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user1840302
user1840302

Reputation: 195

Python Tkinter column stretch to window height

I am trying to make an app that has multiple labels equally divided on columns

Here is my code:

import tkinter as tk

class Gui(tk.Tk):
def __init__(self, parent):
    tk.Tk.__init__(self, parent)
    self.parent = parent

    self.initialize()

def initialize(self):
    self.grid()
    self.geometry("1000x900")
    self.attributes('-alpha', 1)

    label = tk.Label(self, anchor="center", bg="green")
    label.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='EW')

    label2 = tk.Label(self, anchor="center", bg="black")
    label2.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky='EW')

    label3 = tk.Label(self, anchor="center", bg="red")
    label3.grid(column=2, row=0, sticky='EW')

    self.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
    self.grid_columnconfigure(1, weight=1)
    self.grid_columnconfigure(2, weight=1)
    self.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

When running this i get the following window: enter image description here

When resizing the window the labels stretch to fit the window width, but not the height.

My goal is to have N = 3 (int this example) columns that occupy the whole window and stretch accordingly when resizing the window

What am i doing wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1135

Answers (2)

Gennadiy
Gennadiy

Reputation: 331

The sticky parameter of grid method is also responsible for stretching.

In sticky you set the edges of a grid cell – your widget will stick to these edges. If you stick to the opposite edges and then resize the window it results in stretching your widgets.

So if you would like to stretch all directions use 'nsew' which are North, South, East and West.

    label = tk.Label(self, anchor="center", bg="green")
    label.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky='nsew')

    label2 = tk.Label(self, anchor="center", bg="black")
    label2.grid(column=1, row=0, sticky='nsew')

    label3 = tk.Label(self, anchor="center", bg="red")
    label3.grid(column=2, row=0, sticky='nsew')

Check this material for more: http://tkdocs.com/tutorial/grid.html#incell

Upvotes: 3

user1840302
user1840302

Reputation: 195

 sticky='NEWS'

insted of

sticky="EW"

did the trick

Upvotes: 0

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