Alex wrote: > thanks Peter, > > I'm probably not getting something, but how do show_size and > show_button account for the changes in Entry? There are no references > to the widget in either the function of the button. Sorry if the > question is too dumb.
After size_var = IntVar() size_entry = Entry(..., textvariable=size_var) Tkinter automatically synchronizes the value in the Entry with that in the IntVar. Therefore you can read the value shown in the Entry widget with size_var.get() Perhaps it becomes clearer in an interactive session: >>> from Tkinter import * >>> root = Tk() >>> size_var = IntVar() >>> size_entry = Entry(root, textvariable=size_var) >>> size_entry.pack() >>> size_var.set(42) The Entry widget should show 42 now instead of the initial 0. Type 12345 into the widget, then go back to the shell: >>> size_var.get() 12345 Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
