commit 0c58d31ba1080aa4308f9352e1609876286bc9db
author Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> Sat Sep 26 20:03:51 2015 -0400
committer Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> Sat Sep 26 20:03:51 2015 -0400
tree 707059ff95b07dc9da76f1512b52983ed56224bc
parent 83cce4988cc5b00b7b960559143c4418b1bd417a

Issue #24570: Idle: make calltip and completion boxes appear on Macs
affected by a tk regression.  Initial patch by Mark Roseman.

Lib/idlelib/AutoCompleteWindow.py

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/AutoCompleteWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/AutoCompleteWindow.py
index 27b0e56..205a29b 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/AutoCompleteWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/AutoCompleteWindow.py
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
         scrollbar.config(command=listbox.yview)
         scrollbar.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y)
         listbox.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH, expand=True)
+        acw.lift()  # work around bug in Tk 8.5.18+ (issue #24570)
 
         # Initialize the listbox selection
         self.listbox.select_set(self._binary_search(self.start))