Tab option image and compound to align and show image

Tkinter Notebook to create tabs and managing options to add image underline state with click events

We can display image with text on the tabs. Manage the alignments by using compound option.

r1 = tk.PhotoImage(file='D:\\testing\\notebook\\r1.png')
y1 = tk.PhotoImage(file='D:\\testing\\notebook\\y1.png')
g1 = tk.PhotoImage(file='D:\\testing\\notebook\\g1.png')
my_tabs.add(tab0, text ='Tab-0', image=r1, compound='bottom') 
my_tabs.add(tab1, text ='Tab-1', image=y1, compound='top') 
my_tabs.add(tab2, text ='Tab-2', image=g1, compound='right')

The compound option takes these values.

text: display text only
image: display image only
top, bottom, left, right:
none: the default. display the image if present, otherwise the text.

Full code is here

import tkinter  as tk 
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
my_w = tk.Tk()
my_w.geometry("400x200")  
my_tabs = ttk.Notebook(my_w,padding=20) # declaring 

tab0 = ttk.Frame(my_tabs)
tab1 = ttk.Frame(my_tabs)
tab2 = ttk.Frame(my_tabs)
r1 = tk.PhotoImage(file='D:\\testing\\notebook\\r1.png')
y1 = tk.PhotoImage(file='D:\\testing\\notebook\\y1.png')
g1 = tk.PhotoImage(file='D:\\testing\\notebook\\g1.png')
my_tabs.add(tab0, text ='Tab-0',image=r1, compound='bottom') 
my_tabs.add(tab1, text ='Tab-1',image=y1, compound='top') 
my_tabs.add(tab2, text ='Tab-2',image=g1, compound='right') 
my_tabs.pack(expand = 1, fill ="both")

font1=('times',24,'normal')
l1=tk.Label(tab0,text='I am tab-0',bg='yellow',font=font1)
l1.place(relx=0.4,rely=0.2) # using place


l2=tk.Label(tab1,text='I am tab-1',bg='yellow',font=font1)
l2.place(relx=0.4,rely=0.2) # using place
l3=tk.Label(tab2,text='I am tab-2',bg='yellow',font=font1)
l3.place(relx=0.4,rely=0.2) # using place

my_w.mainloop()  # Keep the window open

Updating image and compound options

We can read the values of the options and then change the same. Here

def my_fun():
    my_dict=my_tabs.tab(tab1) # reading all option values as dictionary
    print(my_dict['image']) # print the value
    my_tabs.tab(tab1,image=r1) # Change the image

ttk Notebook Update image and compound options

We can connect these values to click event of buttons, on Click the Image and compound value can be changed.
Full code is here

import tkinter  as tk 
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
my_w = tk.Tk()
my_w.geometry("400x200")  
my_tabs = ttk.Notebook(my_w,padding=20) # declaring 

tab0 = ttk.Frame(my_tabs)
tab1 = ttk.Frame(my_tabs)
tab2 = ttk.Frame(my_tabs)
r1 = tk.PhotoImage(file='D:\\testing\\notebook\\r1.png')
y1 = tk.PhotoImage(file='D:\\testing\\notebook\\y1.png')
g1 = tk.PhotoImage(file='D:\\testing\\notebook\\g1.png')

my_tabs.add(tab0, text ='Tab-0',image=r1, compound='bottom') 
my_tabs.add(tab1, text ='Tab-1',image=y1, compound='top')  
my_tabs.add(tab2, text ='Tab-2',image=g1, compound='right') 
my_tabs.pack(expand = 1, fill ="both")

def my_fun():
    my_dict=my_tabs.tab(tab1) # reading option values as dictionary
    print(my_dict['image']) # print the value
    my_tabs.tab(tab1,image=r1) # Change the image

font1=('times',24,'normal')
l1=tk.Label(tab0,text='I am tab-0',bg='yellow',font=font1)
l1.place(relx=0.4,rely=0.2) # using place


l2=tk.Label(tab1,text='I am tab-1',bg='yellow',font=font1)
l2.place(relx=0.4,rely=0.2) # using place
l3=tk.Label(tab2,text='I am tab-2',bg='yellow',font=font1)
l3.place(relx=0.4,rely=0.2) # using place

b3=tk.Button(my_w,text='Change Image', command=lambda:my_fun())
b3.pack(side=LEFT)
b4=tk.Button(my_w,text='BOTTOM',
     command=lambda:my_tabs.tab(tab1,compound='bottom'))
b4.pack(side=LEFT)
b4=tk.Button(my_w,text='TOP',
    command=lambda:my_tabs.tab(tab1,compound='top'))
b4.pack(side=LEFT)
b5=tk.Button(my_w,text='RIGHT',
    command=lambda:my_tabs.tab(tab1,compound='right'))
b5.pack(side=LEFT)
b4=tk.Button(my_w,text='LEFT',
    command=lambda:my_tabs.tab(tab1,compound='left'))
b4.pack(side=LEFT)
my_w.mainloop()  # Keep the window open

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