Eric Brunel wrote: > On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:10:57 +0200, Kevin Walzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> "expand = 1" == "expand=TRUE"--that means the widget resizes itself >> when the window is re-sized. > > That's the theory... But what does fill=BOTH means then? And why does > expand=1 (or TRUE, or True) is only needed in some cases and not others? > And I'm quite sure that sometimes, I use expand=1 and it does exactly > what I don't want, and removing it gives the behaviour I want. I've been > doing tk/Tkinter stuff for quite a few years now, and I still haven't > understood exactly when I should use this option... Quite > counter-intuitive, IMHO. > > But then, since I almost never use pack for this kind of layout, I guess > it's not really important...
"Fill" refers to the dimension/space that is filled when you expand the widget (assuming "expand" is set to true). "fill=x" means the widget will expand horizontally (along the x axis). "fill=y" means that the widget will expand vertically (along the y axis). "fill=both" means the widget will expand in both direction. Frederick Lundh has a good introduction to the packer here: http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/pack.htm I find "pack" to be more flexible than "grid," so I prefer it for complex layouts. "grid" is better for simple layouts. HTH, Kevin -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
