from Tkinter import * # this shows how to create a new window with a button in it # that can create new windows class Test(Frame): def printit(self): print "hi" def makeWindow(self): fred = Toplevel() fred.label = Button(fred, text="This is window number %d." % self.windownum, command=self.makeWindow) fred.label.pack() self.windownum = self.windownum + 1 def createWidgets(self): self.QUIT = Button(self, text='QUIT', foreground='red', command=self.quit) self.QUIT.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH) # a hello button self.hi_there = Button(self, text='Make a New Window', command=self.makeWindow) self.hi_there.pack(side=LEFT) def __init__(self, master=None): Frame.__init__(self, master) Pack.config(self) self.windownum = 0 self.createWidgets() test = Test() test.mainloop()