Putting Widgets Into the GUI
Explore how to arrange widgets within Python GUI applications using Tkinter. Learn three main methods—pack, grid, and place—and how to use frames for complex layouts. Understand options to control widget positioning, sizing, and expansion to build organized user interfaces.
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Overview of a GUI program
The window that opens when you run a GUI program is a container, meaning the section that contains the widgets (buttons, text areas, etc.). A frame is a container that you can put inside a window, or in another frame.
Methods for arranging widgets
There are three methods for arranging widgets into the main window and frames:
packgridplace
Only one of these methods should be used in any given window or frame.
Complex layouts can also be created by putting multiple frames into the window and/or into other frames and using different layouts for the window and each frame.
Pack frame
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