Tkinter: Use Frame from another class

Question

I am practicing to create a small project with different files to have a clean code. I want to show yellow frame from (fyellow.py) into (main.py) and input a label into it from (funbut.py) using Button's function. This is my code example: (3 Python files - main.py, fyellow.py, and funbut.py)

main.py

from tkinter import *
from fyellow import *
import funbut

root = Tk()
root.geometry("500x500")

# Show Yellow Frame into Main from (fyellow.py)
myframe = Frameyellow(root)

# Button with command - But_fun1
but1 = Button(root, text="Text",command=funbut.but_fun1)
but1.pack()


root.mainloop()

funbut.py

from tkinter import *
from fyellow import *

# Function of Button (but1) PROBLEM HERE! (ERROR - 'framey' is not defined)
def but_fun1():
    label1 = Label(framey,text="LabelText")
    label1.place(x=10,y=10)

fyellow.py

from tkinter import *

class Frameyellow:
    def __init__(self,rootyellow):
        self.rootyellow = rootyellow
        self.framey = Frame(rootyellow, width=200,height=200,bg="yellow")
        self.framey.pack()

Could explain what can I do to use the self.framey from file (fyellow.py) to avoid
error 'framey' is not defined?

well.... `framey` is not defined, do you see any place where it is defined? use function arguments to pass master to that label, also `myframe` is not a `Frame` — Matiiss, Oct 31 '21 at 17:39
Kindly could you please arrange my code how can I do it ? I appreciate your help so much. @Matiiss — Loro Bil, Oct 31 '21 at 17:44
Kindly could you please recommend to me , any online links or books for python Tkinter ? (From beginner to Professional ) I am watching you tube videos .. @Matiiss — Loro Bil, Oct 31 '21 at 18:27
well you can search for documentation for specific libraries if you need but otherwise if you are a beginner just keep on watching youtube, if you want to learn more I would also suggest practice which this pretty much is, take a look at what other people have made and maybe learn from them if that is what you were asking about — Matiiss, Oct 31 '21 at 18:28

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '21 at 17:51

So main.py file would look like this:

from tkinter import Tk, Button
from fyellow import FrameYellow
from funbut import place_label

root = Tk()
root.geometry("500x500")

my_frame = FrameYellow(root)
my_frame.pack()

but1 = Button(root, text="Text", command=lambda: place_label(my_frame))
but1.pack()

root.mainloop()

fyellow.py like this (tho kinda pointless to create a class whose sole purpose is to have the frame a different color, just use arguments and create a normal frame):

from tkinter import Frame


class FrameYellow(Frame):
    def __init__(self, master, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(master, **kwargs, bg='yellow')

and funbut.py should be sth like this:

from tkinter import Label


def place_label(parent, text='Text', pos=(0, 0)):
    Label(parent, text=text).place(x=pos[0], y=pos[1])

Also:
I strongly advise against using wildcard (*) when importing something, You should either import what You need, e.g. from module import Class1, func_1, var_2 and so on or import the whole module: import module then You can also use an alias: import module as md or sth like that, the point is that don't import everything unless You actually know what You are doing; name clashes are the issue.

@Loro Bil: Also see [Should wildcard import be avoided?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3615125/should-wildcard-import-be-avoided) — martineau, Oct 31 '21 at 18:07

Tkinter: Use Frame from another class

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