Tkinter window is blank when running

Question

When I run my tkinter code for measuring the temperature with Adafruit. When I run my code tkinter opens a window but nothing appears on the window. I have used tkinter a bit before and I have had what is supposed to appear appear but just not in this particular code.

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-

import Adafruit_DHT as dht
import time
from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()
k= StringVar()
num = 1
thelabel = Label(root, textvariable=k)
thelabel.pack

def READ():
    h,t = dht.read_retry(dht.DHT22, 4)
    newtext = "Temp=%s*C Humidity=%s" %(t,h)
    k.set(str(newtext))
    print newtext #I added this line to make sure that newtext actually had the values I wanted

def read30seconds():
    READ()
    root.after(30000, read30seconds)

read30seconds()
root.mainloop()

And to clarify the print line in READ does run ever 30 seconds as intended.

Liam · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-19T11:36:54.260

it is because you are not packing it in the window but you are printing it in the python shell.

you should replace that print newtext with:

w = Label(root, text=newtext)
w.pack()

a working code should look like this:

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-

import Adafruit_DHT as dht
import time
from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()
k= StringVar()
num = 1
thelabel = Label(root, textvariable=k)
thelabel.pack

def READ():
    h,t = dht.read_retry(dht.DHT22, 4)
    newtext = "Temp=%s*C Humidity=%s" %(t,h)
    k.set(str(newtext))
    w = Label(root, text=newtext)
    w.pack() 


def read30seconds():
    READ()
    root.after(30000, read30seconds)

read30seconds()
root.mainloop()

note that this is a very basic code graphically speaking. to learn more about this topic visit this tkinter label tutorial and to learn more about tkinter itself visit this introduction to tkinter

if you want the label to be overwritten everytime it is refreshed you should use the destroy() method to delete and then replace the Label like this:

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-

import Adafruit_DHT as dht
import time
from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()
k= StringVar()
num = 1
thelabel = Label(root, textvariable=k)
thelabel.pack

def READ():
    global w
    h,t = dht.read_retry(dht.DHT22, 4)
    newtext = "Temp=%s*C Humidity=%s" %(t,h)
    k.set(str(newtext))
    print newtext #I added this line to make sure that newtext actually had the values I wanted

def read30seconds():
    READ()
    try: w.destroy()
    except: pass
    root.after(30000, read30seconds)

read30seconds()
root.mainloop()

This is very helpful, but do you have any idea how to make it replace the line of temperature and humidity? That is why I had the k.set in my code but the result just continuously prints more and more lines. — Serkan Senyuz, Aug 18 '16 at 20:41

Tkinter window is blank when running

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