import tkinter import tkinter.simpledialog as dialog root = tkinter.Tk() button = tkinter.Button(root, text='Hello!') button.pack() root.update() dialog = dialog.SimpleDialog( root, title='Test Dialog', text='Text...', default=0, buttons=[ 'Button0', 'Button1', 'Button2', 'Button3', 'Button4', ], ) button.mainloop() print('dialog:', dialog.num)