tkinter messagebox always appears behind main pygame window

Question

I am trying to make my messagebox appear in front of my pygame window, but it keeps appearing behind it. Here's my code:

from tkinter import messagebox

# pygame loop here
messagebox.showinfo("Title", "Message here")

Do I need to do add some lines of code to bring it to the front? Any help would be appreciated.

[How to put a Tkinter window on top of the others](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8691655/how-to-put-a-tkinter-window-on-top-of-the-others) — furas, Feb 02 '17 at 04:43
I tried making a `Tk()` object and using the `lift()` function, but it still appears behind the window. — o.o, Feb 02 '17 at 04:47
you can also try second answer - with `'-topmost'` but you may have to create own window with message. — furas, Feb 02 '17 at 04:50
Got it to work. Posted the answer. Though not entirely sure why it works. — o.o, Feb 02 '17 at 04:53

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '17 at 04:52

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I got it to work. I had to add root.withdraw() as well.

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import messagebox

root = tk.Tk()
root.withdraw()

# pygame loop here
messagebox.showinfo("Title", "Message here")
root.lift()

Not sure why hiding the root tkinter window makes it work...

answered Feb 02 '17 at 04:52

o.o

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The old programing problem: "What does this line do?" "Not sure, but if you delete it, it doesn't work" – C. R. Yasuo Jul 20 '18 at 13:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 10 '22 at 07:23

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This will put the window in the middle of the screen on the top level of everything, so it will not be hidden behind and stays in front.

window = Tk()
window.eval('tk::PlaceWindow %s center' % window.winfo_toplevel())

edited May 10 '22 at 07:23

Jaroslav Bezděk

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answered Apr 13 '20 at 12:08

VPraharsha

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tkinter messagebox always appears behind main pygame window

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