How can I convert canvas content to an image?

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I have found a great way of doing this which is really helpful. For it, you need the PIL module. Here is the code:

from PIL import ImageGrab

def getter(widget):
    x=root.winfo_rootx()+widget.winfo_x()
    y=root.winfo_rooty()+widget.winfo_y()
    x1=x+widget.winfo_width()
    y1=y+widget.winfo_height()
    ImageGrab.grab().crop((x,y,x1,y1)).save("file path here")

What this does is you pass a widget name into the function. The command root.winfo_rootx() and the root.winfo_rooty() get the pixel position of the top left of the overall root window.

Then, the widget.winfo_x() and widget.winfo_y() are added to, basically just get the pixel coordinate of the top left hand pixel of the widget which you want to capture (at pixels (x,y) of your screen).

I then find the (x1,y1) which is the bottom left pixel of the widget. The ImageGrab.grab() makes a printscreen, and I then crop it to only get the bit containing the widget. Although not perfect, and won’t make the best possible image, this is a great tool for just getting a image of any widget and saving it.

If you have any questions, post a comment! Hope this helped!

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