Martin:
Martin Franklin wrote:
> Dean Allen Provins wrote:
>
>> Cameron:
>>
>> Cameron Laird wrote:
>>
>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>> Dean Allen Provins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I need to determine the size of a canvas while the process is running.
>>>> Does anyone know of a technique that will let me do that?
>>>
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>> Does
>>> >>> import Tkinter
>>> >>> c = Tkinter.Canvas()
>>> >>> c.create_oval(13, 51, 80, 130)
>>> 1
>>> >>> c.pack()
>>> >>> print c.cget("width")
>>> 284
>>> help?
>>>
>>> There are actually several different notions of the size of a
>>> canvas. The example abovve should be a good starting point,
>>> though.
>>> There's also a mailing list specifically for Tkinter <URL:
>>> http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/mailing_20lists >; that
>>> might interest you.
>>
>>
>> I tried the "cget" function, and it returned the width that I had used
>> when creating the canvas - even though the canvas was wider than that
>> value at display time (and also after manually resizing the window).
>>
>> To your knowledge, is there a method to determine the current dimensions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dean
>
>
>
> Dean,
>
> Look at the winfo_* methods of Tkinter widgets, I think the one you want
> is called winfo_reqheight / winfo_reqwidth or something very similar
> pydoc Tkinter.Canvas will sort that out
>
> Martin
Thanks. That is exactly what I needed. I tried it, and it returned the
desired values.
Regards,
Dean
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