How To Call A Function With Delay In Tkinter?

I have a function bound to the left mouse button that creates a piece on a playing board. In the end of that function, I call another function that creates another piece placed by

Solution 1:

Using after is how you accomplish what you want.

The mistake in your code is that you're immediately calling the function in your after statement. after requires a reference to a function. Change your statement to this (note the lack of () after self.AI)

self.gui.after(2000, self.AI)

Here is an example that automatically draws a second circle two seconds after you click:

import Tkinter as tk

classExample(tk.Frame):
    def__init__(self, parent):
        tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent)

        self.canvas = tk.Canvas(self, width=400, height=400)
        self.canvas.pack(fill="both", expand=True)

        self.canvas.bind("<1>", self.on_click)

    defon_click(self, event):
        self.draw_piece(event.x, event.y)
        self.after(2000, self.draw_piece, event.x+40, event.y+40, "green")

    defdraw_piece(self, x, y, color="white"):
        self.canvas.create_oval(x-10, y-10, x+10, y+10, outline="black", fill=color)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    root = tk.Tk()
    Example(root).pack(fill="both", expand=True)
    root.mainloop()