Tkinter PanedWindow
A PanedWindow is a container widget that may contain any number of panes, arranged horizontally or vertically.
Each pane contains one widget and each pair of panes is separated by a moveable (via mouse movements) sash. Moving a sash causes the widgets on either side of the sash to be resized.
Syntax
Here is the simple syntax to create this widget −
w = PanedWindow( master, option, ... )
Parameters
master − This represents the parent window.
options − Here is the list of most commonly used options for this widget. These options can be used as key-value pairs separated by commas.
| Sr.No. | Options & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | bg The color of the slider and arrowheads when the mouse is not over them. |
| 2 | bd The width of the 3-d borders around the entire perimeter of the trough, and also the width of the 3-d effects on the arrowheads and slider. Default is no border around the trough, and a 2-pixel border around the arrowheads and slider. |
| 3 | borderwidth Default is 2. |
| 4 | cursor The cursor that appears when the mouse is over the window. |
| 5 | handlepad Default is 8. |
| 6 | handlesize Default is 8. |
| 7 | height No default value. |
| 8 | orient Default is HORIZONTAL. |
| 9 | relief Default is FLAT. |
| 10 | sashcursor No default value. |
| 11 | sashrelief Default is RAISED. |
| 12 | sashwidth Default is 2. |
| 13 | showhandle No default value. |
| 14 | width No default value. |
Methods
PanedWindow objects have these methods −
| Sr.No. | Methods & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | add(child, options) Adds a child window to the paned window. |
| 2 | get(startindex [,endindex]) This method returns a specific character or a range of text. |
| 3 | config(options) Modifies one or more widget options. If no options are given, the method returns a dictionary containing all current option values. |
Example
Try the following example yourself. Here is how to create a 3-pane widget −
from tkinter import * m1 = PanedWindow() m1.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1) left = Entry(m1, bd=5) m1.add(left) m2 = PanedWindow(m1, orient=VERTICAL) m1.add(m2) top = Scale( m2, orient=HORIZONTAL) m2.add(top) bottom = Button(m2, text="OK") m2.add(bottom) mainloop()
When the above code is executed, it produces the following result −
