Place_forget() method using Tkinter in Python
To hide or forget a widget from the parent widget or screen in tkinter, the place_forget() method is used on that widget based on place geometry management.
Syntax: widget.place_forget()
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Parameter: None
Return: None
Below is the implementation :
Python3
# Imports everything from tkinter# and ttk modulefrom tkinter import *from tkinter.ttk import * # toplevel windowroot = Tk() # setting window sizeroot.geometry("150x100") # label widgetlabel = Label(root, text="LABEL") # place in the windowlabel.place(relx=0.4, y=5) # button widgets# In command attribute of Button,# place_forget() method is passed# in the lambda function to temporarily# hide the labelb1 = Button(root, text = "hide text", command = lambda: label.place_forget()) b1.place(relx = 0.3, y = 30) # the label is placed againb2 = Button(root, text = "retrieve text", command = lambda: label.place( relx = 0.4)) b2.place(relx = 0.3, y = 50) # Start the GUIroot.mainloop() |
Output:
After hiding:
After retrieving:
Note: There are other methods pack_forget() and grid_forget() that work the same way as forget_pack() and forget_grid() .
