Getting every child widget of a Tkinter window

Question

Is it possible to get all of the children of a Tkinter widget, then get the children's children etc.?

Basically I want all of the widgets within one entire window.

Edit : I found a solution utilizing Bryan's line :

def all_children (wid) :
    _list = wid.winfo_children()

    for item in _list :
        if item.winfo_children() :
            _list.extend(item.winfo_children())

    return _list

For searchers (such as myself) the key word is "recursively", eg "How do I recursively iterate over all children of a widget." — tex, Nov 01 '15 at 14:04
wont reading and adding into the same list cause for loop to iterate forever.? — Faraaz Kurawle, Jul 20 '23 at 09:14

score 36 · Accepted Answer · edited May 12 '23 at 00:54

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The method you are looking for is winfo_children.

Recursive like this:

def all_children(wid, finList=None, indent=0):
    finList = finList or []
    print(f"{'   ' * indent}{wid=}")
    children = wid.winfo_children()
    for item in children:
        finList.append(item)
        all_children(item, finList, indent + 1)
    return finList

edited May 12 '23 at 00:54

Volker Siegel

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answered Sep 03 '11 at 02:06

Bryan Oakley

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Bryan's link no longer is active try this one instead [Every Child](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/getting-every-child-widget-of-a-tkinter-window) – Jim Robinson Dec 09 '21 at 04:54

Getting every child widget of a Tkinter window

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