Trying to delete a random shape on canvas by clicking the "remove rect" button created. but my method doesn't seem to work. I keep getting this error, must be small but I can't seem to find it.
TypeError: removeRects() missing 1 required positional argument: 'canvas'
from tkinter import *
import random
root = Tk()
class Recta:
def __init__(self, height=60, width=80):
self.height = height
self.width = width
self.create_buttons()
self.canvas = Canvas(root)
self.canvas.pack()
def removeRects(self,canvas):
my_rect = self.canvas.create_rectangle(0,0,w,h,fill = "green")
self.canvas.delete(my_rect)
def create_buttons(self):
self.frame = Frame(root, bg='grey', width=400, height=40)
self.frame.pack(fill='x')
self.button1 = Button(self.frame, text='Rect', command=self.randomRects)
self.button1.pack(side='left', padx=10)
self.button2 = Button(self.frame, text='Remove Rect', command=self.removeRects)
self.button2.pack(side='left')
def randomRects(self):
w = random.randrange(300)
h = random.randrange(200)
self.canvas.create_rectangle(0, 0, w, h, fill= "green")
tes = Recta()
root.mainloop()
You have to keep track of the rectangles you are creating in a collection; then extract the id
from the collection in order to remove a rectangle.
here, I created a list to aggregate the ids of the rectangle created: self.canvas.create_rectangle(0, 0, w, h, fill='green')
returns an id number that is stored in the collection.
Upon calling the delete
method, the id
from the last created rectangle is retrieved (and removed from the collection) and used to remove
the rectangle from the canvas
.
import tkinter as tk
import random
root = tk.Tk()
class Recta:
def __init__(self, height=60, width=80):
self.height = height
self.width = width
self.create_buttons()
self.canvas = tk.Canvas(root)
self.canvas.pack()
self.rects = []
def create_buttons(self):
self.frame = tk.Frame(root, bg='grey', width=400, height=40)
self.frame.pack(fill='x')
self.button1 = tk.Button(self.frame, text='Add Rect', command=self.randomRects)
self.button1.pack(side='left', padx=10)
self.button2 = tk.Button(self.frame, text='Remove Rect', command=self.removeRects)
self.button2.pack(side='left')
def removeRects(self):
if len(self.rects) > 0:
self.canvas.delete(self.rects.pop())
def randomRects(self):
w = random.randrange(300)
h = random.randrange(200)
self.rects.append(self.canvas.create_rectangle(0, 0, w, h, fill='green'))
tes = Recta()
root.mainloop()
Here is the same code with a * import!
from tkinter import *
import random
root = Tk()
class Recta:
def __init__(self, height=60, width=80):
self.height = height
self.width = width
self.create_buttons()
self.canvas = Canvas(root)
self.canvas.pack()
self.rects = []
def create_buttons(self):
self.frame = Frame(root, bg='grey', width=400, height=40)
self.frame.pack(fill='x')
self.button1 = Button(self.frame, text='Add Rect', command=self.randomRects)
self.button1.pack(side='left', padx=10)
self.button2 = Button(self.frame, text='Remove Rect', command=self.removeRects)
self.button2.pack(side='left')
def removeRects(self):
if len(self.rects) > 0:
self.canvas.delete(self.rects.pop())
def randomRects(self):
w = random.randrange(300)
h = random.randrange(200)
self.rects.append(self.canvas.create_rectangle(0, 0, w, h, fill='green'))
tes = Recta()
root.mainloop()