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Method Description
create arc(bbox, options) Creates an arc canvas item and returns its item ID.
create bitmap(position, options) Creates a bitmap canvas item and returns its item ID.
create image(position, options) Creates an image canvas item and returns its item ID.
create line(coords, options) Creates a line canvas item and returns its item ID.
create oval(bbox, options) Creates an oval canvas item and returns its item ID.
create polygon(coords, options) Creates a polygon canvas item and returns its item ID.
create rectangle(coords, options) Creates a rectangle canvas item and returns its item ID.
create text(position, options) Creates a text canvas item and returns its item ID.
create window(position, options) Places a Tkinter widget in a canvas window item and
returns its item ID.
delete(items) Deletes all matching items, if any.
itemcget(item, option) Returns the current value for an option from a canvas
item.
itemconfig(item, options),
itemconfigure(item, options) Modifies one or more options for all matching items.
coords(item) Returns a tuple containing the coordinates for the item.
coords(items, x0, y0, x1, y1, . . . , xn, yn) Changes the coordinates for all matching items.
bbox(items),
bbox( ) Returns the bounding box for the given items. If the
specifier is omitted, the bounding box for all items are
returned.
canvasx(screenx),
canvasy(screeny) Converts a window coordinate to a canvas coordinate.
tag bind(item, sequence, callback),
tag bind(item, sequence, callback, "+") Adds an event binding to all matching items. Using the
“+” option, it adds the binding to the previous ones,
otherwise all previous bindings are replaced.
tag unbind(item, sequence) Removes the binding, if any, for the given event sequence
on all the matching items.
type(item) Returns the type of the given item as a string (one of
“arc”, “bitmap”, “image”, “line”, “oval”, “polygon”,
“rectangle”, “text”, “window”).
lift(item),
tkraise(item)
/ lower(item) Moves the given item to the top / bottom of the canvas
stack. If multiple items match, they are all moved
while preserving their relative order.
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