Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python3': 0.05; 'attributes': 0.07; 'friday,': 0.07; 'interpreted': 0.07; 'width': 0.07; 'subject:question': 0.08; 'boring': 0.09; 'default)': 0.09; 'grid': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'jan': 0.11; '(at': 0.13; 'size,': 0.13; 'experiments': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'resizing': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'settings.': 0.18; '>>>': 0.20; 'settings': 0.20; '2015': 0.20; 'tkinter': 0.22; 'dec': 0.23; 'import': 0.24; 'skip:b 30': 0.24; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.26; 'linux': 0.26; 'least': 0.27; 'recorded': 0.29; 'code': 0.30; 'window': 0.30; 'skip:[ 10': 0.31; 'post': 0.31; 'are:': 0.32; 'possibly': 0.32; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'really': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'button': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'email addr:gmail.com': 0.62; 'more': 0.63; 'believe': 0.66; 'here': 0.66; 'window,': 0.84; '2014,': 0.91; 'min': 0.91; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: tkinter resize question Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 01:49:22 -0400 References: <21c1f9fb-1af0-4c57-aeba-2c7d78b1e707@googlegroups.com> <114744ef-1de6-48c7-9024-727051e545a7@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-98-114-97-173.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 In-Reply-To: <114744ef-1de6-48c7-9024-727051e545a7@googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 38 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1437198597 news.xs4all.nl 2951 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33811 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:94050 On 7/17/2015 9:31 PM, nickgeovanis@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, July 17, 2015 at 5:55:19 PM UTC-5, Terry Reedy wrote: >> On 7/17/2015 2:53 PM, nickgeovanis@gmail.com wrote: >>> Resizing a tkinter window which contains a frame which contains a >>> button widget, will not change the current size of the window, frame >>> or button as recorded in their height and width attributes (at least >>> not if they are resizable). >> >> Post the code and experiments performed that leads you to believe the above. > > It's really boring but here you are: > > [ngeo@localhost src]$ python3 > Python 3.4.2 (default, Dec 20 2014, 13:53:33) > [GCC 4.8.2 20140120 (Red Hat 4.8.2-16)] on linux > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> import tkinter >>>> win=tkinter.Tk() >>>> frame=tkinter.Frame(win, bg="blue", width=200, height=200) >>>> butt1=tkinter.Button(fg="green", bg="black") >>>> frame.grid() >>>> butt1.grid() >>>> butt1["width"] > 0 >>>> butt1["height"] > 0 >>>> win["width"] > 0 >>>> win["height"] > 0 I believe these configuration settings should be interpreted a 'initial size' (if not default) or 'desired size' or possibly min or max size, depending on the grid or pack settings. -- Terry Jan Reedy