I made a text editor in Ubuntu using Tkinter and I used the wm_title() function to change the name. It changed in the title bar but when I hover over it's icon in Ubuntu Panel, its name shows as Tk. View Screenshot Here Full Code: from tkinter import * import tkinter.filedialog as fd from tkinter.scrolledtext import ScrolledText import platform filepath = "" def setfilepath(path): global filepath filepath = path def openfile(): path = fd.askopenfilename() if not path==(): with open(path, 'r') as f: code = f.read() editor.delete('1.0', END) editor.insert("1.0", code) setfilepath(path) def savefile(): if filepath == "": saveasfile() else: with open(filepath, 'w') as f: code = editor.get('1.0', END) f.write(code) def saveasfile(): path = fd.asksaveasfilename() if not path==(): with open(path, 'w') as f: code = editor.get('1.0', END) f.write(code) setfilepath(path) root = Tk() root.wm_title("Tedit") editor = ScrolledText(wrap=WORD, undo=True) editor.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=True) menubar = Menu(root) fileMenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=False) fileMenu.add_command(label="Open", command=openfile) fileMenu.add_command(label="Save", command=savefile) fileMenu.add_command(label="Save As", command=saveasfile) fileMenu.add_separator() fileMenu.add_command(label="Exit", command=root.destroy) editMenu = Menu(menubar, tearoff=False) editMenu.add_command(label="Cut", accelerator="Ctrl+X", command=lambda: editor.event_generate('<<Cut>>')) editMenu.add_command(label="Copy", accelerator="Ctrl+C", command=lambda: editor.event_generate('<<Copy>>')) editMenu.add_command(label="Paste", accelerator="Ctrl+V", command=lambda: editor.event_generate('<<Paste>>')) editMenu.add_separator() editMenu.add_command(label="Undo", accelerator="Ctrl+Z", command=editor.edit_undo) editMenu.add_command(label="Redo", accelerator="Ctrl+Shift+Z", command=editor.edit_redo) menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=fileMenu) menubar.add_cascade(label="Edit", menu=editMenu) root.config(menu=menubar) root.bind() root.mainloop() Continue reading...