image as hyperlink in python / Tkinter

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I guess the answer is no, but I have to ask... I wrote a wiki in python/tkinter, where the hyperlinks are managed by tkHyperlinkManager (http://effbot.org/zone/tkinter-text-hyperlink.htm) in a text widget. All is perfect, but I'd like also to use clickable images - is it possible? I see that hyperlinks work by tags, and I cannot find a way to add tags to an image

alessandro

I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to create clickable images since Text widgets can contain Tkinter.PhotoImage instances... — mgilson
– mgilson, Commented May 11, 2012 at 12:10
After looking around a little more, I think you might be right -- One workaround could be to put your image in a label, "insert" the label using window_create, and then bind your callbacks to the label. (You could probably hack that all into tkHyperlinkManager testing whether you recieved a PhotoImage or text )... — mgilson
– mgilson, Commented May 11, 2012 at 12:45

Bryan Oakley · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-11 20:14:13Z

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tkHyperLinkManager doesn't support it, but it's very simple with the features already built in to the text widget. All you need to do is create a label with your image, embed the label, and add a binding to the label.

For example:

import Tkinter as tk
...
image_link = tk.Label(text_widget, image=my_image, cursor="left_ptr")
image_link.bind("<1>", do_something)
text_widget.window_create("insert", window=image_link)

answered May 11, 2012 at 20:14

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