How to get state of Checkbutton when it's selected?

Question

How can I get the state of a Checkbutton in python? I have this:

def doSomething():

  if #code goes here, if checkbutton is selected
   ...

check = Checkbutton(window, text="Add both", onvalue = 1, offvalue = 0)
check.pack(side="right")

Check this post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4236910/getting-checkbutton-state/41081709#41081709 — Meowi, Aug 02 '20 at 21:51

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 29 '14 at 14:36

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You need to associate the Checkbox with a variable:

is_checked = IntVar()
check = Checkbutton(window, text="Add both", onvalue=1, offvalue=0, variable=is_checked)

Then utilise do your check such as:

if is_checked.get():
    # do something

edited Sep 29 '14 at 14:36

ArtOfWarfare

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answered May 27 '13 at 18:15

Jon Clements

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Screwed me up for two hours because this answer was missing `.get()`. – ArtOfWarfare Sep 29 '14 at 14:37
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what if you dont want to create new variable just for checkbox? – greendino May 17 '20 at 03:57

How to get state of Checkbutton when it's selected?

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