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TkAnimations is a collection of reusable animation effects for Tkinter widgets, designed to bring life and motion to your desktop apps all from a single, lightweight Python file.
- Fade in/out effects
- Slide animations in all directions
- Bouncing effects
- Pulsing effects
- Wiggle effects
- Color transitions
- Expand/shrink animations
- Shake effects
- Hover animations
Simply copy the tk_animations.py file into your project folder.
-or pip install tk-animations
from tkinter import *
from tk_animations import TkAnimations
root = Tk()
animations = TkAnimations()
# Apply to any widget
button = Button(root, text="Click me")
button.pack()
animations.animate_fade_in(button)animate_fade_in(
widget: tk.Widget,
duration: int = 1000,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)
animate_fade_out(
widget: tk.Widget,
duration: int = 1000,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)animate_slide(
widget: tk.Widget,
direction: str = 'right', # 'left'/'right'/'up'/'down'
distance: int = 100,
duration: int = 1000,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)
animate_bounce(
widget: tk.Widget,
height: int = 30, # Max bounce height
bounces: int = 3,
duration: int = 1500,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)
animate_hover(
widget: tk.Widget,
hover_lift: int = 10, # Lift distance
duration: int = 300,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)animate_pulse(
widget: tk.Widget,
scale_factor: float = 1.2, # Max scale
pulses: int = 3,
duration: int = 1000,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)
animate_wiggle(
widget: tk.Widget,
angle: float = 10.0, # Max rotation
wiggles: int = 5,
duration: int = 1000,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)
animate_expand_shrink(
widget: tk.Widget,
expand_factor: float = 1.5,
duration: int = 1000,
shrink_back: bool = True, # Return to original size
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)animate_color_transition(
widget: tk.Widget,
start_color: str = '#FFFFFF',
end_color: str = '#3498db',
duration: int = 1000,
property_name: str = 'bg', # 'fg' for text color
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)
animate_shake(
widget: tk.Widget,
intensity: int = 10, # Shake strength
shakes: int = 5,
duration: int = 800,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None
)The library includes a ready-to-run demo:
if __name__ == "__main__":
demo_app() # Shows all animations- Works best with
place()manager for precise control.
- Complex animations may affect performance on older hardware.
- Alpha effects may not work on all platforms.
- All durations are in milliseconds (1000ms = 1s).
- Optional callback functions execute after animation completes.
MIT License Free to use modify and distribute.