from tkinter import * from functools import partial # To prevent unwanted windows class Converter: def __init__(self): # common format for all buttons # Arial size 14 bold, with white text button_font = ("Arial", "12", "bold") button_fg = "#FFFFFF" # Set up GUI Frame self.temp_frame = Frame(padx=10, pady=10) self.temp_frame.grid() self.button_frame = Frame(padx=30, pady=30) self.button_frame.grid(row=0) self.to_help_button = Button(self.button_frame, text="Help / Info", bg="#CC6600", fg=button_fg, font=button_font, width=12, command=self.to_help) self.to_help_button.grid(row=1, column=0, padx=5, pady=5) def to_help(self): 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) # If users press cross at top, closes help and # 'releases' 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, bg=background) self.help_frame.grid() self.help_heading_label = Label(self.help_frame, bg=background, text="Help / Info", font=("Arial", "14", "bold")) self.help_heading_label.grid(row=0) help_text = "To use the program, simply enter the temperature " \ "you wish to convert and then choose to convert " \ "to either degrees Celsius (centigrade) or " \ "Fahrenheit.. \n\n" \ " Note that -273 degrees C " \ "(-459 F) is absolute zero (the coldest possible " \ "temperature). If you try to convert a " \ "temperature that is less than -273 degrees C, " \ "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, bg=background, text=help_text, wrap=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) # closes help dialogue (used by button and x at top of dialogue) def close_help(self, partner): # 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("Temperature Converter") Converter() root.mainloop()