[Tkinter] Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame

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Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame - honestie - Aug-24-2018

Hello, I really knew to python. I have made a notebook GUI with 7 tabs, with a button on tab 4 that opens up a new toplevel window. On the toplevel window, I want to have a button, when it is clicked it directs the user to the root windows notebook, tab 7.
Can anyone please help me. Here is my code.

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import tkinter.messagebox
import tkinter as tk


class Root(Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Root, self).__init__()
        self.title("Application")
        self.minsize(640, 400)
        self.configure(background="white")

        self.createMenu()

        tabControl = ttk.Notebook(self)
        self.tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab1, text="tab 1")

        self.tab2 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab2, text="tab 2")

        self.tab3 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab3, text="tab 3")

        self.tab4 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab4, text="tab 4")
        self.addingTab4()

        self.tab5 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab5, text="tab 5")


        self.tab6 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab6, text="tab 6")


        self.tab7 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab7, text="Tab 7")

        tabControl.pack(expand=1, fill="both")

    def startpressed(self):
        new = tk.Toplevel(self)
        new.minsize(640, 400)
        new.geometry('500x300')
        new.configure(background="white")
        tabControl1 = ttk.Notebook(new)
        new.tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl1)
        tabControl1.add(new.tab1, text="tab 1")
        tabControl1.pack(expand=1, fill="both")

    def createMenu(self):
        menubar = Menu(self)
        self.config(menu=menubar)

        file_menu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
        menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=file_menu)
        file_menu.add_command(label="Exit")

        help_menu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
        menubar.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=help_menu)
        help_menu.add_command(label="About Us")


    def addingTab4(self):
        Label(self.tab4, text= "Please Select your choice" ).place(x= 250, y= 20)
        submit = Button(self.tab4, text="Submit", command=lambda: self.submit()).place(x=520, y=320)


    def submit(self):
        newTop = Toplevel(self.master)
        display = Label(newTop, text="Review").pack()
        newTop.title("Review and Submit")
        newTop.focus_set()
        newTop.geometry("400x600")
        # WOULD LIKE: when this button is clicked it takes the user to tab 7 of the notebook window
        btnResult = Button(newTop, text="Tab 7").pack()
        btnBack = Button(newTop, text="Back").pack()


root = Root()
root.mainloop()

RE: Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame - Larz60+ - Aug-24-2018

def tab7(self, event):
    notebook.select(self.tab7)

bind your button to call above method, or if you use inline control, remove event from args

RE: Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame - honestie - Aug-29-2018

Thank you for the prompt response, however this is the error I get when I try and do this.

TypeError: result1() missing 1 required positional argument: 'self'

Here is my code:

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import tkinter.messagebox
import tkinter as tk


class Root(Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Root, self).__init__()
        self.title("Application")
        self.minsize(640, 400)
        self.configure(background="white")

        self.createMenu()

        tabControl = ttk.Notebook(self)
        self.tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab1, text="tab 1")

        self.tab2 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab2, text="tab 2")

        self.tab3 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab3, text="tab 3")

        self.tab4 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab4, text="tab 4")
        self.addingTab4()

        self.tab5 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab5, text="tab 5")


        self.tab6 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab6, text="tab 6")


        self.tab7 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab7, text="Tab 7")

        tabControl.pack(expand=1, fill="both")

    def startpressed(self):
        new = tk.Toplevel(self)
        new.minsize(640, 400)
        new.geometry('500x300')
        new.configure(background="white")
       # tabControl1 = ttk.Notebook(new)
        #new.tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl1)
        #tabControl1.add(new.tab1, text="tab 1")
        #tabControl1.pack(expand=1, fill="both")

    def createMenu(self):
        menubar = Menu(self)
        self.config(menu=menubar)

        file_menu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
        menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=file_menu)
        file_menu.add_command(label="Exit")

        help_menu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
        menubar.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=help_menu)
        help_menu.add_command(label="About Us")


    def addingTab4(self):
        Label(self.tab4, text= "Please Select your choice" ).place(x= 250, y= 20)
        submit = Button(self.tab4, text="Submit", command=lambda: self.submit()).place(x=520, y=320)


    def submit(self):
        newTop = Toplevel(self.master)
        display = Label(newTop, text="Review").pack()
        newTop.title("Review and Submit")
        newTop.focus_set()
        newTop.geometry("400x600")
        # WOULD LIKE: when this button is clicked it takes the user to tab 7 of the notebook window
        btnResult = Button(newTop, text="Tab 7",command=lambda: self.result1()).pack()
        btnBack = Button(newTop, text="Back").pack()

    def result1(event, self):
        ttk.Notebook.select(self.tab7)

root = Root()
root.mainloop()

RE: Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame - Larz60+ - Aug-29-2018

Change:

btnResult = Button(newTop, text="Tab 7", command=self.result1).pack()

Note no parenthesis on command name. you only need lambda if you are passing arguments.
and

    def result1(self):
        ttk.Notebook.select(self.tab7)

you don't need event if not using bind.
even if you were using bind, self always goes first.

RE: Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame - honestie - Aug-30-2018

Thank you, This is now the new error:
line 892, in select
return self.tk.call(self._w, "select", tab_id)
_tkinter.TclError: bad command "select": must be configure, cget, instate, state, or identify

If tried to replace it with "configure" and state "state", it gives no error but doesnt work when the button is clicked.

With cget, instate and identify i dont know what the other arguemnts would be.
I am using python version 3.7, if that helps. Thank you again.

My Current code:

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import tkinter.messagebox
import tkinter as tk


class Root(Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Root, self).__init__()
        self.title("Application")
        self.minsize(640, 400)
        self.configure(background="white")

        self.createMenu()

        tabControl = ttk.Notebook(self)
        self.tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab1, text="tab 1")


        self.tab2 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab2, text="tab 2")

        self.tab3 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab3, text="tab 3")

        self.tab4 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab4, text="tab 4")
        self.addingTab4()

        self.tab5 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab5, text="tab 5")


        self.tab6 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab6, text="tab 6")


        self.tab7 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab7, text="Tab 7")

        tabControl.pack(expand=1, fill="both")

    def startpressed(self):
        new = tk.Toplevel(self)
        new.minsize(640, 400)
        new.geometry('500x300')
        new.configure(background="white")
       # tabControl1 = ttk.Notebook(new)
        #new.tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl1)
        #tabControl1.add(new.tab1, text="tab 1")
        #tabControl1.pack(expand=1, fill="both")

    def createMenu(self):
        menubar = Menu(self)
        self.config(menu=menubar)

        file_menu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
        menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=file_menu)
        file_menu.add_command(label="Exit")

        help_menu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
        menubar.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=help_menu)
        help_menu.add_command(label="About Us")


    def addingTab4(self):
        Label(self.tab4, text= "Please Select your choice" ).place(x= 250, y= 20)
        submit = Button(self.tab4, text="Submit", command=lambda: self.submit()).place(x=520, y=320)


    def submit(self):
        newTop = Toplevel(self.master)
        display = Label(newTop, text="Review").pack()
        newTop.title("Review and Submit")
        newTop.focus_set()
        newTop.geometry("400x600")
        # WOULD LIKE: when this button is clicked it takes the user to tab 7 of the notebook window
        btnResult = Button(newTop, text="Tab 7",command= self.result1).pack()
        btnBack = Button(newTop, text="Back").pack()

    def result1(self):
        ttk.Notebook.select(self.tab7)

root = Root()
root.mainloop()

RE: Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame - Larz60+ - Aug-30-2018

please always post entire error traceback without modification in BBCODE error tags (X in circle on toolbar)
your code goes between tags

RE: Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame - honestie - Sep-07-2018

Sorry, really new to all this.

Error:Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1702, in __call__
    return self.func(*args)
  File "C:\PycharmProjects/scrollbar/.idea/scrollbar.py", line 83, in result1
    ttk.Notebook.select(self.tab7)
  File "C:\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\tkinter\ttk.py", line 892, in select
    return self.tk.call(self._w, "select", tab_id)
_tkinter.TclError: bad command "select": must be configure, cget, instate, state, or identify

RE: Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame - wuf - Sep-07-2018

Hi honestie

Try this modified script:

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import tkinter.messagebox
import tkinter as tk
 
 
class Root(Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Root, self).__init__()
        self.title("Application")
        self.minsize(640, 400)
        self.configure(background="white")
 
        self.createMenu()
 
        tabControl = ttk.Notebook(self)
        self.tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab1, text="tab 1")
 
        self.tab2 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab2, text="tab 2")
 
        self.tab3 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab3, text="tab 3")
 
        self.tab4 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab4, text="tab 4")
        self.addingTab4()
 
        self.tab5 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab5, text="tab 5")
 
 
        self.tab6 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab6, text="tab 6")
 
 
        self.tab7 = ttk.Frame(tabControl)
        tabControl.add(self.tab7, text="Tab 7")
 
        tabControl.pack(expand=1, fill="both")
        
        self.tab_control = tabControl
        
    def startpressed(self):
        new = tk.Toplevel(self)
        new.minsize(640, 400)
        new.geometry('500x300')
        new.configure(background="white")
        tabControl1 = ttk.Notebook(new)
        new.tab1 = ttk.Frame(tabControl1)
        tabControl1.add(new.tab1, text="tab 1")
        tabControl1.pack(expand=1, fill="both")
 
    def createMenu(self):
        menubar = Menu(self)
        self.config(menu=menubar)
 
        file_menu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
        menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=file_menu)
        file_menu.add_command(label="Exit")
 
        help_menu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=0)
        menubar.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=help_menu)
        help_menu.add_command(label="About Us")
 
 
    def addingTab4(self):
        Label(self.tab4, text= "Please Select your choice" ).place(x= 250, y= 20)
        submit = Button(self.tab4, text="Submit", command=lambda: self.submit()).place(x=520, y=320)
 
 
    def submit(self):
        newTop = Toplevel(self.master)
        display = Label(newTop, text="Review").pack()
        newTop.title("Review and Submit")
        newTop.focus_set()
        newTop.geometry("400x600")
        # WOULD LIKE: when this button is clicked it takes the user to tab 7 of the notebook window
        btnResult = Button(newTop, text="Tab 7",command=self.result1).pack()
        btnBack = Button(newTop, text="Back").pack()
 
    def result1(self):
        #ttk.Notebook.select(self.tab7)
        self.tab_control.select(self.tab7)
 
root = Root()
root.mainloop()

Greetings wuf

RE: Notebook accessing a specific tab using a button from a toplevel frame - honestie - Sep-12-2018

Thank you so much wuf!!