name : radiobutton-simple.py from Tkinter import * # This is a demo program that shows how to # create radio buttons and how to get other widgets to # share the information in a radio button. # # There are other ways of doing this too, but # the "variable" option of radiobuttons seems to be the easiest. # # note how each button has a value it sets the variable to as it gets hit. class Test(Frame): def printit(self): print "hi" def createWidgets(self): self.flavor = StringVar() self.flavor.set("chocolate") self.radioframe = Frame(self) self.radioframe.pack() # 'text' is the label # 'variable' is the name of the variable that all these radio buttons share # 'value' is the value this variable takes on when the radio button is selected # 'anchor' makes the text appear left justified (default is centered. ick) self.radioframe.choc = Radiobutton( self.radioframe, text="Chocolate Flavor", variable=self.flavor, value="chocolate", anchor=W) self.radioframe.choc.pack(fill=X) self.radioframe.straw = Radiobutton( self.radioframe, text="Strawberry Flavor", variable=self.flavor, value="strawberry", anchor=W) self.radioframe.straw.pack(fill=X) self.radioframe.lemon = Radiobutton( self.radioframe, text="Lemon Flavor", variable=self.flavor, value="lemon", anchor=W) self.radioframe.lemon.pack(fill=X) # this is a text entry that lets you type in the name of a flavor too. self.entry = Entry(self, textvariable=self.flavor) self.entry.pack(fill=X) self.QUIT = Button(self, text='QUIT', foreground='red', command=self.quit) self.QUIT.pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=BOTH) def __init__(self, master=None): Frame.__init__(self, master) Pack.config(self) self.createWidgets() test = Test() test.mainloop()