The Tkinter Pack Geometry Manager - options

Question

I am teaching myself TKINTER at the moment. I have written...

self.frameBottom = tk.Frame(master)
self.frameBottom.pack(side=tk.BOTTOM, fill=tk.BOTH)

self.textBox = tk.Text(master, height=1)
self.textBox.pack(side = tk.LEFT, expand=1, fill=tk.X)

self.searchButton = tk.Button(master, text="Search",  command=self.searchButtonPress)
self.searchButton.pack(side = tk.RIGHT)

self.textBoxResults = tk.Text(self.frameBottom)
self.textBoxResults.pack(side=tk.BOTTOM, fill=tk.BOTH, expand=1)

however the lower textBoxResults does not expand in the Y direction to fill the window as can be seen in this GUI picture . How can I make the textBoxResults expand in the Y direction, and keep the textBox and searchButton attached to the top please?

TIA

Answer 1

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• Python Tutorial - 25.1.6.2. The Packer

• Python Tutorial - 25.1.6.3. Packer Options

  • side=
    Specifies which side to pack the widget against: TOP (default), LEFT , BOTTOM and RIGHT
  • expand=
    Boolean, 0 or 1.
  • fill=
    Legal values: 'x' , 'y' , 'both' , 'none' .
  • ipadx=
    Internal padding.

• The Tkinter Pack Geometry Manager

  The Pack geometry manager packs widgets in rows or columns. You can use options like fill, expand, and side to control this geometry manager.