# check and radio button bar classes for apps that fetch state later;
# pass a list of options, call state(), variable details automated
 
from Tkinter import *

class Checkbar(Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent=None, picks=[], side=LEFT, anchor=W):
        Frame.__init__(self, parent)
        self.vars = []
        for pick in picks:
            var = IntVar()
            chk = Checkbutton(self, text=pick, variable=var)
            chk.pack(side=side, anchor=anchor, expand=YES)
            self.vars.append(var)
    def state(self):
        return map((lambda var: var.get()), self.vars)

class Radiobar(Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent=None, picks=[], side=LEFT, anchor=W):
        Frame.__init__(self, parent)
        self.var = StringVar()
        for pick in picks:
            rad = Radiobutton(self, text=pick, value=pick, variable=self.var)
            rad.pack(side=side, anchor=anchor, expand=YES)
    def state(self):
        return self.var.get()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    root = Tk()
    lng = Checkbar(root, ['Python', 'C#', 'Java', 'C++'])
    gui = Radiobar(root, ['win', 'x11', 'mac'], side=TOP, anchor=NW)
    tgl = Checkbar(root, ['All'])
    gui.pack(side=LEFT, fill=Y)
    lng.pack(side=TOP,  fill=X)
    tgl.pack(side=LEFT)
    lng.config(relief=GROOVE, bd=2)
    gui.config(relief=RIDGE,  bd=2)
    from quitter import Quitter
    def allstates(): print gui.state(), lng.state(), tgl.state()
    Quitter(root).pack(side=RIGHT)
    Button(root, text='Peek', command=allstates).pack(side=RIGHT)
    root.mainloop()