdkVersion:{node.getAttribute("android:compileSdkVersion")}')
        l.insert(3,f'compileSdkVersionCodename:{node.getAttribute("android:compileSdkVersionCodename")}')
        l.insert(4,f'XMLNS:{node.getAttribute("xmlns:android")}')
        l.insert(5,f'platformBuildVersionCode:{node.getAttribute("platformBuildVersionCode")}')
        l.insert(6,f'platformBuildVersionName:{node.getAttribute("platformBuildVersionName")}')

    l.insert(0,f'Count = {co}')
    l.pack()

def file():
    with open('/home/prajwal/Downloads/a.txt','r') as f:
        data = f.read()
    a = data.split('\n')
    top = Toplevel()
    l = Listbox(top, height=600,
        width=650,
        bg = "grey",
        activestyle="dotbox",
        font="Arial",
        fg="black")
    top.geometry("700x250")
    l.insert(0,"Extracted Files:")
    for c,i in enumerate(a):
        l.insert(c+1,i) 
    l.pack()

my_frame = Frame(root)
my_frame.pack(pady=3)

tabcontrol = ttk.Notebook(my_frame)

text_scroll = Scrollbar(root)
text_scroll.pack(side=RIGHT , fill=Y)

my_text = Text(root , font=("Arial", 16), selectbackground="yellow", selectforeground="black", undo=True, yscrollcommand=text_scroll.set)
my_text.pack(fill=BOTH , expand=1)

text_scroll.config(command=my_text.yview)

my_menu = Menu(root)
root.config(menu=my_menu)

file_menu = Menu(my_menu , tearoff = False)
my_menu.add_cascade(label="File" , menu = file_menu)
file_menu.add_command(label="New",command=new_file) 
file_menu.add_command(label="Open",command=open_file)
file_menu.add_command(label="Save")
file_menu.add_command(label="Save As",command=save_as_file)
file_menu.add_separator()
file_menu.add_command(label="Exit", command = root.quit)

edit_menu = Menu(my_menu , tearoff=False)
my_menu.add_cascade(label="Edit" , menu = edit_menu)
edit_menu.add_command(label="Cut")
edit_menu.add_command(label="Copy")
edit_menu.add_command(label="Paste")
edit_menu.add_command(label="Undo")
edit_menu.add_command(label="Redo")

dis_menu = Menu(my_menu , tearoff = False)
my_menu.add_cascade(label = "APK",menu=dis_menu)
dis_menu.add_command(label = "Disassemble", command = dis_file)
dis_menu.add_command(label = "Show Permissions", command = perm_file)
dis_menu.add_command(label = "Show Activity Names", command = act_file)
dis_menu.add_command(label = "Show Intents", command = inte_file)
dis_menu.add_command(label = "Show Intent Category", command = intent_cat)
dis_menu.add_command(label = "Show Services", command = serv_file)
dis_menu.add_command(label = "Show Providers", command = prov_file)
dis_menu.add_command(label = "Show Recievers", command = recv_file)
dis_menu.add_command(label = "Show App Info", command = app_file)

status_bar = Label(root, text='Ready        ', anchor = E)
status_bar.pack(fill=X ,side=BOTTOM , ipady =5)
root.mainloop() 

Answer 1

Is this the code You want (simple example):

from tkinter import Tk, Menu, Text
from tkinter.ttk import Notebook
from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfile


text_list = []


def add_tab(parent, contents, name):
    text = Text()
    text_list.append(text)
    text = text_list[len(text_list) - 1]
    
    parent.add(text, text=name)
    text.insert('end', contents)


def open_file():
    file = askopenfile(filetypes=[('Text file', '*.txt')])

    if file:
        add_tab(notebook, file.read(), file.name.split('/')[-1])


root = Tk()

menu_bar = Menu(root)

file_menu = Menu(menu_bar, tearoff=0)
menu_bar.add_cascade(label='File', menu=file_menu)
file_menu.add_command(label='Open', command=open_file)

root.config(menu=menu_bar)

notebook = Notebook(width=700, height=500)
notebook.pack()

root.mainloop()

There is not much to say about this, the only thing to add is that when using tabs and text You need to somehow store the index of text widget so that You can always access it (to perform actions on that specific text widget) (and I can tell that it won't be easy) but so far this works and does what You asked for.

Sources:

• ttk.Notebook docs
• pack() docs (tho don't forget that there are other layout methods too)

Answer 2

Look at this code:

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
from tkinter import filedialog


class Tab:
    def __init__(self, notebook:ttk.Notebook):
        self.filename = None
        self.notebook = notebook

        self.text_widget = tk.Text(self.notebook)
        self.text_widget.bind("<Control-o>", self.open)
        self.text_widget.bind("<Control-s>", self.save)
        self.text_widget.bind("<Control-Shift-S>", self.saveas)
        self.notebook.add(self.text_widget, text="The tab name")

    def open(self, _=None):
        filename = filedialog.askopenfilename()
        if filename != "":
            with open(filename, "r") as file:
                data = file.read()
            self.text_widget.delete("0.0", "end")
            self.text_widget.insert("end", data)
            self.filename = filename
        return "break"

    def save(self, _=None):
        if self.filename is None:
            self.saveas()
        else:
            self._save()
        return "break"

    def saveas(self, _=None):
        filename = filedialog.asksaveasfilename()
        if filename == "":
            return "break"
        self.filename = filename
        self._save()

    def _save(self):
        assert self.filename is not None, "self.filename shouldn't be None"
        data = self.text_widget.get("0.0", "end")
        with open(self.filename, "w") as file:
            file.write(data)


class App:
    def __init__(self):
        self.root = tk.Tk()
        self.new_tab_button = tk.Button(self.root, text="New tab", command=self.add_new_tab)
        self.new_tab_button.pack()
        self.open_button = tk.Button(self.root, text="Open file", command=self.open_file)
        self.open_button.pack()
        self.save_button = tk.Button(self.root, text="Save file", command=self.save_file)
        self.save_button.pack()
        self.notebook = ttk.Notebook(self.root)
        self.notebook.pack()
        self.tabs = []

    def add_new_tab(self):
        tab = Tab(self.notebook)
        self.tabs.append(tab)

    def get_current_tab(self):
        # This code gets the currently selected tab
        idx = self.notebook.index(self.notebook.select())
        tab = self.tabs[idx]
        return tab

    def open_file(self):
        tab = self.get_current_tab()
        tab.open() # Call `open` on the tab

    def save_file(self):
        tab = self.get_current_tab()
        tab.save() # Call `save` on the tab

    def mainloop(self):
        self.root.mainloop()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = App()
    app.mainloop()

It creates an App object which creates new Tab objects each time the "New tab" button is pressed. It also supports opening files. Adding the rest of the functionality should be easy.