from Tkinter import *

class Test(Frame):

    def printit(self):

        print "hi"

    def createWidgets(self):

        self.QUIT = Button(self, text='QUIT',

                                  background='red',

                                  foreground='white',

                                  height=3,

                                  command=self.quit)

        self.QUIT.pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=BOTH)

        self.canvasObject = Canvas(self, width="5i", height="5i")

        self.canvasObject.pack(side=LEFT)

    def mouseDown(self, event):

        # canvas x and y take the screen coords from the event and translate

        # them into the coordinate system of the canvas object

        self.startx = self.canvasObject.canvasx(event.x)

        self.starty = self.canvasObject.canvasy(event.y)

    def mouseMotion(self, event):

        # canvas x and y take the screen coords from the event and translate

        # them into the coordinate system of the canvas object

        x = self.canvasObject.canvasx(event.x)

        y = self.canvasObject.canvasy(event.y)

        if (self.startx != event.x)  and (self.starty != event.y) :

            self.canvasObject.delete(self.rubberbandBox)

            self.rubberbandBox = self.canvasObject.create_rectangle(

                self.startx, self.starty, x, y)

            # this flushes the output, making sure that

            # the rectangle makes it to the screen

            # before the next event is handled

            self.update_idletasks()

    def mouseUp(self, event):

        self.canvasObject.delete(self.rubberbandBox)

    def __init__(self, master=None):

        Frame.__init__(self, master)

        Pack.config(self)

        self.createWidgets()

        # this is a "tagOrId" for the rectangle we draw on the canvas

        self.rubberbandBox = None

        # and the bindings that make it work..

        Widget.bind(self.canvasObject, "<Button-1>", self.mouseDown)

        Widget.bind(self.canvasObject, "<Button1-Motion>", self.mouseMotion)

        Widget.bind(self.canvasObject, "<Button1-ButtonRelease>", self.mouseUp)

test = Test()

test.mainloop()