from tkinter import Frame, Label class MultiStatusBar(Frame): def __init__(self, master, **kw): Frame.__init__(self, master, **kw) self.labels = {} def set_label(self, name, text='', side='left', width=0): if name not in self.labels: label = Label(self, borderwidth=0, anchor='w') label.pack(side=side, pady=0, padx=4) self.labels[name] = label else: label = self.labels[name] if width != 0: label.config(width=width) label.config(text=text) def _multistatus_bar(parent): # htest # from tkinter import Toplevel, Frame, Text, Button top = Toplevel(parent) x, y = map(int, parent.geometry().split('+')[1:]) top.geometry("+%d+%d" %(x, y + 175)) top.title("Test multistatus bar") frame = Frame(top) text = Text(frame, height=5, width=40) text.pack() msb = MultiStatusBar(frame) msb.set_label("one", "hello") msb.set_label("two", "world") msb.pack(side='bottom', fill='x') def change(): msb.set_label("one", "foo") msb.set_label("two", "bar") button = Button(top, text="Update status", command=change) button.pack(side='bottom') frame.pack() if __name__ == '__main__': from unittest import main main('idlelib.idle_test.test_statusbar', verbosity=2, exit=False) from idlelib.idle_test.htest import run run(_multistatus_bar)