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I am currently creating a program with a loading bar (Tkinter ProgressBar) in Tkinter. The problem is - that using tkinter.ttk is a pain - I have to change pretty much all of my code using that method, and seeming as I am fairly new to Tkinter, it isn't ideal to do so. Is there any other way of using the progressbar widget without the tkinter.ttk module?

(If I had to use the tkinter.ttk module I would have to spend hours sifting through my code and changing it - which I don't want to do!!)

Many thanks in advance!

SnappyPenguin
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  • Why not do `import tkinter.ttk as tk`? – xilpex May 05 '20 at 20:02
  • @Xilpex How and would that allow me to use the ProgressBar still? The main thing I have to change is the background widgets of frame widgets - would these foreground/background variables in my other tkinter widgets that aren't ttk be affected? (could I keep other Tkinter widgets with the standard background="blue" code as they are?) – SnappyPenguin May 05 '20 at 20:05
  • You can use `tkinter` and `tkinter.ttk` in the same code, they're not mutually exclusive of each other and using widgets from both is quite common. Almost every GUI app I write begins with `import tkinter as tk` and `from tkinter import ttk`, allowing tkinter widgets to be used as `tk.widget` and ttk widgets as `ttk.widget`. – tgikal May 05 '20 at 21:52

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Tkinter doesn't have a progress bar except through ttk.

If you find tkinter.ttk.progressbar too difficult, just change how you import it.

For example:

from tkinter.ttk import Progressbar
...
pb = Progressbar(...)

or this, which I think is the better solution:

from tkinter import ttk
...
pb = ttk.Progressbar(...)
Bryan Oakley
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