pil example screen blocker (snippet)

Python pil example 'screen blocker'

python screen blocker

Python pil example: screen blocker

from PIL import Image, ImageTk

try:
    import Tkinter as tk
except ImportError:
    import tkinter as tk

try:
    import ttk
except ImportError:
    import tkinter.ttk as ttk

class FullScreenBlocker(tk.Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        tk.Tk.__init__(self)
        self.top=self
        # no border; full screen
        self.top.attributes('-fullscreen', 'true')

        # always on top
        self.top.attributes('-topmost', 'true')

        self.geometry("{0}x{1}+0+0".format(self.winfo_screenwidth(), self.winfo_screenheight()))

        w,h = self.winfo_screenwidth(),self.winfo_screenheight()
        cv = tk.Canvas(self, width=w, height=h)
        cv.pack(fill='both', expand='yes')
        pil_image = Image.open("this_is_my_background.gif")# you can use .gif, .png, .jpg..
        pil_image2 = pil_image.resize((w,h), Image.ANTIALIAS)   
        tk_image = ImageTk.PhotoImage(pil_image2)
        cv.create_image(w//2, h//2, image=tk_image, anchor='center')
        tk.Button(cv, text="kill me!", command=self.destroy).pack()

        self.mainloop()

    def _show_clnt_confg(self):
        clnt_top = tk.Toplevel(self.top)
        # always on top
        clnt_top.attributes('-topmost', 'true')
        top_ClntLogin = ClntLogin(clnt_top)

fscrnblcker = FullScreenBlocker()

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