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ihsan
ihsan

Reputation: 375

Python - Tkinter button size changes when chaging the size of its font

I want to change the fontsize in a Tkinter button. But the button size changes along with it. I even tried to limit the height and width of the button but nothing seems to work, This is the code:

from tkinter import *

root = Tk()
root.geometry("500x300")
root.resizable(False, False)
button = Button(root, text="Ihsan", bg="Black", fg="white",
                activeforeground="white", activebackground="grey", width=15, height=3,
                font=("ariel", "43"))
button.place(x=350, y=20)
root.mainloop()

I get a window with a huge button. Please help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 722

Answers (2)

ahed87
ahed87

Reputation: 1360

The width and height is what is giving you the large button. Height in this case means 3 fontsize high. Default is that it only enclose the text.

Margins you provide with pad, either in the widget itself, or when you pack it. Using place is a bit uncommon and has its specific usecases, it does not look like you need it. The pack geometry manager can be used instead.

from tkinter import *

root = Tk()
root.geometry("500x300")
root.resizable(False, False)
button = Button(root, text="Ihsan", bg="Black", fg="white",
                activeforeground="white", activebackground="grey",# width=15, height=3,
                font=("ariel", "43"))
#button.place(x=350, y=20)
button.pack(side=RIGHT)
root.mainloop()

Upvotes: 0

Jason Yang
Jason Yang

Reputation: 13061

Width and height of the button in letters (if displaying text) or pixels (if displaying an image).

Here's one way to go, by using size of image to limit size of button when font size changed. Not sure if it is best one.

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import tkinter as tk
from PIL import Image, ImageTk

def new_font():
    global setting
    setting = 1 - setting
    font = f"ariel {32 if setting else 16}"
    button.configure(font=font)

setting = 0

root = tk.Tk()

im = Image.new("RGB", (200, 200))
photo = ImageTk.PhotoImage(im)

root.geometry("300x300")
root.resizable(False, False)
button = tk.Button(
    root,
    text="Ihsan",
    bg="Black",
    fg="white",
    activeforeground="white",
    activebackground="grey",
    width=200,
    height=200,
    font=("ariel", "16"),
    image=photo,
    compound='center')

button.place(x=30, y=20)
size = tk.Button(root, text="Size", command=new_font)
size.place(x=30, y=250)

root.mainloop()

Upvotes: 1

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