Tkinter Dimensions

Various lengths, widths, and other dimensions of widgets can be described in many different units.

  • If you set a dimension to an integer, it is assumed to be in pixels.

  • You can specify units by setting a dimension to a string containing a number followed by.

Sr.No. Character & Description
1

c

Centimeters
2

i

Inches
3

m

Millimeters
4

p

Printer's points (about 1/72")

Length options

Tkinter expresses a length as an integer number of pixels. Here is the list of common length options −

  • borderwidth − Width of the border which gives a three-dimensional look to the widget.

  • highlightthickness − Width of the highlight rectangle when the widget has focus.

  • padX padY − Extra space the widget requests from its layout manager beyond the minimum the widget needs to display its contents in the x and y directions.

  • selectborderwidth − Width of the three-dimentional border around selected items of the widget.

  • wraplength − Maximum line length for widgets that perform word wrapping.

  • height − Desired height of the widget; must be greater than or equal to 1.

  • underline − Index of the character to underline in the widget's text (0 is the first character, 1 the second one, and so on).

  • width − Desired width of the widget.

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