Create new button after clicking a button tkinter

Question

I looked at other answers to questions similar to mine, but nothing worked for some reason. I am trying to create a button after another button it's clicked in tkinter. My code looks like this:

    def BookButton():
        global book_button_image
        book_button_image = PhotoImage(file=relative_to_books(f"History.png"))
        book_button = Button(
            image = book_button_image,
            borderwidth=0,
            highlightthickness=0,
            command = lambda: print('PDF opened'),
            relief="flat",
        )
        book_button.place(
            x=850.0,
            y=344.5,
            width=370.0,
            height=498.0
        )
        book_button.pack()
        print('button created')

    global button_image_1
    button_image_1 = PhotoImage(
        file=relative_to_assets("button_1.png"))
    button_1 = Button(
        image=button_image_1,
        borderwidth=0,
        highlightthickness=0,
        command=lambda: [BookButton()],
        relief="flat",
    )
    button_1.place(
        x=850.0,
        y=708.0,
        width=286.0,
        height=85.0
    )

I see that the BookButton function gets called and executed, but the button doesn't show up. Does anyone know what am I doing wrong and what should I change?

Answer 1

It doesn't work because you are using place to position the widget. So even if the function is executed multiple times. The same looking button will duplicate and stay there. It is just an illusion. There are actually many buttons but it looks like its only one because they are on top of each other. Just use the pack or grid method in tkinter. I hope this answers your question.

EDIT:

It also doesn't work because you did not specify the root window when creating a button. You should have to have something like this button = Button(root_window, other parameters....)