3. Using the FontSelect widget in your Tkinter application

If you are writing a Tkinter application and you want to let the user change one or more fonts, you can include a FontSelect widget in your application. Simply create it with this constructor:

w = FontSelect ( master, font=f, listCount=L, observer=F )

w

The constructor returns a new, ungridded FontSelect widget.

master

The parent Frame widget in which this widget will be mastered.

font=f

If you don't like the font used inside this widget, supply this optional keyword argument with f set to your preferred font as a tkFont.Font object.

listCount=L

By default, the number of families displayed in the family Listbox is 15. If you want a different number, pass that number as an integer L to this optional keyword argument. This Listbox pretty much determines the overall height of the FontSelect widget on the screen.

observer=F

An “observer” function to be called whenever any of the currently displayed font options change. The calling sequence is:

    F ( newFont )

where newFont is a Python tkFont.Font object representing the currently selected font.

Here are the public attributes and methods of a FontSelect object:

.scrollList: A ScrollList widget containing the family names and associated scrollbar.
.get(): Returns the currently selected font as a Python tkFont.Font object. If no font has ever been set, returns None.
.getName(): Returns a string describing all the current font options. This string starts with the family and size, followed optionally by the strings "bold" and/or "italic". Example: "luxi mono 14 bold italic". If no font has ever been set, returns None.
.addObserver ( f ): Adds an observer function f that will be called whenever any of the font options change. The calling sequence of the f function is as described under the observer=f argument to the FontSelect constructor.

FontSelect: A Tkinter widget to select fonts

3. Using the FontSelect widget in your Tkinter application