How to Close a Tkinter Window With a Button
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root.destroy()Class Method to Close the Tkinter Window -
destroy()Non-Class Method to Close the Tkinter Window -
Associate
root.destroyFunction to thecommandAttribute of the Button Directly -
root.quitto Close the Tkinter Window
We can use a function or command attached to a Tkinter button in the Tkinter GUI to close the Tkinter window when the user clicks it.
root.destroy() Class Method to Close the Tkinter Window
try:
import Tkinter as tk
except:
import tkinter as tk
class Test:
def __init__(self):
self.root = tk.Tk()
self.root.geometry("100x50")
button = tk.Button(self.root, text="Click and Quit", command=self.quit)
button.pack()
self.root.mainloop()
def quit(self):
self.root.destroy()
app = Test()
destroy() method destroys or closes the window. We make a separate quit method and then bind it to the command of the button.
We could also directly set the command argument to be self.root.destroy as below.
try:
import Tkinter as tk
except:
import tkinter as tk
class Test:
def __init__(self):
self.root = tk.Tk()
self.root.geometry("100x50")
button = tk.Button(self.root, text="Click and Quit", command=self.root.destroy)
button.pack()
self.root.mainloop()
def quit(self):
self.root.destroy()
app = Test()
destroy() Non-Class Method to Close the Tkinter Window
try:
import Tkinter as tk
except:
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry("100x50")
def close_window():
root.destroy()
button = tk.Button(text="Click and Quit", command=close_window)
button.pack()
root.mainloop()
Associate root.destroy Function to the command Attribute of the Button Directly
We could directly bind root.destroy function to the button command attribute without defining the extra function close_window any more.
try:
import Tkinter as tk
except:
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry("100x50")
button = tk.Button(text="Click and Quit", command=root.destroy)
button.pack()
root.mainloop()
root.quit to Close the Tkinter Window
root.quit quits not only the Tkinter Window but, more precisely, the whole Tcl interpreter.
It could be used if your Tkinter app is not initiated from Python IDLE. We don’t recommend to use root.quit if your Tkinter app is called from IDLE because quit will kill not only your Tkinter app but also the IDLE because IDLE is also a Tkinter application.
try:
import Tkinter as tk
except:
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry("100x50")
button = tk.Button(text="Click and Quit", command=root.quit)
button.pack()
root.mainloop()
Founder of DelftStack.com. Jinku has worked in the robotics and automotive industries for over 8 years. He sharpened his coding skills when he needed to do the automatic testing, data collection from remote servers and report creation from the endurance test. He is from an electrical/electronics engineering background but has expanded his interest to embedded electronics, embedded programming and front-/back-end programming.
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