tktimer

tktimer

tktimer is a set of tkinter widgets including a Stopwatch widget and a Countdown widget.

Installing

$ pip install tktimer

Usage

The timers have two methods: start() and pause().

You can find example programs in examples/.

Available options:

option	description	default
parent	set the parent widget.
prefix	set text before timer value.	""
suffix	set text after timer value.	""
unit	set the unit (available: second, minute, hour, day, week, year).	second
beginning	set starting point (in seconds). specific to Countdown.	10
update_every	set updating time every X milliseconds.	10
precision	set counting precision (number of digits after the decimal point).	2
offset	set time offset (in seconds). specific to Stopwatch.	10

FAQ

How can I continue the timer after restarting my app?

You can get the elapsed time (in seconds) with timer.value.get() on exit and set offset later on, which will make the timer start counting from offset. For Countdown, tweak beginning instead of offset.

I'm not happy with how my timer looks like. Can I change its appearance?

Yes, timers are ultimately just tkinter labels which means you can do anything you would to an ordinary tkinter.Label.

Licensing

Licensed under the MIT License. For details, see LICENSE.