[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Ned Deily added the comment: It depends what version of Tcl/Tk is used and on what version of macOS the Tk is built on. I believe there were problems with versions of Tk bout on 10.14 Mojave that have been fixed perhaps in the latest version of Tk. Kevin May know more. It’s not a problem for

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53923262/pyenv-installed-version-opening-idle-in-black-screen reports that with 3.6.7 in a venv running on Mac Mohave (with 3.7.2 installed), IDLE opens with a black screen. Is there another report like this? --

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Ned Deily added the comment: Update: After producing release installers for 3.7.2 and 3.6.8 using Tk 8.6.9.1 (option 2 above), I ran into a new and much more severe regression. For macOS 10.14 (Mojave), the only regression I know of remains the "window turning black while resizing" issue.

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Raymond, as Ned explains above, there seem to be no really good options for the upcoming releases on Mac. The *ed paragraph below has my best guess at to whether a Mac-IDLE user should install or ignore. --- Basic options A, to hold up the release (indefini

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Ned Deily added the comment: At the moment, I am holding the 3.7.2 and 3.6.8 final releases for this and another unrelated regression. I don't want to hold up these releases for all platforms just for issues related to use of Tk, tkinter, and/or IDLE on macOS. There doesn't seem to be any

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Ned Deily added the comment: Based on the discussion here and in Issue35387, I built and tested macOS installers for 3.7.2rc1+ and 3.6.8rc1+ using the current tip of the Tk core-8-6-branch (https://core.tcl.tk/tk/info/deb6ecc05e4202e3); I continued to build Tcl from the Tcl 8.6.9 release tar

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Kevin Walzer added the comment: http://core.tcl.tk/tk/tktview?name=ef9c3730e3 has some useful information on this from the Tk side. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Ned Deily added the comment: > The point of the minimal code snippet is that the behavior is tk/tkinter > generic Ah! -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The point of the minimal code snippet is that the behavior is tk/tkinter generic and not specific to Texts or IDLE or particular non-default parameters or geometry. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Ned Deily added the comment: Also, to be clear, I'm seeing any IDLE window turn completely black while resizing including IDLE's shell window; the "import tkinter" ... commands aren't necessary to see the problem. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Ned Deily added the comment: I'm seeing the same behavior, Terry. The installer's version was built from the Tk 8.6.9.1 release. I'll try building Tk from the core-8-6-branch unless Kevin has a better idea. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I presume that tip has patches not in the distributed 8.6.9. Ned, if my system is not unique and this is fixed by an identifiable patch, please consider including it. -- keywords: +3.7regression ___ Python tracke

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

Kevin Walzer added the comment: Cannot reproduce this with the tip of Tk core-8-6-branch on Mojave and IDLE 3.7.1. Window appears normal and no flickering when resizing. -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

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[issue35485] Mac: tkinter windows turn black while resized

New submission from Terry J. Reedy : I updated to Mohave and did *not* switch to new dark theme.] I installed 64 bit 3.7.2rc1. Start IDLE. import tkinter root = tkinter.Tk() Black on white Tk window appears. Move mouse until resize arrow appears. Left click. Move mouse. Window turns unifo