This code works:
import tkinter
root = tkinter.Tk()
canvas = tkinter.Canvas(root)
canvas.grid(row = 0, column = 0)
photo = tkinter.PhotoImage(file = './test.gif')
canvas.create_image(0, 0, image=photo)
root.mainloop()
It shows me the image.
Now, this code compiles but it doesn't show me the image, and I don't know why, because it's the same code, in a class:
import tkinter
class Test:
def __init__(self, master):
canvas = tkinter.Canvas(master)
canvas.grid(row = 0, column = 0)
photo = tkinter.PhotoImage(file = './test.gif')
canvas.create_image(0, 0, image=photo)
root = tkinter.Tk()
test = Test(root)
root.mainloop()
The variable photo
is a local variable which gets garbage collected after the class is instantiated. Save a reference to the photo, for example:
self.photo = tkinter.PhotoImage(...)
If you do a Google search on "tkinter image doesn't display", the first result is this:
http://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-do-my-tkinter-images-not-appear.htm