Question

How do I randomly add buttons to a Tkinter GUI? I need it to be able to create a button, then put it anywhere on the window, is this possible? I am using Python 2.6 on Windows.

Answer 1

If you want random button placement (or anything not aligned along a grid, etc.), you can use the place geometry manager. Depending on platform, overlapped buttons may not behave as you expect, though, so you may want to avoid them.

Here’s a simple example:

from Tkinter import *
from random import random

root = Tk()
frame = Frame(root, height=200, width=200)

for i in range(10):
    Button(frame, text=str(i)).place(x=random() * 150, y=random() * 180)

frame.pack()
root.mainloop()