1 #! /usr/bin/env python

     2 

     3 """Play with the new Tk 8.0 toplevel menu option."""

     4 

     5 from Tkinter import *

     6 

     7 class App:

     8 

     9     def __init__(self, master):

    10         self.master = master

    11 

    12         self.menubar = Menu(self.master)

    13 

    14         self.filemenu = Menu(self.menubar)

    15 

    16         self.filemenu.add_command(label="New")

    17         self.filemenu.add_command(label="Open...")

    18         self.filemenu.add_command(label="Close")

    19         self.filemenu.add_separator()

    20         self.filemenu.add_command(label="Quit", command=self.master.quit)

    21 

    22         self.editmenu = Menu(self.menubar)

    23 

    24         self.editmenu.add_command(label="Cut")

    25         self.editmenu.add_command(label="Copy")

    26         self.editmenu.add_command(label="Paste")

    27 

    28         self.helpmenu = Menu(self.menubar, name='help')

    29 

    30         self.helpmenu.add_command(label="About...")

    31 

    32         self.menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=self.filemenu)

    33         self.menubar.add_cascade(label="Edit", menu=self.editmenu)

    34         self.menubar.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=self.helpmenu)

    35 

    36         self.top = Toplevel(menu=self.menubar)

    37 

    38         # Rest of app goes here...

    39 

    40 def main():

    41     root = Tk()

    42     root.withdraw()

    43     app = App(root)

    44     root.mainloop()

    45 

    46 if __name__ == '__main__':

    47     main()