Tkinter dynamic label display

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I'm working on simple window and like to have clock in it. Found out how to dynamically display time in separate window:

Somehow same code placed into my project displays only label's purple background:

def time():
    string = strftime('%H:%M:%S %p')
    lbl.config(text=string)
    lbl.after(1000, time)

class MainWindow(tk.Tk):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        tk.Tk.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
        main_frame = tk.Frame(self, height=600, width=1024)
        main_frame.pack_propagate(0)
        main_frame.pack(fill="both", expand="true")
        main_frame.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
        main_frame.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)

        frame1 = tk.LabelFrame(self, text="Parametry Pracy")
        frame1.place(rely=0.05, relx=0.02, height=400, width=400)


        pp=tk.Frame(frame1)
        pp.pack(pady=2)

        lbl = Label(pp, font=('arial', 20, 'bold'),bg='purple', fg='white', width=11)
        lbl.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky="W", padx=20)

You do not appear to be calling the time() function. Even if you did, it has no access to lbl, which is a local variable that does not exist outside of MainWindow.__init__(). — jasonharper
– jasonharper, Commented Jul 24, 2024 at 21:14
Moved def Time() under main window class + added time() and works! Thanks Mate! — adamssson
– adamssson, Commented Jul 24, 2024 at 21:19
Ignore time while using valid Python. Go by a different name. — user4136999
– user4136999, Commented Jul 25, 2024 at 12:36

adamssson · Accepted Answer · 2024-07-24 21:26:41Z

Here is working code with changes:

class MainWindow(tk.Tk):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        tk.Tk.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
        main_frame = tk.Frame(self, height=600, width=1024)
        main_frame.pack_propagate(0)
        main_frame.pack(fill="both", expand="true")
        main_frame.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
        main_frame.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)

        frame1 = tk.LabelFrame(self, text="Parametry Pracy")
        frame1.place(rely=0.05, relx=0.02, height=400, width=400)


        pp=tk.Frame(frame1)
        pp.pack(pady=2)

        def time():
            string = strftime('%H:%M:%S %p')
            lbl.config(text=string)
            lbl.after(1000, time)

        # Styling the label widget so that clock
        # will look more attractive
        lbl = Label(pp, font=('arial', 40, 'bold'), width=11)
        lbl.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky="W", padx=20)
        #lbl.pack(side = LEFT)
        time()

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