from tkinter import * from functools import partial # to prevent unwanted windows # import all_constant as c class Converter: def __init__(self): """ Currency converter GUI """ self.temp_frame = Frame(padx=10, pady=10) self.temp_frame.grid() self.to_help_button = Button(self.temp_frame, text="Help / Info", bg="#CC6600", 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): DisplayHelp(self) """ Opens help dialogue box and disables help button (so that users can't create multiple help boxes). """ class DisplayHelp: """ Displays help dialogue box """ 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) # If users press the cross at the top, close help and # 'release' the help button 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 program, simply enter the amount " "you wish to convert and then choose to convert " "to either NZD (New Zealand Dollars) or " "JPY (Japanese Yen).\n\n" "Note that you cannot convert negative amounts. " "If you enter a value less than 0, " "you will get an error message.\n\n" "To see your calculation history and export it to a text " "file, please click the 'History / Export' button.") 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): """ Closes help dialogue box (and enables help button) """ # Put help button back to normal... partner.to_help_button.config(state=NORMAL) self.help_box.destroy() # main routine if __name__ == "__main__": root = Tk() root.title("Currency Converter") Converter() root.mainloop()