Tkinter canvas image not showing
I have a simple canvas being created in a function and I would like the image to be displayed on the canvas.
def start(root):
startframe = tkinter.Frame(root)
canvas = tkinter.Canvas(startframe,width=1280,height=720)
startframe.pack()
canvas.pack()
one = tkinter.PhotoImage('images\one.gif')
canvas.create_image((0,0),image=one,anchor='nw')
when i run the code i get a blank 1280x720 window, no image.
I have looked at the following website: http://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-do-my-tkinter-images-not-appear.htm but I don’t understand how to apply their example to my situation (I don’t know what create a link or how to create a link if that's my problem). I also looked at some stack overflow problems, but they didn't help either.
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Ignore backslashes in path string correctly. (or use
r'raw string literal'
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Prevent collection of the PhotoImage object.
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specify the file name using the parameter
file=...
.
def start(root):
startframe = tkinter.Frame(root)
canvas = tkinter.Canvas(startframe,width=1280,height=720)
startframe.pack()
canvas.pack()
# Escape / raw string literal
one = tkinter.PhotoImage(file=r'images\one.gif')
root.one = one # to prevent the image garbage collected.
canvas.create_image((0,0), image=one, anchor='nw')
UPDATE
Two operators one = ...
and root.one = one
can be combined into one operator:
root.one = one = tkinter.PhotoImage(r'images\one.gif')
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