how to trigger a function on tab change from tkinter notebook?

Question

Does anyone know how to trigger a function once a different tab is selected in the tkinter notebook?

This is hat i what to accomplish.

Lets say i have two tabs, tab1 and tab2:

if tab1 is selected:
    canvas3.unbind_all() 
    canvas2.bind_all('<MouseWheel>', lambda event: canvas2.yview_scroll(int(-1 * (event.delta / 120)),"units"))

elif tab 2 is selected:
    canvas2.unbind_all()
    canvas3.bind_all('<MouseWheel>', lambda event: canvas3.yview_scroll(int(-1 * (event.delta / 120)), "units"))

@IgnacioBares The `''` event are selective by which widget are in **mouse focus**. Relevant [binding mousewheel to scrollbar](https://stackoverflow.com/a/17457843/7414759) — stovfl, Feb 12 '20 at 13:11

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '20 at 13:15

You can bind <<NotebookTabChanged>> event on the notebook:

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk

root = tk.Tk()

nb = ttk.Notebook(root, width=800, height=600)
nb.pack()

frame1 = ttk.Frame(nb)
frame2 = ttk.Frame(nb)

nb.add(frame1, text='Tab1')
nb.add(frame2, text='Tab2')

def on_tab_change(event):
  tab = event.widget.tab('current')['text']
  if tab == 'Tab1':
    #canvas3.unbind_all() 
    #canvas2.bind_all('<MouseWheel>', lambda event: canvas2.yview_scroll(int(-1 * (event.delta / 120)),"units"))
  elif tab == 'Tab2':
    #canvas2.unbind_all()
    #canvas3.bind_all('<MouseWheel>', lambda event: canvas3.yview_scroll(int(-1 * (event.delta / 120)), "units"))

nb.bind('<<NotebookTabChanged>>', on_tab_change)

root.mainloop()

This works perfectly! Just needed to erase the unbind_all() part and it worked without errors :) — Ignacio Bares, Feb 12 '20 at 13:28

how to trigger a function on tab change from tkinter notebook?

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