how to add a theme to the main window in tkinter in python

To set up a theme for the main window in tkinter, we need to import the ttk module in addition to tkinter. ttk stands for "themed tk", and it provides styles and widgets that have a consistent appearance across different operating systems.

Here's an example code snippet that shows how to change the theme of the main window:

main.py
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk

# Create the main window
root = tk.Tk()

# Create the style object
style = ttk.Style()

# Set the theme (use one of the available themes)
style.theme_use('clam')

# Add widgets and configure them with the new theme
button = ttk.Button(root, text="Click me!")
button.pack()

# Start the GUI loop
root.mainloop()
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In this example, we import the ttk module, create a Style object, and set the theme to "clam". Once the theme is set, we can create widgets using the ttk prefix and the widgets will take on the appearance of the new theme.

Note that not all themes are available on all operating systems, and some themes may have different appearances on different systems. The available themes can be found by calling the ttk.Style().theme_names() method.

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