from tkinter import * from tkinter import ttk from functools import partial # To prevent unwanted windows class Converter: def __init__(self): self.base_frame = Frame(padx=10, pady=10) self.base_frame.grid() self.to_settings_button = Button(self.base_frame, text="Settings", bg="#0492C2", # fg determines the text colour fg="#FFFFFF", font=("Arial", "14", "bold"), width=12, command=self.to_help) self.to_settings_button.grid(row=1, padx=5, pady=5) def to_help(self): """ Opens help dialogue box and disables help button (so that users can't create multiple help boxes). """ DisplaySettings(self) class DisplaySettings: def __init__(self, partner): # setup dialogue box and background colour background = "#ffe6cc" self.settings_box = Toplevel() # disable button partner.to_settings_button.config(state=DISABLED) self.settings_box.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', partial(self.close_help, partner)) self.settings_frame = Frame(self.settings_box, width=300, height=200) self.settings_frame.grid() self.settings_heading_label = Label(self.settings_frame, text="Settings", font=("Arial", "14", "bold")) self.settings_heading_label.grid(row=0) self.settings_input_frame = Frame(self.settings_frame, width=300, height=200) self.settings_input_frame.grid(row=1) # this stuff is inside settings_input_frame self.settings_text_label = Label(self.settings_input_frame, text="A", justify="left", bg=background) self.settings_text_label.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=10) self.settings_text_combo = ttk.Combobox(self.settings_input_frame, values=["1", "2"], justify="left") self.settings_text_combo.grid(column=1, row=0, padx=10) self.dismiss_button = Button(self.settings_frame, font=("Arial", "12", "bold"), text="Dismiss", bg="#CC6600", fg="#FFFFFF", command=partial(self.close_help, partner)) self.dismiss_button.grid(row=2, padx=10, pady=10) # List and loop to set background colour on # everything except the buttons. recolour_list = [self.settings_frame, self.settings_heading_label, self.settings_input_frame] for item in recolour_list: item.config(bg=background) def close_help(self, partner): partner.to_settings_button.config(state=NORMAL) self.settings_box.destroy() if __name__ == "__main__": root = Tk() root.title("Currency Converter") Converter() root.mainloop()