Tkinter 8.5 reference: a GUI for Python |  |
A frame is basically just a container for other widgets.
Your application's root window is basically a frame.
Each frame has its own grid layout, so thegridding of widgets within each frame works independently.
Frame widgets are a valuable tool in making your application modular. You can group a set of related widgets into a compound widget by putting them into a frame. Better yet, you can declare a new class that inherits from
Frame, adding your own interface to it. This is a good way to hide the details of interactions within a group of related widgets from the outside world.
To create a new frame widget in a root window or frame namedparent
w= Frame(parent,option, ...)
The constructor returns the newFrame widget. Options:
Table 19. Frame widget options
bg orbackground | The frame's background color. SeeSection 5.3, “Colors”. |
bd orborderwidth | Width of the frame's border. The default is 0 (no border). For permitted values, seeSection 5.1, “Dimensions”. |
cursor | The cursor used when the mouse is within the frame widget; seeSection 5.8, “Cursors”. |
height | The verticaldimension of the new frame. This will be ignored unless you also call.grid_propagate(0) on the frame; seeSection 4.2, “Other grid management methods”. |
highlightbackground | Color of the focus highlight when the frame does not have focus. SeeSection 53, “Focus: routing keyboard input”. |
highlightcolor | Color shown in the focus highlight when the frame has thefocus. |
highlightthickness | Thickness of thefocus highlight. |
padx | Normally, aFrame fits tightly around its contents. To addpadx=. |
pady | Used to add vertical space inside a frame. Seepadx above. |
relief | The default relief for a frame istk.FLAT, which means the frame will blend in with its surroundings. To put a border around a frame, set itsborderwidth to a positive value and set its relief to one of the standard relief types; seeSection 5.6, “Relief styles”. |
takefocus | Normally, frame widgets are not visited by input focus (seeSection 53, “Focus: routing keyboard input” for an overview of this topic). However, you can settakefocus=1 if you want the frame to receive keyboard input. To handle such input, you will need to create bindings for keyboard events; seeSection 54, “Events” for more on events and bindings. |
width | The horizontal dimension of the new frame. SeeSection 5.1, “Dimensions”. This value be ignored unless you also call.grid_propagate(0) on the frame; seeSection 4.2, “Other grid management methods”. |