In this article, we are going to see how we can open a website in the Tkinter window. We can open a website in Tkinter using webview. This library allows us to view the HTML content in its GUI window.
Syntax to install Tkinter and webview using the below commands.
pip install tk pip install pywebview
Method 1: Using webview.create_window() and webview.start() function
In this method, we are use webview.create_window() and webview.start() function to open website in Tkinter. create_window() function is create window for website and start() function display this website on screen. Follow the below steps to open a website in Tkinter using this method.
- Import Tkinter and webview libraries.
- define an instance of Tkinter.
- Set the size of your window.
- Call webview.create_window() function.
Example:
Python3
# Import tkinter and webview libraries from tkinter import *import webview # define an instance of tkinter tk = Tk() # size of the window where we show our website tk.geometry("800x450") # Open website webview.start() |
Output:
Method 2: Using webbrowser.open() function
In this method. we use webbrowser.open() function. This function opens the requested page using the default browser. Follow the below steps to open a website in Tkinter using this method.
- Import Tkinter and webview libraries.
- define an instance of Tkinter.
- Set the size of your window.
- Call webbrowser.open() function.
Example:
Python3
# import required library import webbrowser from tkinter import * # creating root root = Tk() # setting GUI title root.title("WebBrowsers") # setting GUI geometry root.geometry("660x660") # call webbrowser.open() function. webbrowser.open("www.instagram.com") |
Output:
