commit d2134c71a12e8deac9ba6b4f4ffe4d271d49cabe
author Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> Sat Sep 26 20:03:57 2015 -0400
committer Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> Sat Sep 26 20:03:57 2015 -0400
tree a3422dd53b1b2e1b3496723cdbd8a6942a38157e
parent 00e4ce3a36eaf22e14dc6915ab482e7605ce1b72

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 f666ea6..2ee6878 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))

Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py
index 170d146..8e68a76 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/CallTipWindow.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
                            background="#ffffe0", relief=SOLID, borderwidth=1,
                            font = self.widget['font'])
         self.label.pack()
+        tw.lift()  # work around bug in Tk 8.5.18+ (issue #24570)
 
         self.checkhideid = self.widget.bind(CHECKHIDE_VIRTUAL_EVENT_NAME,
                                             self.checkhide_event)