Image is not displaying in canvas of tkinter window

Question

I'm trying to display an Image in the canvas of tkinter window,the program runs perfectly but the image is not displaying in the canvas


import tkinter
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import PIL
from PIL import Image,ImageTk

#-----------------------------------------------

root = Tk()
root.geometry("600x400")


toolbox = Frame(root,bg = "#494949",height = 50,width = 600,bd = 1,relief = RAISED)
toolbox.grid(row = 0,column = 0) 
toolbox.grid_propagate(0)

openf = Button(toolbox,text = "Show Image",bg = "gray",width = 30,relief = FLAT,command = lambda:showimg())
openf.grid(row = 0,column =0,sticky = "news")

cj = Canvas(root,width = 600,height = 300,relief = SUNKEN,bd = 1,bg = "#494949")
cj.grid(row = 1,column = 0,sticky = "news")

def showimg():
     g = ImageTk.PhotoImage(file = 'myphoto.png')
     t = cj.create_image(0,0,image = g,anchor = NW)

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '19 at 04:48

You don't need lambda or PIL, and you need to keep a reference to the image. Try this:

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk

# functions come first in your code, then you don't need lambda to run them
def showimg():
     g = PhotoImage(file = 'myphoto.png')
     cj.img = g # keep a reference
     cj.create_image(0,0,image = g,anchor = NW)

root = Tk()
root.geometry("600x400")

toolbox = Frame(root,bg = "#494949",height = 50,width = 600,bd = 1,relief = RAISED)
toolbox.grid(row = 0,column = 0) 
toolbox.grid_propagate(0)

openf = Button(toolbox,text = "Show Image",bg = "gray",width = 30,relief = FLAT,command = showimg)
openf.grid(row = 0,column =0,sticky = "news")

cj = Canvas(root,width = 600,height = 300,relief = SUNKEN,bd = 1,bg = "#494949")
cj.grid(row = 1,column = 0,sticky = "news")

Image is not displaying in canvas of tkinter window

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