Requirements

• Windows, Mac or Linux
• Python 2.7 or 3.x with tkinter
• Pillow module (required if you want to put an image on the button)
• colour module (required for gradient colours)

Installation

Place gradient_button.py into your project directory: from gradient_button import Button

Documentation

 my_button = Button(parent=window)
 my_button.pack()

Places the button into the parent provided. Any of the three geometry managers: "pack", "grid", or "place" can be used.

Optional keyword arguments:

• font =

  • Takes a tuple of family name and font size
  • Defaults to ("Arial", 20)

• active_color =

  • Color / gradient to display when the cursor is hovering over the button
  • Takes either a single color, or list of two colors to create a gradient
  • Accepts hex, rgb or tkinter color name.
  • Defaults to ["#D46A6A", "#AA3939"]

• active_num_colors =

  • Number of gradient colors to be used between the two colors
  • Takes an Integer
  • Defaults to 50

• active_foreground =

  • Font color when the cursor is hovering over the button.
  • Takes hex, rgb, or tkinter color.
  • Defaults to "#FFAAAA".

• active_cursor =

  • Cursor to use when hovering over the button
  • Defaults to hand2

• inactive_color =

  • Color / gradient to display when the button is not being hovered over
  • Takes either a single color, or list of two colors to create a gradient
  • Accepts hex, rgb or tkinter color name.
  • Defaults to ["#AA3939", "#D46A6A"]

• inactive_foreground =

  • Font color when the cursor is NOT hovering over the button.
  • Takes hex, rgb, or tkinter color.
  • Defaults to #550000.

• inactive_num_color =

  • Number of gradient colors to be used between the two colors
  • Takes an Integer
  • Defaults to 50

• text =

  • Text to be displayed on the button
  • Defaults to ""

• image =

  • required import

    from PIL import ImageTk, Image

  • Image to be displayed on the button
  • Takes a Photoimage - most formats can be passed using image = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open("image_path"))
  • Defaults to None

• compound =

  • Where to locate the image relative to the text
  • Takes "left", "right", "top", or "bottom"
  • Defaults to "top"

• ipadx =

  • Space in pixels to be added between button contents and vertical edges
  • defaults to 50

• ipady =

  • Space in pixels to be added between button contents and horizintal edges
  • defaults to 20

• stay_active =

  • takes a Boolean
  • If False, after being clicked the button will return back to the inactive color scheme
  • If True, after being clicked the button will retain the active color scheme, even after the mouse leaves the button area until the button is clicked again.

• command =

  • Takes a method or function to be called when the button is clicked

Example

class Main(tk.Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        tk.Tk.__init__(self)
        self.configure(width=WIDTH, height=HEIGHT)
        center(self, self.winfo_screenwidth(), self.winfo_screenheight())
        self.button = Button(parent=self,
                             inactive_color=["#AA3939", "#D46A6A"],
                             inactive_foreground="#2D5887",
                             active_color = ["#D46A6A", "#AA3939"],
                             active_foreground="#C7EFE3",
                             font=("Arial", 20),
                             text="Button",
                             image=ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open("python.png")),
                             compound="top",
                             stay_active=True,
                             command = self.clicked,
        )
        self.button.pack(fill=None, expand=False)

    def clicked(self, *event):
        print("Clicked")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main = Main()
    main.mainloop()