Python - Tkinter Frame

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Python - Tkinter Frame

The Frame widget is very important for the process of grouping and organizing other widgets in
a somehow friendly way. It works like a container, which is responsible for arranging the position
of other widgets.

It uses rectangular areas in the screen to organize the layout and to provide padding of these
widgets. A frame can also be used as a foundation class to implement complex widgets.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to create this widget −

w = Frame ( master, option, ... )

Parameters
master − This represents the parent window.

options − Here is the list of most commonly used options for this widget. These options
can be used as key-value pairs separated by commas.
Sr.No. Option & Description

1 bg

The normal background color displayed behind the label and indicator.

2 bd

The size of the border around the indicator. Default is 2 pixels.

3 cursor
If you set this option to a cursor name (arrow, dot etc.), the mouse cursor will
change to that pattern when it is over the checkbutton.

4 height
The vertical dimension of the new frame.

5
highlightbackground
Color of the focus highlight when the frame does not have focus.

6 highlightcolor
Color shown in the focus highlight when the frame has the focus.

7 highlightthickness

Thickness of the focus highlight.

8 relief
With the default value, relief=FLAT, the checkbutton does not stand out from its
background. You may set this option to any of the other styles

9 width
The default width of a checkbutton is determined by the size of the displayed image
or text. You can set this option to a number of characters and the checkbutton will
always have room for that many characters.

Example

Try the following example yourself −


from Tkinter import *

root = Tk()

frame = Frame(root)

frame.pack()

bottomframe = Frame(root)

bottomframe.pack( side = BOTTOM )

redbutton = Button(frame, text="Red", fg="red")

redbutton.pack( side = LEFT)

greenbutton = Button(frame, text="Brown", fg="brown")

greenbutton.pack( side = LEFT )

bluebutton = Button(frame, text="Blue", fg="blue")

bluebutton.pack( side = LEFT )

blackbutton = Button(bottomframe, text="Black", fg="black")

blackbutton.pack( side = BOTTOM)

root.mainloop()

When the above code is executed, it produces the following result −

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