I'm trying to build a work schedule tracker, starting with the header. A picture attachement shows how the design will look once completed
I have three classes so far,
- InputWindow: A Toplevel window for a user to select a month and year from two comboboxes
- App: the main window, based on the user selections in InputWindow, App should load a header consisting of the elements in container TitleFrame
- TitleFrame: a frame consisting of the app title, the selected month and selected year on the left, and a grid consisting of weekdays for the month in the first row, day numbers of the month on the second row, and crew shifts as "D" or "N" on the third row.
Here is the code:
# PEP8 Compliant Guidance
# Standard Library Imports
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
import datetime
# Third-Party Library Imports
# Local Application/Library Specific Imports
import functions
class InputWindow(tk.Toplevel):
def __init__(self, parent):
super().__init__(parent)
# Customize the top-level window as needed
self.title("Schedule Selection")
self.geometry("400x500")
# widgets, labels, and other elements for user selections
currentdate = datetime.datetime.now()
currentmonth = currentdate.strftime("%B")
currentyear = currentdate.strftime("%Y")
# Month Selection
self.select_schedule_month = ttk.Combobox(self, values=functions.months_list())
self.select_schedule_month.set(currentmonth)
self.select_schedule_month.pack()
# Year Selection
self.select_schedule_year = ttk.Combobox(self, values=functions.years_list())
self.select_schedule_year.set(currentyear)
self.select_schedule_year.pack()
# Button to confirm selections and open the main application window
sel_button = tk.Button(self, text="Confirm", command=self.confirm_selections)
sel_button.pack()
def confirm_selections(self):
# Perform validation and check if the proper selections are made
# If selections are valid, hide the top-level window and open the main application window
if self.selections_are_valid():
self.selected_month = self.select_schedule_month.get()
self.selected_year = self.select_schedule_year.get()
self.withdraw() # Hide the top-level window
self.master.deiconify() # Show the main application window
def selections_are_valid(self):
# Implement your logic to validate selections
# Return True if selections are valid, False otherwise
return True
# The Main App Window - 35 columns | 5 rows
class App(tk.Tk):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.title("Schedule Window")
self.geometry("1300x300")
self.open_input_window()
# title frame
self.title_frame = TitleFrame(self)
self.title_frame.grid(column=0, row=0, columnspan=35, padx=10, pady=10)
def open_input_window(self):
self.input_window = InputWindow(self)
# self.wait_window(self.input_window) # Wait for the top-level window to close
self.handle_input_window_selections()
def handle_input_window_selections(self):
if self.input_window is not None:
selected_month = self.input_window.selected_month
selected_year = self.input_window.selected_year
# Use the selected month and year to perform any necessary operations
print(selected_month, selected_year)
# title frame
self.title_frame = TitleFrame(self)
self.title_frame.grid(column=0, row=0, columnspan=35, padx=10, pady=10)
# Schedule Header: Includes - Title, Calendar, Shifts, Crew Name, and Crew ID
class TitleFrame(tk.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent):
super().__init__(parent)
self.config(borderwidth=1, relief="raised", width=1300)
self.grid(column=0, row=0, columnspan=35, padx=10, pady=10)
self.title_label = tk.Label(self, text="Overtime Schedule", font=("Calibri", 22))
self.title_label.config(padx=462)
self.title_label.grid(column=0, row=0, columnspan=24, sticky="w")
self.ID_detection_label = tk.Label(self, text=f"Current User: {functions.get_user_id()}",
font=("Calibri", 12))
# self.ID_detection_label.config(bg="black", fg="white")
self.ID_detection_label.grid(column=34, row=0, sticky="e")
self.Calendar_Month_hdr = tk.Label(self, text="Schedule Calendar", font=("Calibri", 12))
self.Calendar_Month_hdr.grid(column=0, row=1)
# self.Calendar_Month_hdr.configure(bg="black", fg="white")
"""Need to add a calendar widget for this feature"""
self.Calendar_Month_label = tk.Label(self, text="Selected Month", font=("Calibri", 12))
self.Calendar_Month_label.grid(column=0, row=2)
self.Calendar_Year_label = tk.Label(self, text="Selected year", font=("Calibri", 12))
self.Calendar_Year_label.grid(column=0, row=3)
# Top Level Selector
class SelectorFrame(tk.Toplevel):
def __init__(self, parent):
super().__init__(parent)
pass
app = App()
app.withdraw() # Hide the main application window
app.mainloop()
initially the app ran fine until I attempted to create the variables from the combobox selections in InputWindow and use them in TitleFrame as labels. I'm very new at python and tkinter and wanted to experiment with calling the variables from another class before attempting to update class labels.
InputWindow Line 42 & 43 - initial assignment
self.selected_month = self.select_schedule_month.get()
self.selected_year = self.select_schedule_year.get()
Calling to App Line 71-75 to print the values selected in InputWindow
def handle_input_window_selections(self):
if self.input_window is not None:
selected_month = self.input_window.selected_month
selected_year = self.input_window.selected_year
# Use the selected month and year to perform any necessary operations
print(selected_month, selected_year)
All local import functions work as expected when tested
The error I'm seeing when trying to call the selected_month/selected_year variables is an AttributeError. I'm not sure how to call selections from outside of class so I need some education on this, but even removing these variables from the equasion, I still can't get the Toplevel window to appear.
Exception has occurred: AttributeError
'InputWindow' object has no attribute 'selected_month'
File "C:\Users\edit\OneDrive\Py Scripts\Tkinter GUI\Schedule App\Schedule_GUI.py", line 71, in handle_input_window_selections
selected_month = self.input_window.selected_month
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\edit\OneDrive\Py Scripts\Tkinter GUI\Schedule App\Schedule_GUI.py", line 67, in open_input_window
self.handle_input_window_selections()
File "C:\Users\edit\OneDrive\Py Scripts\Tkinter GUI\Schedule App\Schedule_GUI.py", line 58, in __init__
self.open_input_window()
File "C:\Users\edit\OneDrive\Py Scripts\Tkinter GUI\Schedule App\Schedule_GUI.py", line 116, in <module>
app = App()
^^^^^
AttributeError: 'InputWindow' object has no attribute 'selected_month'
Thank you for any help, I certainly have a lot to learn.