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Debugging tkinter applications

Hi, I'm using Wing Pro 9.1.2.0. When my tkinter application raises an exception, the debug information shows up in the Debug I/O tab, but not the Exceptions tab.

For example:

  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/tkinter/__init__.py", line 1702, in configure
    return self._configure('configure', cnf, kw)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/tkinter/__init__.py", line 1692, in _configure
    self.tk.call(_flatten((self._w, cmd)) + self._options(cnf))
_tkinter.TclError: unknown color name

Is there a way to have the exception above show in the Exceptions tab, so that I can click on it and have it take me to the line with the issue? The Debug I/O tab is shown in plain text, so clicking on the exception won't take me to the line in the editor.

I tried adding TclError to the Exceptions configuration, under 'Always Report', but that didn't make a difference for me. Any ideas? Thanks.

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asked 2023-11-17 20:03:35 -0600
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Do you have the Debugger > Exceptions preference in Wing set to When Printed (Default) or some other value? It's possible Tkinter is printing this in some odd way, and setting a breakpoint on the line where it occurs may allow you to look up the stack and see what it's doing.

Wingware Support's avatar Wingware Support (2023-11-18 05:57:33 -0600) edit

Debugger -> Exceptions is set to When Printed (Default). I think I found out what the issue is: I'm using a module called Pygubu (which is used for creating a tkinter GUI using a design editor and loading the .ui file into the project) - something similar to Qt Designer but for tkinter, and that's why it's showing exceptions in the Debug I/O area instead of the Exceptions tab. If I use plain tkinter without Pygubu, the exceptions show up in the Exceptions area.

jrez's avatar jrez (2023-11-18 10:36:17 -0600) edit

Thanks for the advice!

jrez's avatar jrez (2023-11-18 20:18:50 -0600) edit
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Interesting, so Pygubu may be doing something odd with the exception hook and thus preventing our debugger from seeing the exception, but I'm not sure. That is a general issue seen in various frameworks and it may be possible to turn off its extra debugging support so Wing's debugger can take over. I didn't find anything when I tried to search for a solution to this, but you may be able to figure it out if you stop on a break point where an exception is happening and go up the stack to see if there's any code that conditionalizes whatever Pygubu is doing to handle the exception.

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