Change the image in the Label in Tkinter using a function

Question

I am making a program GUI in Tkinter but I am stuck in this part.

from Tkinter import *
from PIL import Image, ImageTk

def add_imgage():
    player_label.destroy()
    player3_token = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open('./gallery/Scissor_icon.jpg'))
    player_label = Label(vs_frame, image=player3_token, borderwidth=2, relief=GROOVE, width=50, height=50)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = Tk()

    SCREEN_HEIGHT = 500
    SCREEN_WIDTH = 800
    root.geometry(f"{SCREEN_WIDTH}x{SCREEN_HEIGHT}")
    root.title('test window')
    
    frame1 = Frame(root)
    frame1.pack(pady=30)

    player_label = Label(frame1, borderwidth=2, relief=GROOVE, width=10, height=5)
    player_label.pack(side=LEFT)

I want to add an image in the player_label through the add_image() function.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 24 '20 at 06:58

First; you have to run the function for it to create an image.

Then; there is no need to destroy the label. You can configure it in place. You also have to save a reference to the image or it will be garbage collected when the function exits.

I'm using Python3 so i changed the name Tkinter to tkinter, no first capital letter.

from tkinter import *
from PIL import Image, ImageTk

def add_imgage():
    player3_token = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open('images/jones.png'))
    player_label.config(image=player3_token, borderwidth=2, # Config the label
                         relief=GROOVE, width=50, height=50)
    player_label.image = player3_token  # Save reference to image

if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = Tk()

    SCREEN_HEIGHT = 500
    SCREEN_WIDTH = 800
    root.geometry(f"{SCREEN_WIDTH}x{SCREEN_HEIGHT}")
    root.title('test window')
    
    frame1 = Frame(root)
    frame1.pack(pady=30)

    player_label = Label(frame1, borderwidth=2, relief=GROOVE,
                         width=10, height=5)
    player_label.pack(side=LEFT)

    add_imgage()    # Run the function to add image

Change the image in the Label in Tkinter using a function

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