how to change the style of a CTKwidget

[zorrolaotse]

HI,
is it possible to change the style of a CTKwidget (arrow size of a CTKComboBox for example) ?
I've tried to use the tkk.style but without result.
More generaly how to access to the tkinter components of of CTKwidget ?

Thanks

[avalon60]

Have you checked out CTkComboBox.configure api in the docs?
https://customtkinter.tomschimansky.com/documentation/widgets/combobox

[zorrolaotse]

Yes, configure can change the font of the text or the items of the dropdown but not button on the right of the combobox.

[rigvedmaanas]

Hi @zorrolaotse,

It is not possible to configure the style of the dropdown arrow. The dropdown arrow is created by the draw engine (canvas).

requires_recoloring_2 = self.draw_engine.draw_dropdown_arrow(self._apply_widget_scaling(self._current_width - (self._current_height / 2)),  self._apply_widget_scaling(self._current_height / 2), self._apply_widget_scaling(self._current_height / 3))

The above code in the ctk_combobox.py draws the dropdown arrow.

The dropdown arrow color is linked to the font color, so changing the font color will also change the arrow color. However, you can independently change the color of the dropdown. But it's not recommended since it might change again back to the original color when you configure the button.

Example Code

combo = CTkComboBox(root, values=["Value 1", "Value 2", "Value 3"])
combo.pack(expand=True)
combo._canvas.itemconfig("dropdown_arrow", fill="yellow")

Result

I hope this helps

[zorrolaotse]

Thanks for your answer