[Tutor] Tkinter grid layout question

[Phil]

On 28/10/23 22:09, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
>>    |-------------------|  |------------------|
>>    |                        |  |   frame 2     |
>>    |    image         |  |                      |
>>    |                        |  |           X         |
>>    |   250 x 230    |  |        X   X       |
>>    |                        |  |          X          |
>>    |   frame 1       |  |                      |
>>    |-------------------|  |------------------|
> Unfortunately that hasn't worked.
So I see. It was correct at the sending end and it sort of demonstrates 
the interaction of the button group layout with image to group's left . 
Except that the button layout was mangled vertically and not 
horizontally. If you copy my diagram to a text editor and move the 
vertical characters so that they are in line vertically then you'll see 
two frames and a button group.
>
> Can you strip out all code except the UI layout and just
> post it, that might be simplest.

There really isn't any other code, it's just one app class and nothing 
else. It amounts to 96 lines.

>> Using two frames is a far better approach which worked
>> without any editing at all. Just a bit of copying and pasting
>> from the original code.
> Again, I'm not sure how that would work.

I'm more confident now that using two frames is the best and simplest 
method. The image is displayed in one frame and the button group is 
displayed in the second frame. There is no interaction between the 
frames. The image can be increased or reduced to any odd size, 
vertically or horizontally, without any movement of the buttons in the 
other frame. Just using one frame for the buttons or the image would 
probably work just as well.

>> By the way, each button is 50 x 50 and not the usual rectangular shape.
> That shouldn't be an issue.

I was just remarking that the button group size is a multiple of the 
image's vertical size but not the same size. I found that by reducing 
the size of the image by about 1/8 then the buttons returned to their 
desired layout.

Anyway, the two fame method works perfectly and I think this thread 
should probably be closed for the sanity of others. Thank you again Alan 
for your time.

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Regards,
Phil