TKinter OptionMenu: How to get the selected choice?
The OptionMenu has a built in command option, which gives the current state of the menu to a function. See this:
#!/usr/bin pythonimport sysfrom Tkinter import *# My frame for formclass simpleform_ap(Tk): def __init__(self,parent): Tk.__init__(self,parent) self.parent = parent self.initialize() self.grid() def initialize(self): # Dropdown Menu optionList = ["Yes","No"] self.dropVar=StringVar() self.dropVar.set("Yes") # default choice self.dropMenu1 = OptionMenu(self, self.dropVar, *optionList, command=self.func) self.dropMenu1.grid(column=1,row=4) def func(self,value): print valuedef create_form(argv): form = simpleform_ap(None) form.title('My form') form.mainloop()if __name__ == "__main__": create_form(sys.argv)This should do what you wish.