Checkbutton Tkinter

Tkinter module in python has rich library of GUI widget, Checkbutton is one of them. Checkbutton is also known as checkbox, it gives us option to select multiple values at a time. We need to assign different values for different check box variables using IntVar() function. Below example will show you everything about checkbox in tkinter.

from tkinter import *
win=Tk()
win.geometry('200x200')
ch1=IntVar()
Checkbutton(win, text="male", variable=ch1).grid(row=0,column=0)
ch2=IntVar()
Checkbutton(win, text="female",variable=ch2).grid(row=0,column=1)
mainloop()

Get Checkbutton Values (selected checkbox)

from tkinter import *
def func():
	val=""
	if ch1.get()==1:
		val+="Java "
	if ch2.get()==1:
		val+="Python"
	lbl.configure(text=val)


win=Tk()
win.title("CoderMantra Tutorial")
win.geometry('300x200')
ch1=IntVar()
ch2=IntVar()
l1=Label(win,text="Your Favourite Programming Language")
l1.grid(row=0,column=0)
r1=Checkbutton(win,text="Java",variable=ch1)
r1.grid(row=1,column=0)
r2=Checkbutton(win,text="Python",variable=ch2)
r2.grid(row=2,column=0)
b=Button(win,text="Click Here",command=func)
b.grid(row=3,column=0)
lbl=Label(win,text="")
lbl.grid(row=4,column=0)
win.mainloop()

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Q1. What is the main purpose of the Checkbutton widget in Tkinter?

To allow only one option to be selected

To allow multiple options to be selected

To display text

To accept user input

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Q2. Which control variable is commonly used with a Checkbutton in Tkinter?

IntVar()

StringVar()

DoubleVar()

ListVar()

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Q3. Which method is used to check whether a Checkbutton is selected?

insert()

get()

set()

read()

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Q4. What value does IntVar().get() return when a Checkbutton is selected?

0

1

-1

2

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Q5. Which widget is more suitable when a user needs to select multiple options?

Checkbutton

Label

Entry

Radiobutton

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