Running the Application

  • Run the complete code in a Python environment that supports Tkinter and Tix.
  • Hover over the label and button widgets to see the tooltips.

Output:

When the application runs, the GUI is as below,

Output GUI

Hover the mouse over any the text appearing in the GUI to view the tooltip message.

Hovering mouse pointer on text in the GUI

Similarly, hover the mouse pointer over the button ‘Click’ to see the tooltip message there.

Hovering mouse pointer on the button in the GUI



How To Display Tooltips In Tkinter?

Displaying tooltips in Tkinter can enhance the user interface by providing additional information when the user hovers over a widget. Here’s a detailed tutorial on how to create and display tooltips in Tkinter. Tkinter is a GUI creating module in Python which is used to create many applications. Tkinter is used along with Python language. Tkinter has many useful widgets in it such as Label, Checkbutton, Button, Checkbox, and more.

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Running the Application

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