Can I double-click a tkinter Listbox option to invoke function in Python?

Big Sharpie picture Big Sharpie · Aug 1, 2014 · Viewed 10.3k times · Source

I have a Listbox with an associated "Select" button. I want my GUI such that a double-click on any Listbox value invokes this button's command. My attempt (below) works when an option is selected and the user double-clicks ANYWHERE in the window. I want it to work only when the selection itself (blue highlighted row) is being double-clicked.

What is the best way to do this?

from tkinter import *

def func1():
    print("in func1")

def func2():
    print("in func2")

def selection():
    try:
        dictionary[listbox.selection_get()]()
    except:
        pass

root = Tk()

frame = Frame(root)
frame.pack()

dictionary = {"1":func1, "2":func2}

items = StringVar(value=tuple(sorted(dictionary.keys())))

listbox = Listbox(frame, listvariable=items, width=15, height=5)
listbox.grid(column=0, row=2, rowspan=6, sticky=("n", "w", "e", "s"))
listbox.focus()

selectButton = Button(frame, text='Select', underline = 0, command=selection)
selectButton.grid(column=2, row=4, sticky="e", padx=50, pady=50)

root.bind('<Double-1>', lambda x: selectButton.invoke())

root.mainloop()

Answer

Bryan Oakley picture Bryan Oakley · Aug 1, 2014

Change root.bind(...) to listbox.bind(...)