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Having trouble using photo for background - blakefindlay - Jan-27-2021
Just wondering what I am doing wrong. I have a photo named overlander_sports.jpg in the newb folder which is the name of the project. I can't seem to get it as a background.
from tkinter import * import datetime from tkinter import messagebox root = Tk() #Date and Time C = Canvas(root, bg="blue", height=250, width=300) filename = PhotoImage(file="C:\\Users\\blake\PycharmProjects\\newb\\overlander_sports.jpg") background_label = Label(root, image=overlander_sports.jpg) background_label.place(x=0, y=0, relwidth=1, relheight=1) C.pack()
RE: Having trouble using photo for background - steve_shambles - Jan-27-2021
change the background_label line to reference the "filename" variable
that you set in previous line.
background_label = Label(root, image=filename)
Also you can't read a jpg file with this method
you would need to use the Pillow add-on,
But you can still read in a gif or png with this code.
RE: Having trouble using photo for background - blakefindlay - Jan-27-2021
Great thank you!