PANEDWINDOW IN TKINTER

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In this tutorial, we are going to learn about the PanedWindow in tkinter and discuss their sub-panedwindows. Also, learn about its features and methods followed by a handy example.

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What is PanedWindow in Tkinter?

The Panedwindow in tkinter is a container that holds together one or more than sub-panedwindow which contains their own sub-panedwindows and so on. We can always resize these panes upon our choice by using a mouse. Each pane holds one widget. We can implement the panes horizontally and vertically. The syntax for panedwindow is:

Panedwindow_tk = PanedWindow ( window, features )

Panedwindow features and properties are:

1	bg	Declares the background color of the widget.
2	bd	Displays the 3D border size.
3	borderwidth	Specifies the represents border width of the widget. Default width is 2px.
4	cursor	Shows the type of cursor when the mouse is hovered over the PanedWindow. The default is a pointed arrow cursor.
5	handlepad	8 is the default size.
6	handlesize	8 is the default size.
7	height	It decides the height of the panedwindow.
8	orient	The orientation by default is set to HORIZONTAL.
9	relief	This displays different types of borders like SUNKEN, RAISED, GROOVE, and RIDGE.
10	sashpad	It specifies the padding around each sash. Default value is 0.
11	sashrelief	This displays different types of sash borders.
12	sashwidth	It specifies the width of the sash. Default is 2px.
13	showhandle	This method is set to True for displaying handles. Default value is FALSE.
14	Width	This feature sets the width of the panedwindow.

Methods for a panedwindow widgets are:

1	add(child, options)	This method is used to add panedwindows within the specified range.
2	get(startindex, endindex)	It fetches the absolute index of the specified index
3	config(options)	It configures with widget within the specified options.

Creating Panedwindow in Tkinter

You can create simple a panedwindow widget as follows:

from tkinter import *

screen = PanedWindow()

screen.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1)

left = Label(screen, text="left pane")
screen.add(left)

m2 = PanedWindow(screen, orient=VERTICAL)
screen.add(m2)

top = Label(m2, text="top pane")
m2.add(top)

bottom = Label(m2, text="bottom pane")
m2.add(bottom)

mainloop()

Output will be:

References have been used from here

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