from Tkinter import * class HelloButton(Button): def __init__(self, parent=None, config={}): # add callback method Button.__init__(self, parent, config) # use a real dictionary self.pack() self.config(command=self.callback) def callback(self): print 'Goodbye world...' self.quit() if __name__ == '__main__': HelloButton(None, {'text': 'Hello subclass world'}).mainloop()