How can I access objects or widgets from one class in another class?

[Konstantin23]

Here I am working with two different tkinter frame classes, in which I am trying to access the combobox widget service_list from the retrieve frame class, inside a method in the frame class menu, so that I may configure the values of the combobox.
Now my question is, how can I do so without running into a NameError or AttributeError?

import tkinter as tk
from customtkinter import CTkComboBox, CTkTextbox
from .backend import *

class retrieve(tk.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent, controller):
        self.controller = controller
        tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent, bg="black", highlightthickness=5, highlightcolor='white')
        self.controller = controller
        head = tk.Label(self, bg="black", fg="white", text="STORED DATA",
                        font=("Terminal", 32))    
        services = self.controller.services
        data = self.controller.data
        data_disp = CTkTextbox(self, fg_color="black", text_color="white", font=("Terminal", 22, "bold"),
                          scrollbar_button_color="white", scrollbar_button_hover_color="white",wrap=tk.WORD,
                            corner_radius=0, width=450, height=250, border_width=0)
        def combobox_callback(choice):
            i = services.index(choice)
            result = str(data[i])
            data_disp.configure(state=tk.NORMAL)
            data_disp.delete("0.0", tk.END)
            data_disp.insert("0.0", result)
            data_disp.configure(state=tk.DISABLED)
            print("combobox dropdown clicked:", choice)    
        service_list = CTkComboBox(self, fg_color="black", text_color="white", font=("Terminal", 20, "bold"), justify="left",
                              corner_radius=0, width=450, height=36, border_width=0, border_color="white", 
                              command=combobox_callback, dropdown_fg_color="black", dropdown_text_color="white", 
                              dropdown_font=("Terminal", 20, "bold"),hover=False, button_color="black", 
                              button_hover_color="white", dropdown_hover_color="black")
        service_list.set(">SERVICE NAME")  
        back = tk.Button(self,
                          bg="black", fg="white",
                          text='BACK', font=("Terminal", 18, "bold"),
                          command=lambda: controller.show_frame(page_name="menu", username=self.controller.username, services=self.controller.services, data=self.controller.data),
                          activebackground="black",
                          relief=tk.SOLID,
                          borderwidth=0,
                          padx=16, pady=0, cursor="hand2")
        entNote = tk.Label(self,bg="black", fg="white", text="(enter)",
                           font=("Terminal", 10))

        head.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.1, anchor=tk.CENTER)
        service_list.place(relx=0.1, rely=0.3, y=-10,x=-35,anchor=tk.W)
        data_disp.place(relx=0.1, rely=0.45, x=-30, y=65,anchor=tk.W)
        back.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.9, anchor=tk.CENTER)
        entNote.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.9, y=20, anchor=tk.CENTER)
        controller.exitButton(self)
        controller.homeButton(self) 
        
    def binds(self):
        self.focus_set()
        self.controller.bind('<Return>', lambda x: self.controller.show_frame(page_name="menu", username=self.controller.username, services=self.controller.services, data=self.controller.data))

import tkinter as tk
from .backend import *
from .retrieve import *

class menu(tk.Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent, controller):
        self.controller = controller
        tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent, bg="black", highlightthickness=5, highlightcolor='white')
        self.controller = controller
        head = tk.Label(self, bg="black", fg="white", text="MENU",
                        font=("Terminal", 32))
        save = tk.Button(self,
                          bg="black", fg="white",
                          text='STORE DATA', font=("Terminal", 20, "bold"),
                          command=lambda: controller.show_frame(page_name="store", username=self.controller.username, services=self.controller.services, data=self.controller.data),
                          activebackground="black",
                          relief=tk.SOLID,
                          borderwidth=0,
                          padx=16, pady=7, cursor="hand2")
        def extract_data():
            services, data = retrieve_passwords(self.controller.username)
            # TRYING TO ACCESS THE COMBOBOX WIDGET FROM RETRIEVE CLASS SO AS TO CONFIGURE ITS PROPERTIES
            retrieve1 = retrieve()
            retrieve1.service_list.configure(values=services)
            # ===================================================
            self.controller.show_frame(page_name="retrieve", 
                                  username=self.controller.username, 
                                  services=services, data=data)
        retrieve_but = tk.Button(self,
                          bg="black", fg="white",
                          text='RETRIEVE DATA', font=("Terminal", 18, "bold"),
                          command=lambda: extract_data(),
                          activebackground="black",
                          relief=tk.SOLID,
                          borderwidth=0,
                          padx=16, pady=7, cursor="hand2")

        head.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.1, anchor=tk.CENTER)
        save.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.4, anchor=tk.CENTER)
        retrieve_but.place(relx=0.5, rely=0.6, anchor=tk.CENTER)
        controller.exitButton(self)
        controller.homeButton(self) 
        
    def binds(self):
        self.focus_set()

[Gribouillis]

Instead of

service_list = …

Use

self.service_list = …

That is to say make service_list a member of the retriever object.

Avoid import * by all means. It obfuscates the code. Also try to follow PEP 8 coding style.

[Konstantin23]

Instead of

service_list = …

Use

self.service_list = …

That is to say make service_list a member of the retriever object.

Avoid import * by all means. It obfuscates the code. Also try to follow PEP 8 coding style.

Looks like it did work because no errors and I can access the object service_list. But somehow I cant seem to configure its values with the list services, everytime I click the retrieve_but in the menu frame

[Konstantin23]

Nevermind, looks like it was just a type error. Because after back testing a little bit, it seems like the method retrieve_passwords was returning a tuple instead of a list which was required to be fed into the widget values