Getting every child widget of a Tkinter window

Question

Is it possible to get all of the children of a Tkinter widget, then get the children's children etc.?

Basically I want all of the widgets within one entire window.

Edit : I found a solution utilizing Bryan's line :

def all_children (wid) :
    _list = wid.winfo_children()

    for item in _list :
        if item.winfo_children() :
            _list.extend(item.winfo_children())

    return _list

For searchers (such as myself) the key word is "recursively", eg "How do I recursively iterate over all children of a widget." — tex, Nov 01 '15 at 14:04

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '11 at 02:06

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The method you are looking for is winfo_children.

answered Sep 03 '11 at 02:06

Bryan Oakley

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Bryan's link no longer is active try this one instead [Every Child](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/getting-every-child-widget-of-a-tkinter-window) – Jim Robinson Dec 09 '21 at 04:54

Getting every child widget of a Tkinter window

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