gui within a gui - tkinter python

Question

I am trying to embed a chat system (that is a gui) within another gui I have already created. I have tested the chat application separately (it uses socket programming) and it works fine, but when I copy and paste that code into the original gui application (so that when I press a button it opens the chat application), it stops working.

I don't know why this is happening, so any insight would be helpful. I have a feeling it has something to do with the fact that I am trying to run a gui within a gui, but I am not sure, as this is the first time I'm working with python gui's.

Answer 1

Use the Tkinter Toplevel window instead of Tk window. You should never have two Tk windows.