Python - Tkinter place() Method
This geometry manager organizes widgets by placing them in a specific position in the parent widget.
Syntax
widget.place( place_options )
Here is the list of possible options −
anchor − The exact spot of widget other options refer to: may be N, E, S, W, NE, NW, SE, or SW, compass directions indicating the corners and sides of widget; default is NW (the upper left corner of widget)
bordermode − INSIDE (the default) to indicate that other options refer to the parent's inside (ignoring the parent's border); OUTSIDE otherwise.
height, width − Height and width in pixels.
relheight, relwidth − Height and width as a float between 0.0 and 1.0, as a fraction of the height and width of the parent widget.
relx, rely − Horizontal and vertical offset as a float between 0.0 and 1.0, as a fraction of the height and width of the parent widget.
x, y − Horizontal and vertical offset in pixels.
Example
Try the following example by moving cursor on different buttons −
from Tkinter import * import tkMessageBox import Tkinter top = Tkinter.Tk() def helloCallBack(): tkMessageBox.showinfo( "Hello Python", "Hello World") B = Tkinter.Button(top, text ="Hello", command = helloCallBack) B.pack() B.place(bordermode=OUTSIDE, height=100, width=100) top.mainloop()
When the above code is executed, it produces the following result −