Method nametowidget

Lib/tkinter/__init__.py:1682–1697

Return the Tkinter instance of a widget identified by its Tcl name NAME.

(self, name)

        return res

    def nametowidget(self, name):
        """Return the Tkinter instance of a widget identified by
        its Tcl name NAME."""
        name = str(name).split('.')
        w = self

        if not name[0]:
            w = w._root()
            name = name[1:]

        for n in name:
            if not n:
                break
            w = w.children[n]

        return w

    _nametowidget = nametowidget