Tkinter GUI's freezing while code is running

Question

I've an instagram bot with GUI's. There is two class with different .py files. I start the functions with GUI's with no problem but since the functions takes long time and until not completed GUI's are freezing. Therefore i cannot click the stop button thats my problem. I tried using threads it leads to not freezing but i cannot stop it. Therefore i need help I return the beginning. What is the easiest way to prevent freezing?

These are brief GUI's code

def send_requests(self):
    username = self.username_entry2.get()
    self.bot.send_requests_following(username)

def stop_bot(self):
    self.bot.stop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = tk.Tk()
    app = App(root)
    root.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", app.on_closing)
    root.mainloop()
    root.destroy()

This is my bot function on other class.

    def send_requests_following(self,profile):

I really don't know what to do. Thank you.

Have you tried root.quit() ? Check this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2307464/what-is-the-difference-between-root-destroy-and-root-quit — PioRe92, Mar 26 '23 at 09:32
Any function in a GUI that needs to run a long time needs to be in a thread. Show us your thread attempt. — Tim Roberts, Mar 26 '23 at 23:35

Darkshadogt · Answer 1 · 2023-03-26T23:22:11.993

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You could try adding a loop then creating an instance of thread.Events(). Adding a is_set() and if it’s true break the loop. Using .set() to terminate the thread by setting is_set() to true. Another approach is using the multiprocessing module. Then using .terminate() to stop the thread.

edited Mar 26 '23 at 23:22

answered Mar 26 '23 at 14:07

Darkshadogt

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I tried with thread and it works but i cannot stop it i created a loop and i used .set() but it didn't work :/ – freeengineer Mar 26 '23 at 20:05
Can you post a minimum example of the code showing you using .set()? – Darkshadogt Mar 26 '23 at 23:22

Tkinter GUI's freezing while code is running

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