How to update the image of a Tkinter Label widget?
Another option to do it.
Using object-oriented programming and with an interactive interface to update the image.
from Tkinter import *
import tkFileDialog
from tkFileDialog import askdirectory
from PIL import Image
class GUI(Frame):
def __init__(self, master=None):
Frame.__init__(self, master)
w,h = 650, 650
master.minsize(width=w, height=h)
master.maxsize(width=w, height=h)
self.pack()
self.file = Button(self, text='Browse', command=self.choose)
self.choose = Label(self, text="Choose file").pack()
self.image = PhotoImage(file='cualitativa.gif')
self.label = Label(image=self.image)
self.file.pack()
self.label.pack()
def choose(self):
ifile = tkFileDialog.askopenfile(parent=self,mode='rb',title='Choose a file')
path = ifile.name
self.image2 = PhotoImage(file=path)
self.label.configure(image=self.image2)
self.label.image=self.image2
root = Tk()
app = GUI(master=root)
app.mainloop()
root.destroy()
Replace 'cualitativa.jpg' for the default image you want to use.
The method label.configure
does work in panel.configure(image=img)
.
What I forgot to do was include the panel.image=img
, to prevent garbage collection from deleting the image.
The following is the new version:
import Tkinter as tk
import ImageTk
root = tk.Tk()
img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open(path))
panel = tk.Label(root, image=img)
panel.pack(side="bottom", fill="both", expand="yes")
def callback(e):
img2 = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open(path2))
panel.configure(image=img2)
panel.image = img2
root.bind("<Return>", callback)
root.mainloop()
The original code works because the image is stored in the global variable img
.