name : window-creation-w-location.py from Tkinter import * import sys ##sys.path.append("/users/mjc4y/projects/python/tkinter/utils") ##from TkinterUtils import * # this shows how to create a new window with a button in it that # can create new windows class QuitButton(Button): def __init__(self, master, *args, **kwargs): if not kwargs.has_key("text"): kwargs["text"] = "QUIT" if not kwargs.has_key("command"): kwargs["command"] = master.quit apply(Button.__init__, (self, master) + args, kwargs) class Test(Frame): def makeWindow(self, *args): fred = Toplevel() fred.label = Canvas (fred, width="2i", height="2i") fred.label.create_line("0", "0", "2i", "2i") fred.label.create_line("0", "2i", "2i", "0") fred.label.pack() ##centerWindow(fred, self.master) def createWidgets(self): self.QUIT = QuitButton(self) self.QUIT.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH) self.makeWindow = Button(self, text='Make a New Window', width=50, height=20, command=self.makeWindow) self.makeWindow.pack(side=LEFT) def __init__(self, master=None): Frame.__init__(self, master) Pack.config(self) self.createWidgets() test = Test() test.mainloop()