from Tkinter import * # shows how to make a slider, set and get its value under program control class Test(Frame): def print_value(self, val): print "slider now at", val def reset(self): self.slider.set(0) def createWidgets(self): self.slider = Scale(self, from_=0, to=100, orient=HORIZONTAL, length="3i", label="happy slider", command=self.print_value) self.reset = Button(self, text='reset slider', command=self.reset) self.QUIT = Button(self, text='QUIT', foreground='red', command=self.quit) self.slider.pack(side=LEFT) self.reset.pack(side=LEFT) self.QUIT.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH) def __init__(self, master=None): Frame.__init__(self, master) Pack.config(self) self.createWidgets() test = Test() test.mainloop()