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pythontkintertk-toolkit
Szymon Lipiński
Szymon Lipiński

Reputation: 28624

Tkinter window outside desktop

How can I show a window created with Tkinter.Tk() outside visible screen? I need to make it much bigger than the desktop size, and show part of it defined by coordinates.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1000

Answers (2)

Plopern
Plopern

Reputation: 43

Another possible way is to insert a frame and resize that, eg:
import tkinter as tk

root = tk.Tk() frame = Frame(root, width = 1000, height = 1000) frame.pack() root.mainloop

The size of your window will then be determined by the frame, although the answer already given works just fine too

Upvotes: 0

falsetru
falsetru

Reputation: 369164

Use Tk.geometry with desired width, height and negative position.

from Tkinter import * # from tkinter import * (In Python 3.x)

root = Tk()
root.geometry('3000x3000+-100+-100')
root.mainloop()

I tested this on Ubuntu 12.04 (gnome) and Window 7. In Ubuntu, it work well. In Windows, negative position works, but width, height higher than resolution ignored.

Upvotes: 4

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