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      1 from Tkinter import *
      2 
      3 # This program shows how to use the "after" function to make animation.
      4 
      5 class Test(Frame):
      6     def printit(self):
      7         print "hi"
      8 
      9     def createWidgets(self):
     10         self.QUIT = Button(self, text='QUIT', foreground='red',
     11                            command=self.quit)
     12         self.QUIT.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)
     13 
     14         self.draw = Canvas(self, width="5i", height="5i")
     15 
     16         # all of these work..
     17         self.draw.create_rectangle(0, 0, 10, 10, tags="thing", fill="blue")
     18         self.draw.pack(side=LEFT)
     19 
     20     def moveThing(self, *args):
     21         # move 1/10 of an inch every 1/10 sec (1" per second, smoothly)
     22         self.draw.move("thing", "0.01i", "0.01i")
     23         self.after(10, self.moveThing)
     24 
     25 
     26     def __init__(self, master=None):
     27         Frame.__init__(self, master)
     28         Pack.config(self)
     29         self.createWidgets()
     30         self.after(10, self.moveThing)
     31 
     32 
     33 test = Test()
     34 
     35 test.mainloop()
     36