MenuMaker
An easy solution for creating menus for TkInter applications in just a few lines.
What does this library do? It decreases the amount of lines needed to construct menus to a single line.
How does it do it? A function call with a list of tuples or a dictionary.
Why should I use this? It'll save you time.
How do I get this?
Open your terminal and type in pip install menumaker.
Comparison:
Both of the following code snippets produce the same output, but as you'll see, the code from MenuMaker is much shorter.
Normal Tkinter:
import tkinter as tk
def new(*args):
print("New!")
def undo(*args):
print("Undo.")
def redo(*args):
print("Redo.")
def delete(*args):
print("Bwahm!")
def delete_all(*args):
print("More bwahm!")
root = tk.Tk()
menubar = tk.Menu()
var = tk.IntVar()
var2 = tk.BooleanVar()
var.trace_variable("w", lambda *args: print("Changed!"))
file = tk.Menu(menubar)
file.add_command(label="New", command=new, accel="Ctrl+N")
root.bind("<Control-n>", new)
file.add_command(label="Open")
file.add_command(label="Save")
menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=file)
edit = tk.Menu(menubar)
edit.add_command(label="Undo", command=undo, accel="Ctrl+Z")
root.bind("<Control-z>", undo)
edit.add_command(label="Redo", command=redo, accel="Ctrl+Shift+Z")
root.bind("<Control-Shift-Z>", redo)
edit.add_separator()
edit.add_command(label="Cut")
edit.add_command(label="Copy")
edit.add_command(label="Paste")
edit.add_command(label="Delete", command=delete, accel="Delete")
root.bind("<Delete>", delete)
edit.add_command(label="Delete All", command=delete_all, accel="Alt-Delete")
root.bind("<Alt-Delete>", delete_all)
menubar.add_cascade(label="Edit", menu=edit)
background = tk.Menu(menubar)
background.add_radiobutton(label="Green", variable=var)
background.add_radiobutton(label="Red", variable=var)
view = tk.Menu(menubar)
view.add_checkbutton(label="Toolbar", variable=var2)
view.add_cascade(label="Background", menu=background)
menubar.add_cascade(label="View", menu=view)
root.configure(menu=menubar)
root.mainloop()MenuMaker:
import tkinter as tk
import menumaker
def new(*args):
print("New!")
def undo(*args):
print("Undo.")
def redo(*args):
print("Redo.")
def delete(*args):
print("Bwahm!")
def delete_all(*args):
print("More bwahm!")
root = tk.Tk()
menubar = tk.Menu(root)
var = tk.IntVar()
var2 = tk.BooleanVar()
var.trace_variable("w", lambda *args: print("Changed!"))
menumaker.constructor(menubar, [
("file", {"items": ["new ~ctrl+n", "open", "save"]}),
("edit", {"items": ["undo ~ctrl+z", "redo ~ctrl+shift+z", "---", "cut", "copy", "paste", "delete ~delete", "delete all ~alt+delete"]}),
("-background", {"items": ["(var) green", "(var) red"]}),
("view", {"items": ["[var2] toolbar", "-background"]})
])
root.configure(menu=menubar)
root.mainloop()Syntax:
-
[]- A Checkbutton. -
()- A Radiobutton. -
-- A sub-menu. -
---- A Separator. -
~- An accelerator label. -
|- An image.
If a function is found with the same name as a menu item, the command of that menu item will be set to the found function.
Putting the name of a variable inside of the brackets for a Radio or Checkbutton will set the variable used for the Radio or Checkbutton to the variable given.
