How do I create multiple checkboxes from a list in a for loop in python tkinter
The "variable" passed to each checkbutton must be an instance of Tkinter Variable - as it is, it is just the value "0" that is passed, and this causes the missbehavior.
You can create the Tkinter.Variable instances on he same for loop you create the checkbuttons - just change your code to:
for machine in enable: enable[machine] = Variable() l = Checkbutton(self.root, text=machine, variable=enable[machine]) l.pack()self.root.mainloop()
You can then check the state of each checkbox using its get
method as inenable["ID1050"].get()
Just thought I'd share my example for a list instead of a dictionary:
from Tkinter import *root = Tk() users = [['Anne', 'password1', ['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3']], ['Bea', 'password2', ['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3']], ['Chris', 'password1', ['friend1', 'friend2', 'friend3']]]for x in range(len(users)): l = Checkbutton(root, text=users[x][0], variable=users[x]) print "l = Checkbutton(root, text=" + str(users[x][0]) + ", variable=" + str(users[x]) l.pack(anchor = 'w')root.mainloop()
Hope it helps