changeset:   104057:7b458bcdab75
branch:      3.5
parent:      104051:92f4ce2d5ebb
user:        Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
date:        Sun Sep 25 16:46:10 2016 +0300
files:       Lib/tkinter/tix.py Misc/NEWS
description:
Issue #27611: Fixed support of default root window in the tkinter.tix module.


diff -r 92f4ce2d5ebb -r 7b458bcdab75 Lib/tkinter/tix.py
--- a/Lib/tkinter/tix.py	Sat Sep 24 15:26:36 2016 +0100
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/tix.py	Sun Sep 25 16:46:10 2016 +0300
@@ -477,10 +477,15 @@
     (multiple) Display Items"""
 
     def __init__(self, itemtype, cnf={}, **kw):
-        master = tkinter._default_root              # global from Tkinter
-        if not master and 'refwindow' in cnf: master=cnf['refwindow']
-        elif not master and 'refwindow' in kw:  master= kw['refwindow']
-        elif not master: raise RuntimeError("Too early to create display style: no root window")
+        if 'refwindow' in kw:
+            master = kw['refwindow']
+        elif 'refwindow' in cnf:
+            master = cnf['refwindow']
+        else:
+            master = tkinter._default_root
+            if not master:
+                raise RuntimeError("Too early to create display style: "
+                                   "no root window")
         self.tk = master.tk
         self.stylename = self.tk.call('tixDisplayStyle', itemtype,
                             *self._options(cnf,kw) )
diff -r 92f4ce2d5ebb -r 7b458bcdab75 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Sat Sep 24 15:26:36 2016 +0100
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Sun Sep 25 16:46:10 2016 +0300
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #27611: Fixed support of default root window in the tkinter.tix module.
+
 - Issue #27348: In the traceback module, restore the formatting of exception
   messages like "Exception: None".  This fixes a regression introduced in
   3.5a2.