Python Tkinter - hide a widget after some time

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I want to draw a widget (in this example, a canvas) and then remove it after some time. Like a message that shows up and then is removed, just so that the user can read it, but there is no need to click "ok" or something like that to remove the message. Here is an example code. ``` from tkinter import* root = Tk() canvas_1 = Canvas(root, width = 300, height = 300, bg = 'white') canvas_1.grid(column = 0, row = 0) canvas_2 = Canvas(canvas_1, width = 200, height = 200, bg = 'blue') canvas_2.place(x = 50, y = 50) canvas_1.after(1000, canvas_2.place_forget()) root.mainloop() ``` The problem is that it seems tkinter runs the `after()` method before everything else, no matter when it is called in the code. The result is that the `canvas_2` never appears. I've tried `time.sleep()` but it seems to work in the same way in this case. Thanks in advance.

Accepted Answer

The issue is that your `after` statement is actually causing `canvas_2` to be forgotten immediately. This is because the ()'s are telling Python to run the `place_forget` function (rather than run it in 1000ms). Remove the ()'s and you will be good to go. Best of luck.

Replace this:

```
canvas_1.after(1000, canvas_2.place_forget())
```

with this:

```
canvas_1.after(1000, canvas_2.place_forget)
```

Python Tkinter - hide a widget after some time

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