(n00b) Tkinter trouble

Sun Nov 13 13:27:05 EST 2011

Hello,
I'm trying my hand at creating a Tkinter application, but not having much
luck. I'm trying to have my top level window be a series of buttons with
different options on them. Every time a button is pressed, it opens up a
new window with options. While that new window is open, all of the buttons
on the original window are disabled. However, I want all of those buttons
to become active again once I quit my new window. I can't seem to
reactivate those buttons no matter what I do.
This is the approach I'm trying:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from Tkinter import *
class ActionButton(Button):
 def __init__(self, frame, text):
 self.frame = frame
 Button.__init__(self, master=self.frame, text=text,
command=self.execute)
 def execute(self):
 window = Toplevel()
 new_button = ActionButton(window, '2nd level button')
 quit_button = Button(window, text='Quit!', command=window.destroy)
 window.buttons = [new_button, quit_button]
 for button in window.buttons: button.pack()
 # Deactivate buttons from containing shell
 for button in self.frame.buttons: button.config(state=DISABLED)
 window.mainloop()
 for button in self.frame.buttons: button.config(state=ACTIVE)
top = Tk()
top_button = ActionButton(top, 'Button on top!')
top_button.pack()
quit_button = Button(top, text='Quit', command=top.destroy)
quit_button.pack()
top.buttons = [top_button, quit_button]
top.mainloop()
I'm really kind of running around in the dark here, so any advice or
explanation is appreciated.
Thanks!
Jason
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