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mannequin
opened on Jul 13, 2012
BPO 15346
Nosy @terryjreedy, @asvetlov
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  • bpo-25237: Add doc for tkinter commondialog.Dialog and subclasses
  • bpo-30210: No Documentation on tkinter dnd module
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created_at = <Date 2012-07-13.16:47:26.634>
labels = ['type-feature', 'docs']
title = 'Tkinter extention modules have no documentation'
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    1. weirdink13 commented on Jul 13, 2012

      @weirdink13
      weirdink13mannequin
      on Jul 13, 2012
      MannequinAuthor

      The title should be self explanatory.
      I needed Drag-and-drop for a project I was working on, (maybe I shouldn't be refering to it in the past tense as I haven't started yet) so I checked the documentation for tkinter and found:
      3.3.0 b1
      tkinter.dnd
      Drag-and-drop support for tkinter. This is experimental and should become deprecated when it is replaced with the Tk DND.

      3.2.2 (and .2.3)
      tkinter.dnd
      Drag-and-drop support for tkinter. This is experimental and should become deprecated when it is replaced with the Tk DND.

      2.7.3
      Tkdnd
      Drag-and-drop support for Tkinter. This is experimental and should become deprecated when it is replaced with the Tk DND.

      I think that tkinter.dnd needs some documentation, whether or not it is replaced with Tk DND.

    2. weirdink13
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      docspython
      on Jul 13, 2012
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    4. weirdink13 commented on Aug 15, 2012

      @weirdink13
      weirdink13mannequin
      on Aug 15, 2012
      MannequinAuthor

      For that matter, none of the following have docs:
      tkinter.colorchooser
      tkinter.commondialog
      tkinter.filedialog
      tkinter.font
      tkinter.messagebox
      tkinter.simpledialog
      tkinter.dnd
      Perhaps this should be remidied? One sentence usualy does not describe the use of an entire module.

    5. weirdink13
      changed the title [-]Tkinter dnd has no documentation[/-] [+]Tkinter extention modules no documentation[/+] on Aug 15, 2012
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      type-featureA feature request or enhancement
      on Aug 15, 2012
    7. weirdink13
      changed the title [-]Tkinter extention modules no documentation[/-] [+]Tkinter extention modules have no documentation[/+] on Aug 15, 2012
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      on Nov 16, 2012

    9. weirdink13 commented on Dec 5, 2012

      @weirdink13
      weirdink13mannequin
      on Dec 5, 2012
      MannequinAuthor

      We could at least put links to some documentation.

    10. asvetlov commented on Dec 5, 2012

      @asvetlov
      asvetlov
      on Dec 5, 2012
      Contributor

      Patch is welcome!

    11. weirdink13 commented on Dec 6, 2012

      @weirdink13
      weirdink13mannequin
      on Dec 6, 2012
      MannequinAuthor

      There is documentation of these modules, it's just that it's in the modules themselves.

    12. terryjreedy commented on Sep 26, 2015

      @terryjreedy
      terryjreedy
      on Sep 26, 2015
      Member

      I opened bpo-25237 for commondialog, messagebox, and colorchooser.

    13. ezio-melotti
      transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
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    16. serhiy-storchaka
      added 8 commits that reference this issue on Jun 17, 2026

      pythongh-59551: Fix the remaining cross-references in the ttk documen…

      f3d9376

      pythongh-59551: Restore wrapping in two filedialog ok_command descrip…

      f1cdcd4

      pythongh-59551: Spell out e.g. and i.e. in the tkinter documentation

      3074205

      pythongh-59551: Document grid_anchor only as a Misc method

      1bd252f

      pythongh-59551: Use sentence case for section headings in the tkinter…

      774052b

      pythongh-59551: Document the supported options of tkinter widgets and…

      3417306

      pythongh-59551: Rename Doc/library/dialog.rst to tkinter.dialog.rst

      46e1965

      pythongh-59551: Rename Doc/library/dialog.rst to tkinter.dialog.rst

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    17. serhiy-storchaka
      added a commit that references this issue on Sep 4, 2026

      pythongh-59551: Rename Doc/library/dialog.rst to tkinter.dialogs.rst

      9b52afa
    18. merwok
      changed the title [-]Tkinter extention modules have no documentation[/-] [+]Tkinter extension modules have no documentation[/+] on Sep 4, 2026
    19. serhiy-storchaka
      added 2 commits that reference this issue on Sep 13, 2026

      gh-59551: Rename Doc/library/dialog.rst to tkinter.dialogs.rst (GH-15…

      fde6296

      pythongh-59551: Add a stub page for the old library/dialog.html URL

      cb911ab
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      added a commit that references this issue on Sep 14, 2026

      pythongh-59551: Rename Doc/library/dialog.rst to tkinter.dialogs.rst (p…

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      added a commit that references this issue on Sep 23, 2026

      gh-59551: Add redirect for `library/dialog.rst` which was renamed (#1…

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      closed this as completedon Sep 23, 2026
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