How to run a function in the background of tkinter

Question

I am new to GUI programming and I want to write a Python program with tkinter. All I want it to do is run a simple function in the background that can be influenced through

Answer 1

You will find the answer in this other question Tkinter locks python when Icon loaded and tk.mainloop in a thread.

In a nutshell, you need to have two threads, one for tkinter and one for the background task.