import tkinter as tk def donothing(): filewin = tk.Toplevel(root) button = tk.Button(filewin,text="Do nothing button") button.pack() root = tk.Tk() root.geometry("400x300") root.resizable(width=False,height=False) menubar = tk.Menu(root) filemenu = tk.Menu(menubar,tearoff=0) filemenu.add_command(label="New",command=donothing) menubar.add_cascade(label="file",menu=filemenu) root.config(menu=menubar) root.mainloop()