from Tkinter import * root = Tk() mbutton = Menubutton(root, text='Food') # the pull-down stands alone picks = Menu(mbutton) mbutton.config(menu=picks) picks.add_command(label='spam', command=root.quit) picks.add_command(label='eggs', command=root.quit) picks.add_command(label='bacon', command=root.quit) mbutton.pack() mbutton.config(bg='white', bd=4, relief=RAISED) root.mainloop()