I am looking to make the background of the tkinter canvas transparent, but still have Mouse events of the canvas, here is my code, I am on Windows 10, Python 3.6:
from tkinter import *
import time
WIDTH = 500
HEIGHT = 500
LINEWIDTH = 1
TRANSCOLOUR = 'gray'
global old
old = ()
tk = Tk()
tk.title('Virtual whiteboard')
tk.wm_attributes('-transparentcolor', TRANSCOLOUR)
canvas = Canvas(tk, width=WIDTH, height=HEIGHT)
canvas.pack()
canvas.config(cursor='tcross')
canvas.create_rectangle(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT, fill=TRANSCOLOUR, outline=TRANSCOLOUR)
def buttonmotion(evt):
global old
if old == ():
old = (evt.x, evt.y)
return
else:
canvas.create_line(old[0], old[1], evt.x, evt.y, width=LINEWIDTH)
old = (evt.x, evt.y)
def buttonclick(evt):
global old
canvas.create_line(evt.x-1, evt.y-1, evt.x, evt.y, width=LINEWIDTH)
old = (evt.x, evt.y)
canvas.bind('', buttonmotion)
canvas.bind('', buttonclick)
while True:
tk.update()
time.sleep(0.01)
When run the code, it makes a transparent background, but I select the things under, instead of the canvas.
解决方案
I build a little workaround with the help of the win api, here is my suggestion:
from tkinter import *
import time
import win32gui
import win32api
WIDTH = 500
HEIGHT = 500
LINEWIDTH = 1
TRANSCOLOUR = 'gray'
title = 'Virtual whiteboard'
global old
old = ()
global HWND_t
HWND_t = 0
tk = Tk()
tk.title(title)
tk.lift()
tk.wm_attributes("-topmost", True)
tk.wm_attributes("-transparentcolor", TRANSCOLOUR)
state_left = win32api.GetKeyState(0x01) # Left button down = 0 or 1. Button up = -127 or -128
canvas = Canvas(tk, width=WIDTH, height=HEIGHT)
canvas.pack()
canvas.config(cursor='tcross')
canvas.create_rectangle(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT, fill=TRANSCOLOUR, outline=TRANSCOLOUR)
def putOnTop(event):
event.widget.unbind('')
event.widget.update()
event.widget.lift()
event.widget.bind('', putOnTop)
def drawline(data):
global old
if old !=():
canvas.create_line(old[0], old[1], data[0], data[1], width=LINEWIDTH)
old = (data[0], data[1])
def enumHandler(hwnd, lParam):
global HWND_t
if win32gui.IsWindowVisible(hwnd):
if title in win32gui.GetWindowText(hwnd):
HWND_t = hwnd
win32gui.EnumWindows(enumHandler, None)
tk.bind('', putOnTop)
tk.focus()
running = 1
while running == 1:
try:
tk.update()
time.sleep(0.01)
if HWND_t != 0:
windowborder = win32gui.GetWindowRect(HWND_t)
cur_pos = win32api.GetCursorPos()
state_left_new = win32api.GetKeyState(0x01)
if state_left_new != state_left:
if windowborder[0] < cur_pos[0] and windowborder[2] > cur_pos[0] and windowborder[1] < cur_pos[1] and windowborder[3] > cur_pos[1]:
drawline((cur_pos[0] - windowborder[0] - 5, cur_pos[1] - windowborder[1] - 30))
else:
old = ()
except Exception as e:
running = 0
print("error %r" % (e))
Shot explanation of the new code bits:
tk.lift()
tk.wm_attributes("-topmost", True)
...
def putOnTop(event):
event.widget.unbind('')
event.widget.update()
event.widget.lift()
event.widget.bind('', putOnTop)
...
tk.bind('', putOnTop)
tk.focus()
These lines ensure, that the window will be always be on top of all other windows.
global HWND_t
HWND_t = 0
...
def enumHandler(hwnd, lParam):
global HWND_t
if win32gui.IsWindowVisible(hwnd):
if title in win32gui.GetWindowText(hwnd):
HWND_t = hwnd
win32gui.EnumWindows(enumHandler, None)
This code bit will go through all the windows currently displayed and catches the handle of the whiteboard window (make sure the title is unique, or this could capture the wrong handle).
state_left = win32api.GetKeyState(0x01)
...
if HWND_t != 0:
windowborder = win32gui.GetWindowRect(HWND_t)
cur_pos = win32api.GetCursorPos()
state_left_new = win32api.GetKeyState(0x01)
if state_left_new != state_left:
if windowborder[0] < cur_pos[0] and windowborder[2] > cur_pos[0] and windowborder[1] < cur_pos[1] and windowborder[3] > cur_pos[1]:
drawline((cur_pos[0] - windowborder[0] - 5, cur_pos[1] - windowborder[1] - 30))
else:
old = ()
This
Checks, if the handle is found
Checks, if mouse button 1 is clicked or not
Checks, if mouse is inside the window
if all is true, it takes the mouse data and draws the line
the current mode is, that it doesn't draw anything till the button is clicked and then draws until the button is clicked again.