from tkinter import * 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_help_button = Button(self.base_frame, text="Help / Info", bg="#A32CC4", # fg determines the text colour fg="#FFFFFF", font=("Arial", "14", "bold"), width=12, command=self.to_help) self.to_help_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). """ DisplayHelp(self) class DisplayHelp: def __init__(self, partner): # setup dialogue box and background colour background = "#ffe6cc" self.help_box = Toplevel() # disable help button partner.to_help_button.config(state=DISABLED) self.help_box.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', partial(self.close_help, partner)) self.help_frame = Frame(self.help_box, width=300, height=200) self.help_frame.grid() self.help_heading_label = Label(self.help_frame, text="Help / Info", font=("Arial", "14", "bold")) self.help_heading_label.grid(row=0) help_text = "To use the currency converter, set the desired currencies to convert to and from " \ "via the dropdowns.\n\n" \ "Then type the amount of currency that you want to convert on the left box.\n\n" \ "Press the convert button and the equivalent amount in the other currency " \ "will appear in the other box.\n\n" \ "You can also press the swap button to swap the currencies, " \ "and the settings button to change settings.\n\n" \ "You can press the help button to access this again." self.help_text_label = Label(self.help_frame, text=help_text, wraplength=350, justify="left") self.help_text_label.grid(row=1, padx=10) self.dismiss_button = Button(self.help_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.help_frame, self.help_heading_label, self.help_text_label] for item in recolour_list: item.config(bg=background) def close_help(self, partner): partner.to_help_button.config(state=NORMAL) self.help_box.destroy() if __name__ == "__main__": root = Tk() root.title("Currency Converter") Converter() root.mainloop()