[Tutor] laying out a menu widget inside a frame

[Zubin Wadia]

Hi Michael,

root.config(relief=RIDGE, bg="lightblue", bd=3) doesn't seem to work
I'm not sure if the menu() widget can be packed in a frame container??

Thanks
--zubin



>Hi Zubin,

>there is a typo in your code, it should be
>
>    master.config(menu=menubar)
>
>but this does not seem to be your problem?
>If you just want the menu to be inside the "lightblue", "RIDGE" part of
the >window, try:
>
>    root.config(relief=RIDGE, bg="lightblue", bd=3)
>
>and relief="flat", bg="lightblue" on the frame.
>
>I hope this helps
>
>Michael


> Hello All,
>
> from Tkinter import *
>
> class App:
>     #create a frame
>     def __init__(self, master):
>         frame = Frame(master, bg="LIGHTBLUE", relief=RIDGE, bd=3)
>         frame.pack(side=TOP, ipadx=15, ipady=15, fill=X)
>
>         ##create dropdown menu
>
>         menubar = Menu(frame)
>
>         filemenu = Menu(menubar)
>         menubar.add_cascade(label="File", menu=filemenu)
>         filemenu.add_command(label="New")
>
>         root.config(menu=menubar) ##edit
>
> root = Tk()
> root.minsize(100,100)
> app = App(root)
> root.mainloop()
>
> This works great but I can't get the dropdown menu to layout in the frame
> widget instead of the root. I tried frame.config() in the ##edit line but
> I don't think there is a config method for the frame widget, it errors
> out.
>
> Any pointers? thanks in advance,
> --zubin
>
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