Tkinter custom background image

Question

I want to put as the entire app background a custom image. I read somewhere that I have to do something like this:

root = Tk()
bg_image = PhotoImage(file="C:/Users/Matteo/Desktop/fisica.png")
app = App(root,image=bg_image)
root.title("Fisica")
root.geometry("330x470")
root.mainloop()

When I try to run the code, it says:
TypeError: init() got an unexpected keyword argument 'image'

I can't understand what's the problem

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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you should add the image to a label:

 Label(root, image=bg_image)

then use .pack() or .grid() to position the label to the grid.

see here:

how to put a image as a background in tkinter in python

You could have found this by searching stackoverflow/google.

You can't add the image directly to the root window.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Dec 18 '16 at 13:29

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So can't do something similar to root["bg"] = "red" ? – Matteo Secco Dec 18 '16 at 17:23
No, the root contains `Tk()` class, it can't handle a background option. – stetim94 Dec 18 '16 at 21:25

Tkinter custom background image

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