How to create a Splash Screen using Tkinter?
Prerequisite: Python GUI – tkinter
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 modulefrom tkinter import * # Create objectsplash_root = Tk() # Adjust sizesplash_root.geometry("200x200") # Set Labelsplash_label = Label(splash_root, text="Splash Screen", font=18)splash_label.pack() # main window functiondef main(): # Create object root = Tk() # Adjust size root.geometry("400x400") # Call main functionmain() # Execute tkintermainloop() |
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 Labelsplash_label = Label(splash_root,text="Splash Screen",font=18)splash_label.pack() # main window functiondef main(): # destory splash window splash_root.destroy() # Execute tkinter root = Tk() # Adjust size root.geometry("400x400") # Set Intervalsplash_root.after(3000,main) # Execute tkinter mainloop() |
Output:
Here a splash screen is created and it stays for a particular time period and then a next operation takes place i.e a new window is generated.
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