I have a tkinter application that runs on the main thread. After receiving some input from the user, a new thread is created to perform functions in a separate class. The main thread continues to a Toplevel progress window.
My question is, how can I communicate to the main thread when the second thread has finished its tasks, in order to close the progress window?
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
from threading import Thread
import time
class Application:
def __init__(self, master):
# set main window
frame = tk.Frame(master, width=300, height=100)
frame.pack(fill=tk.BOTH)
# button widget
run_button = tk.Button(frame, text="GO", command=self.do_something)
run_button.pack()
# simulate some gui input from user
self.user_input = "specified by user"
def do_something(self):
thread1 = Thread(target=FunctionClass, args=(self.user_input,))
thread1.start() # launch thread
ProgressWindow() # main thread continues to new tkinter window
class ProgressWindow(tk.Toplevel):
""" displays progress """
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.progress = ttk.Progressbar(
self, orient="horizontal", length=300, mode="indeterminate")
self.progress.pack()
self.note = "Processing data..."
self.p_label = tk.Label(self, text=self.note)
self.p_label.pack()
self.progress.start(50)
class FunctionClass:
""" thread1 works on this class """
def __init__(self, user_data):
self.user_data = user_data
self.do_something_else()
def do_something_else(self):
# simulate thread 1 working
time.sleep(3)
print("Thread1 job done")
if __name__ == "__main__":
root = tk.Tk()
Application(root)
root.mainloop()
* UPDATE *
tkinter's event_generate as suggested by iCart works well. See code update below.
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk, messagebox
from threading import Thread
import time
class Application:
def __init__(self, master):
# set main window
frame = tk.Frame(master, width=300, height=100)
frame.pack(fill=tk.BOTH)
# button widget
run_button = tk.Button(frame, text="GO", command=self.do_something)
run_button.pack()
# simulate some gui input from user
self.user_input = "specified by user"
def do_something(self):
thread1 = Thread(target=FunctionClass, args=(self.user_input,))
thread1.start() # launch thread
ProgressWindow() # main thread continues to new tkinter window
class ProgressWindow(tk.Toplevel):
""" displays progress """
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.progress = ttk.Progressbar(self, orient="horizontal", length=300, mode="indeterminate")
self.progress.pack()
self.note = "Processing data..."
self.p_label = tk.Label(self, text=self.note)
self.p_label.pack()
self.progress.start(50)
class FunctionClass:
""" thread1 works on this class """
def __init__(self, user_data):
self.user_data = user_data
self.do_something_else()
def do_something_else(self):
# simulate thread 1 working
time.sleep(3)
print("Thread1 job done")
# call <<stop>> virtual event (unsure if 'tail' is necessary here)
root.event_generate("<<stop>>", when="tail")
def end_program(*args):
""" called with tkinter event_generate command after thread completion """
messagebox.showinfo("Complete", "Processing Complete")
root.destroy()
if __name__ == "__main__":
root = tk.Tk()
Application(root)
root.bind("<<stop>>", end_program) # bind to event
root.mainloop()
