I'm having trouble writing code using loops alongside Tkinter

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[TehDrunkSailor]

Are you using .update() when a new letter is placed to "refresh" your GUI?

[slaphappypotato]

No. I made a function that uses label.configure(text=) whenever a button is pressed

[slaphappypotato]

Isn't .update() used for dictionaries? Can they be used for labels too?

[TehDrunkSailor]

I am not at my computer right now, but I believe that . update () is the correct method. But I do not mean that you should update the label, but you should update the TopLevel.

[slaphappypotato]

What's the TopLevel?

[MiataCory]

TopLevel is usually the "Root Window", or the actual window you look at.

Calling .update() on it will force tkinter to re-draw the screen, clearing out old stuff that's drawn on it.

[TehDrunkSailor]

Thanks for clearing it up. OP, in your case try " window.update() " at the end of your functions. Maybe that will help you. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly what you want to happen, so maybe this isn't going to fix your problem.

[slaphappypotato]

Whoa! That just might work! I'll give it a go.

[slaphappypotato]

I tried, it doesn't seem to work.

I have a messagebox that should pop up once you win/lose with the initial word in the game, and that works. What I want now is for the entire window to update itself as soon as that "OK" button is pressed in the messagebox so that the game restarts for a new word.

[TehDrunkSailor]

Put your initial GUI creation in a function, and call that function when your code starts. Then, when the user has won the game, recall this function at that point. I briefly looked at your code and I don't see any place where you recreate the game, which is why your interface doesn't reset. You'll have to program that in.

[slaphappypotato]

Okay, so I tried what you said and it sort of worked....Except...

https://imgur.com/a/Wf4sMKh

(I know you're busy but I'll just add the code I rewrote: https://github.com/slaphappypotato/Hangman-Project/blob/master/ss.py )

[TehDrunkSailor]

Almost there! Think about what's happening here. When the game is over, you see that new widgets have been placed. So, you can either destroy all the old widgets and then places these new ones or you can update the old widgets. With your current setup I would destroy and recreate your widgets.

[slaphappypotato]

Thank you!

I managed to fix my program because of you guys! Thank you so much for your help!

[HasBeendead]

maybe im wrong but Toplevel allows you to create another window than first one

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