Why does update_idletasks() interfere with overrideredirect() functionality?

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I have a top-level window, whose specific location is set via geometry string. w.overrideredirect(True) is called because the top-level window mustn't have any window manager decorations. The official documentation states:

Be sure to call the .update_idletasks() method (see Section 26, “Universal widget methods”(p. 97)) before setting this flag.

So that's exactly what I did, but now window manager decorations appear. It works fine if I don't call w.update_idletasks().

Code:

w = tk.Toplevel(self.parent_frame)
w.geometry('48x240+1567+209')
w.update_idletasks()
w.overrideredirect(True)

I'm using Python 3.8.10 with Tk version 8.6.10 on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS.

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That's not official documentation, and it is wrong. The exact opposite is true: you must set the flag before tkinter has the chance to draw the window on the screen. That means before mainloop is started, and before any calls to update or update_idletasks.

The reasoning is simple: setting the overrideredirect merely sets a flag. When the window is rendered, tkinter will look to see if the flag is set and then draw the window. If the flag is not set, a border is added to the window.

Setting the flag after the window has already been drawn will have no effect since the border will already have been drawn.

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