Some Other Widgets

There are many other standard widgets available for your use. Let's look at a few of the most common ones.

A check button, also called a check box, is represented by the TkCheckbutton class. This is used when a specific user choice can have two states (essentially “on” and “off”). It is usually represented onscreen by a square box that may be checked or unchecked.

A radio button (TkRadiobutton) is analogous to the tuning preset buttons on a car radio; only one can be selected at a time. This is used when there is a small, fixed number of mutually exclusive choices available. A radio button usually appears as a circular “box” that may or may not be filled in. Check boxes are independent of each other, but radio buttons typically ...

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