How to create a Splash Screen using Tkinter?

Last Updated : 01 Nov, 2020

Python offers multiple options for developing a GUI (Graphical User Interface). Out of all the GUI methods, tkinter is the most commonly used method. It is a standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit shipped with Python.

What is a Splash Screen?

A splash screen in tkinter is a tkinter window that disappears after a fixed period and then a particular operation takes place. To Create a splash screen we will use after() and destroy() method.

The after() method assigns a time period (as argument) after which a particular operation takes place, that operation is transformed into a function and is passed as an argument in after() method.

Syntax:

root.after(time in millisecond, function name)

The destroy() method is used to close the current tkinter window.

Syntax:

root.destroy()

Below is a program that creates two normal Tkinter windows. The smaller window acts as a splash screen but it will not disappear.

Python3

# Import module 
from tkinter import *
  
# Create object 
splash_root = Tk() 
  
# Adjust size 
splash_root.geometry("200x200") 
  
# Set Label 
splash_label = Label(splash_root, text="Splash Screen", font=18) 
splash_label.pack() 
  
# main window function 
def main(): 
    # Create object 
    root = Tk() 
  
    # Adjust size 
    root.geometry("400x400") 
  
  
# Call main function 
main() 
  
# Execute tkinter 
mainloop() 

Output:

Main Window

Splash Window

Now we will use the below methods:

destroy()
after()

To create a splash screen in tkinter.

Below is a program that creates Splash screen in tkinter using after() and destroy() methods.

Python3

# Import module  
from tkinter import *
    
# Create object  
splash_root = Tk()  
    
# Adjust size  
splash_root.geometry("200x200") 
  
# Set Label 
splash_label = Label(splash_root,text="Splash Screen",font=18) 
splash_label.pack() 
  
# main window function 
def main():   
    # destory splash window 
    splash_root.destroy() 
  
    # Execute tkinter  
    root = Tk()  
        
    # Adjust size  
    root.geometry("400x400")  
  
# Set Interval 
splash_root.after(3000,main) 
  
# Execute tkinter  
mainloop()