Issue #27611: Fixed support of default root window in the tkinter.tix module.

serhiy-storchaka · serhiy-storchaka · commit 1aca3899fb6d · 2016-09-25T16:52:13.000+03:00
Added the master parameter in the DisplayStyle constructor.
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/tix.py b/Lib/tkinter/tix.py
@@ -472,11 +472,17 @@ class DisplayStyle:
     """DisplayStyle - handle configuration options shared by
     (multiple) Display Items"""
 
-    def __init__(self, itemtype, cnf={}, **kw):
-        master = tkinter._default_root              # global from Tkinter
-        if not master and 'refwindow' in cnf: master=cnf['refwindow']
-        elif not master and 'refwindow' in kw:  master= kw['refwindow']
-        elif not master: raise RuntimeError("Too early to create display style: no root window")
+    def __init__(self, itemtype, cnf={}, *, master=None, **kw):
+        if not master:
+            if 'refwindow' in kw:
+                master = kw['refwindow']
+            elif 'refwindow' in cnf:
+                master = cnf['refwindow']
+            else:
+                master = tkinter._default_root
+                if not master:
+                    raise RuntimeError("Too early to create display style: "
+                                       "no root window")
         self.tk = master.tk
         self.stylename = self.tk.call('tixDisplayStyle', itemtype,
                             *self._options(cnf,kw) )
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #27611: Fixed support of default root window in the tkinter.tix module.
+  Added the master parameter in the DisplayStyle constructor.
+
 - Issue #27348: In the traceback module, restore the formatting of exception
   messages like "Exception: None".  This fixes a regression introduced in
   3.5a2.
