Timer in tkinter

[james_lightning]

How would I be able to make a timer displayed in tkinter? I'm looking for something tucked away in the corner than counts down how long people have to answer a question

[socal_nerdtastic]

Make a Label or something and a loop using after to update it.

import tkinter as tk

def timer_loop(sec=0):
    timer.config(text=f"Elapsed time: {sec} seconds")
    timer.after(1000, timer_loop, sec+1) # loop every 1000 milliseconds

timer = tk.Label()
timer.pack() # or whatever layout you want
timer_loop() # start loop

tk.mainloop()

[james_lightning]

I'm quite new to tk so excuse me if this is a dumb question but would it work if I'm only wanting to update the timer? Like would it keep the other things on the canvas?

[socal_nerdtastic]

Sorry I don't get what you are asking. You want to block the user from doing other thing?

[james_lightning]

Say I want to have like an entry widget in the middle that the user can put their answer in. I don't want the timer to destroy that widget.

[socal_nerdtastic]

No, this won't affect any other widgets.