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
| 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 −
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