Python Tkinter Tk support checklist box?

Question

I am trying to create checklist box in GUI . Is possible to do Tkinter ?( i DON\'T want list of Check box)

I know Python Wx GUI development have this suppor

Answer 1

Tkinter doesn't have a widget like wxPython's ChecklistBox. However, one is trivial to create as a group of checkbuttons inside a frame.

Example:

class ChecklistBox(tk.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent, choices, **kwargs):
        tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent, **kwargs)

        self.vars = []
        bg = self.cget("background")
        for choice in choices:
            var = tk.StringVar(value=choice)
            self.vars.append(var)
            cb = tk.Checkbutton(self, var=var, text=choice,
                                onvalue=choice, offvalue="",
                                anchor="w", width=20, background=bg,
                                relief="flat", highlightthickness=0
            )
            cb.pack(side="top", fill="x", anchor="w")


    def getCheckedItems(self):
        values = []
        for var in self.vars:
            value =  var.get()
            if value:
                values.append(value)
        return values

Example of usage:

choices = ("Author", "John", "Mohan", "James", "Ankur", "Robert")
checklist = ChecklistBox(root, choices, bd=1, relief="sunken", background="white")
...
print("choices:", checklist.getCheckedItems())