#! /usr/bin/python2.7 """Play with the new Tk 8.0 toplevel menu option.""" from Tkinter import * class App: def __init__(self, master): self.master = master self.menubar = Menu(self.master) self.filemenu = Menu(self.menubar) self.filemenu.add_command(label="New") self.filemenu.add_command(label="Open...") self.filemenu.add_command(label="Close") self.filemenu.add_separator() self.filemenu.add_command(label="Quit", command=self.master.quit) self.editmenu = Menu(self.menubar) self.editmenu.add_command(label="Cut") self.editmenu.add_command(label="Copy") self.editmenu.add_command(label="Paste") self.helpmenu = Menu(self.menubar, name='help') self.helpmenu.add_command(label="About...") self.menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=self.filemenu) self.menubar.add_cascade(label="Edit", menu=self.editmenu) self.menubar.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=self.helpmenu) self.top = Toplevel(menu=self.menubar) # Rest of app goes here... def main(): root = Tk() root.withdraw() app = App(root) root.mainloop() if __name__ == '__main__': main()