Function _list_from_layouttuple

Lib/tkinter/ttk.py:251–277

Construct a list from the tuple returned by ttk::layout, this is somewhat the reverse of _format_layoutlist.

(tk, ltuple)

    return result

def _list_from_layouttuple(tk, ltuple):
    """Construct a list from the tuple returned by ttk::layout, this is
    somewhat the reverse of _format_layoutlist."""
    ltuple = tk.splitlist(ltuple)
    res = []

    indx = 0
    while indx < len(ltuple):
        name = ltuple[indx]
        opts = {}
        res.append((name, opts))
        indx += 1

        while indx < len(ltuple): # grab name's options
            opt, val = ltuple[indx:indx + 2]
            if not opt.startswith('-'): # found next name
                break

            opt = opt[1:] # remove the '-' from the option
            indx += 2

            if opt == 'children':
                val = _list_from_layouttuple(tk, val)

            opts[opt] = val

    return res

def _val_or_dict(tk, options, *args):
    """Format options then call Tk command with args and options and return