Cousin Stanley wrote .... >> You might try setting a given window geometry >> to accomodate the long title .... >> >> win_w = 400 >> win_h = 300 >> >> ofs_h = 40 >> ofs_v = 30 >> >> window.geometry( "%dx%d+%d+%d" % ( win_w , win_h , ofs_h , ofs_v ) ) >> >> >> Maybe add a bit of extra space for users >> with different default font sizes .... >> >> Not a general solution >> but perhaps workable ....
moi wrote .... > No, huge mistake. It isn't clear to me how specifying a particular geometry for one's own self-coded tkinter gui prgrams with windows that are resize-able would be a mistake .... > Take for example the Windows installer. > > The window is so small, you can not even read the path > where Python will be installed. > > Bonus: the windows is not resizable and part of items > are not even visible. > > It would be to bad to not mimic this behavior. > > Just tested it 2 min ago on my Windows 7.1 with py3.7.3. I didn't suggest modifying 3rd party programs, but the suggestion I offered was meant to be applied to one's own code .... I have used a given geometry for dozens of my own tkinter gui programs such that a modest window size which assures that all widgets are viewable when first presented to the user .... -- Stanley C. Kitching Human Being Phoenix, Arizona -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
