How to detect if a child window is opened or closed in tkinter

Question

I am doing some basic GUI programming in Python using tkinter. I have a main window which has two buttons. Each of these buttons open a specific child window but the problem is that the new windows are generated every time I click either of the buttons. I want to check if a child window is already open and prevent opening of the same window multiple times when button is clicked. How do I check if the child window is opened or closed?

I read the documentation and some posts on stackoverflow but could not find a relevant solution.

My code brief:

# First Window
def open_first_win():
    first_win = Toplevel(root)
    first_win.title("First Window")
    
# Second Window
def open_second_win():
    second_win = Toplevel(root)
    second_win.title("Second Window")

# Main Window
root = Tk()
root.title("Main Window")
root.geometry('300x100')

btn1 = Button(root,text="Btn1",command=open_first_win)
btn1.pack()

btn2 = Button(root,text="Btn2",command=open_second_win)
btn2.pack()

root.mainloop()

Does that mean one button should only open one window or two buttons should only open two windows at a time — Delrius Euphoria, Mar 05 '21 at 14:38
Two buttons should be able to open their specific windows but not more than once before closing the previously opened window — iamsubingyawali, Mar 05 '21 at 15:06

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '21 at 14:47

You can create a reference to if the window is closed or not, then continue, like:

opened = False # Create a flag
# First Window
def open_first_win():
    global opened
    if not opened:
        first_win = Toplevel(root)
        first_win.title("First Window")
        opened = True # Now it is open
        first_win.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW',lambda: onclose(first_win)) # If it is closed then set it to False
    
def onclose(win): # Func to be called when window is closing, passing the window name
    global opened
    opened = False # Set it to close
    win.destroy() # Destroy the window

# Second Window
def open_second_win():
    global opened
    if not opened:
        second_win = Toplevel(root)
        second_win.title("Second Window")
        opened = True
        second_win.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW',lambda: onclose(second_win))

As the word stands, protocol just adds some rules to the windows, like WM_DELETE_WINDOW means what function to call, when the window is tried to close.

How to detect if a child window is opened or closed in tkinter

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