pythonpython-2.7tkinter

Disable, hide or remove close "X" button in Tkinter

I want to show a GUI to client, but I don't want to give the possibility to the client to close the window through the [X] button.

How do I disable, hide or remove the close [X] button of Tkinter window?

I found the following answers:

  1. Python Tkinter “X” button control
  2. Removing minimize/maximize buttons in Tkinter

However, these posts are not answering my question. I want to disable, hide or completely remove the [X] button.

When I use protocol:

def __init__(self):
    Frame.__init__(self, bg = "black")
    self.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', self.doSomething)
    self.pack(expand = 1, fill = BOTH)

def doSomething(self):
    if showinfo.askokcancel("Quit?", "Are you sure you want to quit?"):
        self.quit()

I receive the following error:

self.protocol('WM_DELETE_WINDOW', self.doSomething) AttributeError: 'GUI' object has no attribute 'protocol'

Solution

  • The problem with calling the protocol method is that it's a method on a root window but your GUI object is not a root window. Your code will work if you call the protocol method on the root window.

    As for how to remove the button completely -- there's no method to simply remove that one button. You can remove all of the window manager buttons and frame by setting the overrideredirect flag.