Python | winfo_ismapped() and winfo_exist() in Tkinter

Tkinter provides numerous of universal widget methods or basic widget methods which works almost with all the available widgets.

winfo_ismapped() method –

This method is used to check whether the specified widget is visible or not.

Syntax: widget.winfo_ismapped()
Return Value: Returns True if widget is visible (or mapped), otherwise returns False.
Exception: If widget is destroyed, then it throws error.

# Imports tkinter and ttk module 
from tkinter import * 
from tkinter.ttk import * 
import time 
  
# toplevel window 
root = Tk() 
  
def forget(widget): 
    widget.forget() 
    print("After Forget method called. Is widget mapped? = ", 
                               bool(widget.winfo_ismapped())) 
  
def retrieve(widget): 
    widget.pack() 
    print("After retrieval of widget. Is widget mapped? = ", 
                                bool(widget.winfo_exists())) 
  
# Button widgets 
b1 = Button(root, text = "Btn 1") 
b1.pack() 
  
# This is used to make widget invisible 
b2 = Button(root, text = "Btn 2", command = lambda : forget(b1)) 
b2.pack() 
   
# This will retrieve widget 
b3 = Button(root, text = "Btn 3", command = lambda : retrieve(b1)) 
b3.pack() 
  
# infinite loop, interrupted by keyboard or mouse 
mainloop() 

Output:

winfo_exists() method –

This method is used to check if the specified widget exists or not i.e if the widget is destroyed or not.

Syntax: widget.winfo_exists()
Return value: Returns True if widget exists, False otherwise.

# Imports tkinter and ttk module 
from tkinter import * 
from tkinter.ttk import *
  
# toplevel window 
root = Tk() 
  
def dest(widget): 
    widget.destroy() 
    print("Destroy method called. Widget exists? = ", 
                          bool(widget.winfo_exists())) 
      
def exist(widget): 
    print("Checking for existance = ", bool(widget.winfo_exists())) 
  
# Button widgets 
b1 = Button(root, text = "Btn 1") 
b1.pack() 
  
# This is used to destroy widget 
b2 = Button(root, text = "Btn 2", command = lambda : dest(b1)) 
b2.pack() 
   
# This is used to check existance of the widget 
b3 = Button(root, text = "Btn 3", command = lambda : exist(b1)) 
b3.pack() 
  
# infinite loop, interrupted by keyboard or mouse 
mainloop() 

Output:

Note: If a widget is destroyed it cannot be retrieved again.

My Personal Notes

winfo_ismapped() method –

winfo_exists() method –

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