Is it possible to get widget settings in Tkinter?

Question

It\'d be awesome if I could get something like the below.

Pseudo Code:

U = widget1.SettingsGet()
Print U 

Upon printing U something

Answer 1

If you know what settings you need, you can just use the cget method to get values e.g.

from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()

w = Label(root, text="Hello, world!")
w.pack()
print w.cget('text')
root.mainloop()

It will print

Hello, world!

If you want to know all the available options, widget.config contains the config and from that if you wish you can create all or a subset of settings which you may need e.g.

import pprint
from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()
w = Label(root, text="Hello, world!")
w.pack()
pprint.pprint(w.config())
root.mainloop()

Output:

{'activebackground': ('activebackground',
                      'activeBackground',
                      'Foreground',
                      ,
                      'SystemButtonFace'),
 'activeforeground': ('activeforeground',
                      'activeForeground',
                      'Background',
                      ,
                      'SystemButtonText'),
 'anchor': ('anchor',
            'anchor',
            'Anchor',
            ,
            'center'),
 'background': ('background',
                'background',
                'Background',
                ,
                'SystemButtonFace'),
 'bd': ('bd', '-borderwidth'),
 'bg': ('bg', '-background'),
 'bitmap': ('bitmap', 'bitmap', 'Bitmap', '', ''),
 'borderwidth': ('borderwidth',
                 'borderWidth',
                 'BorderWidth',
                 ,
                 ),
 'compound': ('compound',
              'compound',
              'Compound',
              ,
              'none'),
 'cursor': ('cursor', 'cursor', 'Cursor', '', ''),
 'disabledforeground': ('disabledforeground',
                        'disabledForeground',
                        'DisabledForeground',
                        ,
                        'SystemDisabledText'),
 'fg': ('fg', '-foreground'),
 'font': ('font',
          'font',
          'Font',
          ,
          (('MS', 'Sans', 'Serif'), '8')),
 'foreground': ('foreground',
                'foreground',
                'Foreground',
                ,
                'SystemButtonText'),
 'height': ('height', 'height', 'Height', 0, 0),
 'highlightbackground': ('highlightbackground',
                         'highlightBackground',
                         'HighlightBackground',
                         ,
                         'SystemButtonFace'),
 'highlightcolor': ('highlightcolor',
                    'highlightColor',
                    'HighlightColor',
                    ,
                    'SystemWindowFrame'),
 'highlightthickness': ('highlightthickness',
                        'highlightThickness',
                        'HighlightThickness',
                        ,
                        ),
 'image': ('image', 'image', 'Image', '', ''),
 'justify': ('justify',
             'justify',
             'Justify',
             ,
             'center'),
 'padx': ('padx',
          'padX',
          'Pad',
          ,
          ),
 'pady': ('pady',
          'padY',
          'Pad',
          ,
          ),
 'relief': ('relief', 'relief', 'Relief', , 'flat'),
 'state': ('state', 'state', 'State', , 'normal'),
 'takefocus': ('takefocus', 'takeFocus', 'TakeFocus', '0', '0'),
 'text': ('text', 'text', 'Text', '', ('Hello,', 'world!')),
 'textvariable': ('textvariable', 'textVariable', 'Variable', '', ''),
 'underline': ('underline', 'underline', 'Underline', -1, -1),
 'width': ('width', 'width', 'Width', 0, 0),
 'wraplength': ('wraplength',
                'wrapLength',
                'WrapLength',
                ,
                )}