#!/usr/bin/python3 import tkinter as tk window = tk.Tk() window.title('yyyyy') window.geometry("200x100") var = tk.StringVar() # l = tk.Label(window, text='OMG! this is TK', bg='green', font=('Arial', 12), width=15, height=2) l = tk.Label(window, textvariable=var, bg='green', font=('Arial', 12), width=15, height=2) l.pack() on_hit = False def hit_me(): global on_hit if(on_hit) == False: on_hit = True var.set('you hit me') else: on_hit = False var.set('') b = tk.Button(window, text='click me', width=15, height=2, command=hit_me) b.pack() window.mainloop()