python - How to create transparent widgets using Tkinter?

Question

I'm new to Python. I wanted to create an app which has an image as its background. But when I add a 'Label' over the image, I could see a white background to the label. Do we have a solution to make the 'Label' widgets color set to 'transparent' ?

Answer 1

I'm not aware of a way to make Label backgrounds transparent. One alternative is to use a Canvas widget as the base for the whole thing, then use the create_image method to add the background image, and create_text to make the text labels. It will be a bit more work, but the text should render without a background on top of the image. (Admittedly I have very little experience with the Canvas widget, so I'm speaking more from theory than experience, but it's worth a try.)

If you don't have a good Tkinter reference, I highly recommend this one made by New Mexico Tech. It's available as a downloadable PDF as well.