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How to interact with a turtle when it is invisible?

Time:12-03

I have been creating a game with turtle and I was going to make a the background change when a certain area is clicked. So I used a turtle and used the onclick() method when I realized that it did not look good with the background so I tried to use the hideturtle() method to hide it. But when I hid the turtle the clicking function did not work.

This is something like my code:

t = turtle.Turtle()
t.hideturtle()

def my_function(x, y):
  print('this function would change the bg but that doesn't matter right now')

t.onclick(my_function, btn=1, add=None)

As you can see, if the hideturtle() is not there, when the turtle is clicked the function runs. But when the hideturtle() is called the turtle doesn't respond to clicks.

Thank you for reading this!

CodePudding user response:

Passed your question to ChatGpt, that's his answer :) :

It sounds like you're running into a problem where the turtle becomes unresponsive to clicks after you hide it. This is likely because the turtle's clickable area is also hidden when you hide the turtle.

One solution to this problem would be to create a separate turtle that is used only for clicking, and keep it visible at all times. You could do this by creating a new turtle, setting its shape to "blank", and then using the onclick() method to register your function. This way, the turtle will be invisible but still respond to clicks.

Here is an example of how you could do this:

Copy code import turtle

Create a new turtle for clicking

click_turtle = turtle.Turtle()

Set the shape to "blank" to make it invisible

click_turtle.shape("blank")

Register the function to run when the turtle is clicked

click_turtle.onclick(my_function, btn=1, add=None)

Hide the original turtle

t.hideturtle() By using this approach, you can hide the original turtle and still have a visible area that responds to clicks.

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