Python Tkinter ProgressBar in tkinter without ttk

Question

I am currently creating a program with a loading bar (Tkinter ProgressBar) in Tkinter. The problem is - that using tkinter.ttk is a pain - I have to change pretty much all of my code using that method, and seeming as I am fairly new to Tkinter, it isn't ideal to do so. Is there any other way of using the progressbar widget without the tkinter.ttk module?

(If I had to use the tkinter.ttk module I would have to spend hours sifting through my code and changing it - which I don't want to do!!)

Many thanks in advance!

@Xilpex How and would that allow me to use the ProgressBar still? The main thing I have to change is the background widgets of frame widgets - would these foreground/background variables in my other tkinter widgets that aren't ttk be affected? (could I keep other Tkinter widgets with the standard background="blue" code as they are?) — SnappyPenguin
You can use tkinter and tkinter.ttk in the same code, they're not mutually exclusive of each other and using widgets from both is quite common. Almost every GUI app I write begins with import tkinter as tk and from tkinter import ttk, allowing tkinter widgets to be used as tk.widget and ttk widgets as ttk.widget. — tgikal

Bryan Oakley Bryan Oakley · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-05T20:53:43

Tkinter doesn't have a progress bar except through ttk.

If you find tkinter.ttk.progressbar too difficult, just change how you import it.

For example:

from tkinter.ttk import Progressbar
...
pb = Progressbar(...)

or this, which I think is the better solution:

from tkinter import ttk
...
pb = ttk.Progressbar(...)

Python Tkinter ProgressBar in tkinter without ttk

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