How to make a tkinter canvas background transparent?
I am making a chess program and I want to be able to drag the pieces. In order to do this, I put the image of the piece on a Canvas so it can be dragged (I can also use a Label if I want). However, when I drag the piece there is a white square that surrounds the image of the piece.
When I researched the problem, many people gave this solution:
drag_canvas = Canvas(self, height=80, width=80, bg="yellow")
root.wm_attributes("-transparentcolor", "yellow")
This caused the background to be transparent but it was not the chessboard that was visible, it was the program behind the GUI
.
Is there any way I can have the background be transparent and show the chessboard behind rather than the program behind the tkinter window?
Note: I do not mind using any other widget (e.g. a Label) but they must use modules that come default with Python (so no PIL) as this program needs to be used in an environment where I cannot download other modules.
python python-3.x canvas tkinter transparent
asked Oct 27 '18 at 11:47
Milan TomMilan Tom
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I am making a chess program and I want to be able to drag the pieces. In order to do this, I put the image of the piece on a Canvas so it can be dragged (I can also use a Label if I want). However, when I drag the piece there is a white square that surrounds the image of the piece.
When I researched the problem, many people gave this solution:
drag_canvas = Canvas(self, height=80, width=80, bg="yellow")
root.wm_attributes("-transparentcolor", "yellow")
This caused the background to be transparent but it was not the chessboard that was visible, it was the program behind the GUI
.
Is there any way I can have the background be transparent and show the chessboard behind rather than the program behind the tkinter window?
Note: I do not mind using any other widget (e.g. a Label) but they must use modules that come default with Python (so no PIL) as this program needs to be used in an environment where I cannot download other modules.
python python-3.x canvas tkinter transparent
asked Oct 27 '18 at 11:47
Milan TomMilan Tom
15910
Read this updating-tkinter-label-with-an-image
– stovfl
Oct 27 '18 at 17:09
@stovfl That uses PIL
– Milan Tom
Oct 28 '18 at 23:39
Your pices are allready transparent, why do you want to use a.Canvas(...? Edit your Question and add info about the image format.
– stovfl
Oct 29 '18 at 7:14
@stovfl Yes, they are transparent but in order to be dragged around the board, I need to put them on some sort of widget. This widget has a background which is not transparent so I needed to make the background transparent. I just used aCanvasbecause I thought that this would be the best way judging by similar posts on stackoverflow. So, if there is a way to accomplish this without aCanvasthen I am more than happy to use it.
– Milan Tom
Oct 29 '18 at 10:55
add a comment |
I am making a chess program and I want to be able to drag the pieces. In order to do this, I put the image of the piece on a Canvas so it can be dragged (I can also use a Label if I want). However, when I drag the piece there is a white square that surrounds the image of the piece.
When I researched the problem, many people gave this solution:
drag_canvas = Canvas(self, height=80, width=80, bg="yellow")
root.wm_attributes("-transparentcolor", "yellow")
This caused the background to be transparent but it was not the chessboard that was visible, it was the program behind the GUI
.
Is there any way I can have the background be transparent and show the chessboard behind rather than the program behind the tkinter window?
Note: I do not mind using any other widget (e.g. a Label) but they must use modules that come default with Python (so no PIL) as this program needs to be used in an environment where I cannot download other modules.
python python-3.x canvas tkinter transparent
asked Oct 27 '18 at 11:47
Milan TomMilan Tom
15910
I am making a chess program and I want to be able to drag the pieces. In order to do this, I put the image of the piece on a Canvas so it can be dragged (I can also use a Label if I want). However, when I drag the piece there is a white square that surrounds the image of the piece.
When I researched the problem, many people gave this solution:
drag_canvas = Canvas(self, height=80, width=80, bg="yellow")
root.wm_attributes("-transparentcolor", "yellow")
This caused the background to be transparent but it was not the chessboard that was visible, it was the program behind the GUI
.
Is there any way I can have the background be transparent and show the chessboard behind rather than the program behind the tkinter window?
Note: I do not mind using any other widget (e.g. a Label) but they must use modules that come default with Python (so no PIL) as this program needs to be used in an environment where I cannot download other modules.
python python-3.x canvas tkinter transparent
python python-3.x canvas tkinter transparent
asked Oct 27 '18 at 11:47
Milan TomMilan Tom
15910
asked Oct 27 '18 at 11:47
Milan TomMilan Tom
15910
edited Oct 28 '18 at 23:40
Milan Tom
asked Oct 27 '18 at 11:47
Milan TomMilan Tom
15910
asked Oct 27 '18 at 11:47
Milan TomMilan Tom
15910
asked Oct 27 '18 at 11:47
Milan TomMilan Tom
15910
15910
Read this updating-tkinter-label-with-an-image
– stovfl
Oct 27 '18 at 17:09
@stovfl That uses PIL
– Milan Tom
Oct 28 '18 at 23:39
Your pices are allready transparent, why do you want to use a.Canvas(...? Edit your Question and add info about the image format.
– stovfl
Oct 29 '18 at 7:14
@stovfl Yes, they are transparent but in order to be dragged around the board, I need to put them on some sort of widget. This widget has a background which is not transparent so I needed to make the background transparent. I just used aCanvasbecause I thought that this would be the best way judging by similar posts on stackoverflow. So, if there is a way to accomplish this without aCanvasthen I am more than happy to use it.
– Milan Tom
Oct 29 '18 at 10:55
add a comment |
Read this updating-tkinter-label-with-an-image
– stovfl
Oct 27 '18 at 17:09
@stovfl That uses PIL
– Milan Tom
Oct 28 '18 at 23:39
Your pices are allready transparent, why do you want to use a.Canvas(...? Edit your Question and add info about the image format.
– stovfl
Oct 29 '18 at 7:14
@stovfl Yes, they are transparent but in order to be dragged around the board, I need to put them on some sort of widget. This widget has a background which is not transparent so I needed to make the background transparent. I just used aCanvasbecause I thought that this would be the best way judging by similar posts on stackoverflow. So, if there is a way to accomplish this without aCanvasthen I am more than happy to use it.
– Milan Tom
Oct 29 '18 at 10:55
Read this updating-tkinter-label-with-an-image
– stovfl
Oct 27 '18 at 17:09
Read this updating-tkinter-label-with-an-image
– stovfl
Oct 27 '18 at 17:09
@stovfl That uses PIL
– Milan Tom
Oct 28 '18 at 23:39
@stovfl That uses PIL
– Milan Tom
Oct 28 '18 at 23:39
Your pices are allready transparent, why do you want to use a
.Canvas(...? Edit your Question and add info about the image format.– stovfl
Oct 29 '18 at 7:14
Your pices are allready transparent, why do you want to use a
.Canvas(...? Edit your Question and add info about the image format.– stovfl
Oct 29 '18 at 7:14
@stovfl Yes, they are transparent but in order to be dragged around the board, I need to put them on some sort of widget. This widget has a background which is not transparent so I needed to make the background transparent. I just used a
Canvas because I thought that this would be the best way judging by similar posts on stackoverflow. So, if there is a way to accomplish this without a Canvas then I am more than happy to use it.– Milan Tom
Oct 29 '18 at 10:55
@stovfl Yes, they are transparent but in order to be dragged around the board, I need to put them on some sort of widget. This widget has a background which is not transparent so I needed to make the background transparent. I just used a
Canvas because I thought that this would be the best way judging by similar posts on stackoverflow. So, if there is a way to accomplish this without a Canvas then I am more than happy to use it.– Milan Tom
Oct 29 '18 at 10:55
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Question: How to make a tkinter canvas background transparent?
The only possible config(... option, to set the background to nothing
c.config(bg='')
results with: _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name ""
To get this result:
you have to hold the chess board and figures within the same .Canvas(....
self.canvas = Canvas(self, width=500, height=200, bd=0, highlightthickness=0)
self.canvas.create_rectangle(245,50,345,150, fill='white')
self.image = tk.PhotoImage(file='chess.png')
self.image_id = self.canvas.create_image(50,50, image=self.image)
self.canvas.move(self.image_id, 245, 100)
Tested with Python: 3.5 - TkVersion: 8.6
answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:57
stovflstovfl
7,60931031
Oh WOW! REALLY??? bg='' results in a transparent background? This is very cool indeed
– MikeyB
Oct 29 '18 at 20:01
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Question: How to make a tkinter canvas background transparent?
The only possible config(... option, to set the background to nothing
c.config(bg='')
results with: _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name ""
To get this result:
you have to hold the chess board and figures within the same .Canvas(....
self.canvas = Canvas(self, width=500, height=200, bd=0, highlightthickness=0)
self.canvas.create_rectangle(245,50,345,150, fill='white')
self.image = tk.PhotoImage(file='chess.png')
self.image_id = self.canvas.create_image(50,50, image=self.image)
self.canvas.move(self.image_id, 245, 100)
Tested with Python: 3.5 - TkVersion: 8.6
answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:57
stovflstovfl
7,60931031
Oh WOW! REALLY??? bg='' results in a transparent background? This is very cool indeed
– MikeyB
Oct 29 '18 at 20:01
add a comment |
Question: How to make a tkinter canvas background transparent?
The only possible config(... option, to set the background to nothing
c.config(bg='')
results with: _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name ""
To get this result:
you have to hold the chess board and figures within the same .Canvas(....
self.canvas = Canvas(self, width=500, height=200, bd=0, highlightthickness=0)
self.canvas.create_rectangle(245,50,345,150, fill='white')
self.image = tk.PhotoImage(file='chess.png')
self.image_id = self.canvas.create_image(50,50, image=self.image)
self.canvas.move(self.image_id, 245, 100)
Tested with Python: 3.5 - TkVersion: 8.6
answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:57
stovflstovfl
7,60931031
Oh WOW! REALLY??? bg='' results in a transparent background? This is very cool indeed
– MikeyB
Oct 29 '18 at 20:01
add a comment |
Question: How to make a tkinter canvas background transparent?
The only possible config(... option, to set the background to nothing
c.config(bg='')
results with: _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name ""
To get this result:
you have to hold the chess board and figures within the same .Canvas(....
self.canvas = Canvas(self, width=500, height=200, bd=0, highlightthickness=0)
self.canvas.create_rectangle(245,50,345,150, fill='white')
self.image = tk.PhotoImage(file='chess.png')
self.image_id = self.canvas.create_image(50,50, image=self.image)
self.canvas.move(self.image_id, 245, 100)
Tested with Python: 3.5 - TkVersion: 8.6
answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:57
stovflstovfl
7,60931031
Question: How to make a tkinter canvas background transparent?
The only possible config(... option, to set the background to nothing
c.config(bg='')
results with: _tkinter.TclError: unknown color name ""
To get this result:
you have to hold the chess board and figures within the same .Canvas(....
self.canvas = Canvas(self, width=500, height=200, bd=0, highlightthickness=0)
self.canvas.create_rectangle(245,50,345,150, fill='white')
self.image = tk.PhotoImage(file='chess.png')
self.image_id = self.canvas.create_image(50,50, image=self.image)
self.canvas.move(self.image_id, 245, 100)
Tested with Python: 3.5 - TkVersion: 8.6
answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:57
stovflstovfl
7,60931031
answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:57
stovflstovfl
7,60931031
answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:57
stovflstovfl
7,60931031
answered Oct 29 '18 at 13:57
stovflstovfl
7,60931031
7,60931031
Oh WOW! REALLY??? bg='' results in a transparent background? This is very cool indeed
– MikeyB
Oct 29 '18 at 20:01
add a comment |
Oh WOW! REALLY??? bg='' results in a transparent background? This is very cool indeed
– MikeyB
Oct 29 '18 at 20:01
Oh WOW! REALLY??? bg='' results in a transparent background? This is very cool indeed
– MikeyB
Oct 29 '18 at 20:01
Oh WOW! REALLY??? bg='' results in a transparent background? This is very cool indeed
– MikeyB
Oct 29 '18 at 20:01
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Read this updating-tkinter-label-with-an-image
– stovfl
Oct 27 '18 at 17:09
@stovfl That uses PIL
– Milan Tom
Oct 28 '18 at 23:39
Your pices are allready transparent, why do you want to use a
.Canvas(...? Edit your Question and add info about the image format.– stovfl
Oct 29 '18 at 7:14
@stovfl Yes, they are transparent but in order to be dragged around the board, I need to put them on some sort of widget. This widget has a background which is not transparent so I needed to make the background transparent. I just used a
Canvasbecause I thought that this would be the best way judging by similar posts on stackoverflow. So, if there is a way to accomplish this without aCanvasthen I am more than happy to use it.– Milan Tom
Oct 29 '18 at 10:55