At 03:09 PM 11/26/2006, Alan Gauld wrote: >"Dick Moores" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > Some time has passed and I've made some progress. My question now is > > about the placement of buttons. >... > > one, but I can't get the layout I want, which is the Label on top of > > the Entry, then a row of the first 3 buttons (which respectively > > trigger 3 different computations on the integer the user enters). > > Then below that, the Exit button, with the Text widget at the > > bottom. > >Sounds like 4 frames to me: >1 Frame for the outer 'skin', packed with fill for both X and Y. > >1 frame for the label/entry combo, using pack to position the widgets >inside the frame, then pack the frame inside the outer frame > >1 frame for the row of buttons and I'd use grid to position the >buttons insdide the frame and then pack the frame into the >outer frame (I tend to use grid where I'm positioning things >horizontally and pack when i'm doing it vertiacally. So I >divide my GUI into horizontal layers and then use grid >inside teach layer for horizontally laid out widgets) > >1 frame for the bottom exit button and pack it into the >outer. > > > How to do this? Is it impossible with the pack() method? > >Horizontal layouts are possible using pack, take a look at >the GUI topic and the GUI section of the Case Study topic >in my tutor for examples of using pure pack. But IMHO grid >is easier for horizontal sets. > >Mixing layout styles in a GUI is fine provided you keep each >layout in a frame to itself.
Thanks very much, Alan and Kent. For some reason I didn't see your replies before posting my wail of frustration with grid(). Please ignore it. I had tried using extra frames, but hadn't thought to use frames inside of frames. And then a grid inside of one of the inner frames. I'll give that a try right now. And check out the Case Study. Dick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
