Create a stopwatch using python

This article focus on creating a stopwatch using Tkinter in python
Tkinter : Tkinter is the standard GUI library for Python. Python when combined with Tkinter provides a fast and easy way to create GUI applications. Tkinter provides a powerful object-oriented interface to the Tk GUI toolkit. It’s very easy to get started with Tkinter, here are some sample codes to get your hands on Tkinter in python.

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# Python program to create a
# a new window using Tkinter
# importing the required libraires
import tkinter
  
# creating a object 'top' as instance of class Tk
top = tkinter.Tk()
  
# This will start the blank window
top.mainloop()

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Creating Stopwatch using  Tkinter 


        
          
          
          
        

            

Now lets try to create a program using Tkinter module to create a stopwatch.

A stopwatch is a handheld timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when it is activated to the time when the piece is deactivated. A large digital version of a stopwatch designed for viewing at a distance, as in a sports stadium, is called a stopclock. In manual timing, the clock is started and stopped by a person pressing a button. In fully automatic time, both starting and stopping are triggered automatically, by sensors. 


Required Modules: We are only going to use tkinter for creating gui and no other libraries will be used in this program.











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# Python program to illustrate a stop watch 


# using Tkinter 


#importing the required libraries 


import tkinter as Tkinter 


  


counter = -1


running = False


def counter_label(label): 


    def count(): 


        if running: 


            global counter 


  


            # To manage the intial delay. 


            if counter==-1:             


                display="Starting..."


            else: 


                display=str(counter) 


  


            label['text']=display   # Or label.config(text=display) 


  


            # label.after(arg1, arg2) delays by  


            # first argument given in milliseconds 


            # and then calls the function given as second argument. 


            # Generally like here we need to call the  


            # function in which it is present repeatedly. 


            # Delays by 1000ms=1 seconds and call count again. 


            label.after(1000, count)  


            counter += 1


  


    # Triggering the start of the counter. 


    count()      


  


# start function of the stopwatch 


def Start(label): 


    global running 


    running=True


    counter_label(label) 


    start['state']='disabled'


    stop['state']='normal'


    reset['state']='normal'


  


# Stop function of the stopwatch 


def Stop(): 


    global running 


    start['state']='normal'


    stop['state']='disabled'


    reset['state']='normal'


    running = False


  


# Reset function of the stopwatch 


def Reset(label): 


    global counter 


    counter=-1


  


    # If rest is pressed after pressing stop. 


    if running==False:       


        reset['state']='disabled'


        label['text']='Welcome!'


  


    # If reset is pressed while the stopwatch is running. 


    else:                


        label['text']='Starting...'


  


root = Tkinter.Tk() 


root.title("Stopwatch") 


  


# Fixing the window size. 


root.minsize(width=250, height=70) 


label = Tkinter.Label(root, text="Welcome!", fg="black", font="Verdana 30 bold") 


label.pack() 


start = Tkinter.Button(root, text='Start',  


width=15, command=lambda:Start(label)) 


stop = Tkinter.Button(root, text='Stop',  


width=15, state='disabled', command=Stop) 


reset = Tkinter.Button(root, text='Reset', 


 width=15, state='disabled', command=lambda:Reset(label)) 


start.pack() 


stop.pack() 


reset.pack() 


root.mainloop() 



















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Reference Links


1. Wikipedia – Stopwatch

2. Python docs – tkinter

3. Github code

4. Tutorialspoint – Tkinter


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