Tkinter scrollbar works only with create_window - python

I have a panedwindow and, in the right pane, I have a frame in a canvas that I want to scroll. I can get it to scroll only if I call the canvas create_window function. When I call the create_window everything works fine, except the content frame does not expand and I have set the grid to sticky=nsew. In the example code there is a var called x, if x is set to 1 then the frame expands and the scrollbars show up correctly but they don't work, if set to 0 the scrollbars work but the frame does not expand. I need the scrollbars to work if x is set to 1 or 0. You will need to resize the window to see this issue, notice that the separator widget expands to fill the frame but the scrollbars don't scroll anything when x is set to 1.
I'm just about there I have it working 99% just one little glitch. The separator widget does not expand to fill the content frame when the window height is shorter then the content and the window width is wider then content. I have updated the code and added background color to highlight the issue.
import tkinter as tk
import tkinter.ttk as ttk
lorem_ipsum = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, luctus non. Litora viverra ligula'
class Scrollbar(ttk.Scrollbar):
def __init__(self, parent, canvas, **kwargs):
ttk.Scrollbar.__init__(self, parent, **kwargs)
command = canvas.xview if kwargs.get('orient', tk.VERTICAL) == tk.HORIZONTAL else canvas.yview
self.configure(command=command)
def set(self, low, high):
if float(low) > 0 or float(high) < 1:
self.grid()
else:
self.grid_remove()
ttk.Scrollbar.set(self, low, high)
class App(tk.Tk):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
self.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
self.title('Paned Window Demo')
self.geometry('420x200')
style = ttk.Style()
style.theme_use('clam')
style.configure('TPanedwindow', background='black')
pw = ttk.PanedWindow(self, orient=tk.HORIZONTAL)
left_frame = ttk.Frame(pw)
right_frame = ttk.Frame(pw)
ttk.Label(left_frame, text='Left Pane').grid()
left_frame.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
left_frame.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
left_frame.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
right_frame.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
right_frame.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
right_frame.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
pw.add(left_frame)
pw.add(right_frame)
pw.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
canvas = tk.Canvas(right_frame, bg=style.lookup('TFrame', 'background'))
canvas.frame = ttk.Frame(canvas)
canvas.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
canvas.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
canvas.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
canvas.frame.rowconfigure(990, weight=1)
canvas.frame.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
canvas.frame.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
content = tk.Frame(canvas.frame, bg='blue')
content.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
content.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
content.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
xscroll = Scrollbar(right_frame, canvas, orient=tk.HORIZONTAL)
yscroll = Scrollbar(right_frame, canvas, orient=tk.VERTICAL)
xscroll.grid(row=990, column=0, sticky=tk.EW)
yscroll.grid(row=0, column=990, sticky=tk.NS)
for idx in range(1, 11):
tk.Label(content, bg='#aaaaaa', fg='#000000', text=f'{idx} {lorem_ipsum}').grid(sticky=tk.NW)
ttk.Separator(content, orient=tk.HORIZONTAL).grid(pady=10, sticky=tk.EW)
for idx in range(11, 21):
tk.Label(content, bg='#aaaaaa', fg='#000000', text=f'{idx} {lorem_ipsum}').grid(sticky=tk.NW)
self.window = canvas.create_window((0, 0), window=canvas.frame, anchor=tk.NW)
self.update_idletasks()
pw.sashpos(0, newpos=100)
def update_canvas(event):
content.update_idletasks()
_, _, width, height = content.bbox(tk.ALL)
if event.width < width or event.height < height:
if not self.window:
self.window = canvas.create_window((0, 0), window=canvas.frame, anchor=tk.NW)
else:
self.window = None
canvas.frame.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
canvas.bind('<Configure>', update_canvas)
canvas.configure(scrollregion=content.bbox(tk.ALL))
canvas.configure(xscrollcommand=xscroll.set, yscrollcommand=yscroll.set)
def main():
app = App()
app.mainloop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()

It is perfectly normal that the scrollbars only work with canvas.create_window() since this is the adequate method to display a widget inside a canvas so that the canvas is aware of the widget's size. Otherwise you are just using the canvas as a frame. However, the canvas.create_window() method does not have a sticky option so you have to manually change the width of the widget when the canvas changes size.
Therefore, in your update_canvas callback, you need to change the width of the window each time the canvas changes width if the canvas's width is larger than the content's required width:
def update_canvas(event):
# if the new canvas's width (event.width) is larger than the content's
# minimum width (content.winfo_reqwidth()) then make canvas.frame the
# same width as the canvas
if event.width > content.winfo_reqwidth():
canvas.itemconfigure(self.window, width=event.width)
Moreover there are a few useless lines in your code, in particular you don't have to grid canvas.frame since you display it with canvas.create_window(), see below:
class App(tk.Tk):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
self.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
self.title('Paned Window Demo')
self.geometry('420x200')
style = ttk.Style()
style.theme_use('clam')
style.configure('TPanedwindow', background='black')
pw = ttk.PanedWindow(self, orient=tk.HORIZONTAL)
left_frame = ttk.Frame(pw)
right_frame = ttk.Frame(pw)
ttk.Label(left_frame, text='Left Pane').grid()
left_frame.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
left_frame.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
left_frame.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
right_frame.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
right_frame.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
right_frame.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
pw.add(left_frame)
pw.add(right_frame)
pw.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
canvas = tk.Canvas(right_frame, bg=style.lookup('TFrame', 'background'))
canvas.frame = ttk.Frame(canvas)
# canvas.rowconfigure(0, weight=1) -> useless since no widget will be gridded in the canvas
# canvas.columnconfigure(0, weight=1) -> useless since no widget will be gridded in the canvas
canvas.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
canvas.frame.rowconfigure(990, weight=1)
canvas.frame.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
# canvas.frame.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW) -> no need to grid canvas.frame since it is displayed it with canvas.create_window()
content = tk.Frame(canvas.frame, bg='blue')
content.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
content.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
content.grid(sticky=tk.NSEW)
xscroll = Scrollbar(right_frame, canvas, orient=tk.HORIZONTAL)
yscroll = Scrollbar(right_frame, canvas, orient=tk.VERTICAL)
xscroll.grid(row=990, column=0, sticky=tk.EW)
yscroll.grid(row=0, column=990, sticky=tk.NS)
for idx in range(1, 11):
tk.Label(content, bg='#aaaaaa', fg='#000000', text=f'{idx} {lorem_ipsum}').grid(sticky=tk.NW)
ttk.Separator(content, orient=tk.HORIZONTAL).grid(pady=10, sticky=tk.EW)
for idx in range(11, 21):
tk.Label(content, bg='#aaaaaa', fg='#000000', text=f'{idx} {lorem_ipsum}').grid(sticky=tk.NW)
self.window = canvas.create_window((0, 0), window=canvas.frame, anchor=tk.NW)
self.update_idletasks()
pw.sashpos(0, newpos=100)
def update_canvas(event):
# if the new canvas's width (event.width) is larger than the content's
# minimum width (content.winfo_reqwidth()) then make canvas.frame the
# same width as the canvas
if event.width > content.winfo_reqwidth():
canvas.itemconfigure(self.window, width=event.width)
canvas.bind('<Configure>', update_canvas)
canvas.configure(scrollregion=content.bbox(tk.ALL))
canvas.configure(xscrollcommand=xscroll.set, yscrollcommand=yscroll.set)
def main():
app = App()
app.mainloop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()

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Tkinter widgets in a notebook tab only showing when mouse is moved off of the tab label

I recently made 2 functions, add_scrollbar and update_scroll_region, which adds a scrollbar to a given frame and updates the scroll region when widgets in that frame change.
The frame in which I am adding a scrollbar is a notebook tab. The functions work as intended, but when I switch off a tab with the scrollbar (and only the ones with the scrollbar) and come back to it, all the widgets are gone. If I move my mouse off of the tab label, all the widgets re-appear. I am not exactly sure what it is about these 2 functions that could be causing this kind of behavior. I have provided a simplified example below. In this example, TAB1 has the scrollbar, and TAB2 does not. You will notice that switching from TAB2 to TAB1 hides the button in TAB1 until the mouse is moved.
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
root = Tk()
root.geometry("1200x1200")
def add_scrollbar(outer_frame):
canvas = Canvas(outer_frame)
canvas.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH, expand=1)
information_frame = Frame(canvas)
canvas.create_window((0, 0), window=information_frame)
scrollbar = ttk.Scrollbar(outer_frame, orient=VERTICAL, command=canvas.yview)
scrollbar.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y)
canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=scrollbar.set)
return information_frame, canvas
def update_scroll_region(canvas):
global root
root.update()
bbox = canvas.bbox("all")
x, y, width, height = bbox
if height < canvas.winfo_height():
bbox = x, y, width, canvas.winfo_height()
canvas.configure(scrollregion=bbox)
return
def create_example():
global root
notebook = ttk.Notebook(root, height=1200, width=1500)
notebook.pack(pady=10)
my_outer_frame_1 = Frame(root)
my_outer_frame_1.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1)
notebook.add(my_outer_frame_1, text="TAB1")
inner_frame_1, my_canvas_1 = add_scrollbar(my_outer_frame_1)
my_outer_frame_2 = Frame(root)
my_outer_frame_2.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1)
notebook.add(my_outer_frame_2, text="TAB2")
Label(my_outer_frame_2, text="This always shows").pack()
# ^^^ Sets up a notebook with 2 tabs
changing_frame = Frame(inner_frame_1, borderwidth=4) # this is the frame that will be changing its contents
changing_frame.pack(side=LEFT, anchor="n")
display_frame(changing_frame, my_outer_frame_1, my_canvas_1)
# this method re-displays the changing frame depending on the specified size ('big' or 'small')
root.mainloop()
return
def display_frame(frame, outer_frame, canvas, size='small'):
for widget in frame.winfo_children():
widget.destroy()
if size == 'small':
Button(frame, text="This button is gone until the mouse is moved",
command=lambda this_frame=frame: display_frame(this_frame, outer_frame, canvas, size='big')).grid(row=0,
column=0)
elif size == 'big':
Button(frame, height=5, width=5, text="Hide",
command=lambda this_frame=frame: display_frame(this_frame, outer_frame, canvas, size='small')).grid(
row=0, column=0)
for n in range(1, 100):
Label(frame, text="Other Stuff!").grid(row=n, column=0)
update_scroll_region(canvas)
return
if __name__ == '__main__':
create_example()

Creating Tkinter Text and making previous text go up

I am creating a game similar to bitlife in Tkinter. Although I have run into a problem. If you recall from bitlife, or any texting platform, you create text, then all the previously created text goes up. This existing text will then go into a scrollable frame (which I have already achieved). I am not asking for the straight up code, just any methods or ideas on how to make the previously created text go up. Thanks!
Not complete but I'm out of time.
Hacked together to show you how to add items to a canvas that very loosely looks like a text message application. Not pretty at all but I only had 10 mins
import tkinter as tk
class Message(tk.Frame):
def __init__(self,parent,name,text):
super().__init__(parent,width=250)
self.lblName = tk.Label(self, text=name, font=('Arial','10'))
self.lblName.grid(row=0,column=0)
self.lblText = tk.Message(self, text=text, font=('Arial','14'))
self.lblText.grid(row=1,column=1)
class MessageFrame(tk.Frame):
def __init__(self,parent):
super().__init__(parent)
# Add a canvas in that frame
self.canvas = tk.Canvas(self, bg="yellow")
self.canvas.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky="news")
# Link a scrollbar to the canvas
self.vsb = tk.Scrollbar(self, orient="vertical", command=self.canvas.yview)
self.vsb.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky='ns')
self.canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=self.vsb.set)
# Create a frame to contain the buttons
self.frame_buttons = tk.Frame(self.canvas, bg="blue")
self.canvas.create_window((0, 0), window=self.frame_buttons, anchor='nw')
self.messages = []
self.msgItems = []
def add_message(self, sender, text):
self.messages.append({'name':sender,'text':text})
self.refresh_msg_list()
def refresh_msg_list(self):
if self.msgItems:
for item in self.msgItems:
item.destroy()
self.msgItems = []
for idx,msg in enumerate(self.messages):
newItem = Message(self.frame_buttons, msg['name'], msg['text'])
#newItem = tk.Button(self.frame_buttons, text=task['task'])
newItem.grid(row=idx,column=0,sticky='news',pady=10)
self.msgItems.append(newItem)
# Update buttons frames idle tasks to let tkinter calculate buttons sizes
self.frame_buttons.update_idletasks()
# Resize the canvas frame to fit 5 messages
first5rows_height = max([task.winfo_height() for task in self.msgItems]) * 5
item_width = max([task.winfo_width() for task in self.msgItems])
##frame_canvas.config(width=first5columns_width + vsb.winfo_width(),
## height=first5rows_height)
self.config(height=first5rows_height,width=item_width+self.vsb.winfo_width())
# Set the canvas scrolling region
self.canvas.config(scrollregion=self.canvas.bbox("all"))
def add_new_item():
pass
def add_first_item():
msg.add_message('SenderName','How are you?')
msg.add_message('SenderName','How are you?')
msg.add_message('SenderName','How are you?')
msg.add_message('SenderName','How are you?')
msg.add_message('SenderName','How are you?')
root = tk.Tk()
root.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
root.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
frame_main = tk.Frame(root, bg="gray")
frame_main.grid(sticky='news')
# Create a frame for the canvas with non-zero row&column weights
msg = MessageFrame(frame_main)
msg.grid(row=2, column=0, pady=(5, 0), sticky='nw')
msg.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
msg.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
# Set grid_propagate to False to allow 5-by-5 buttons resizing later
msg.grid_propagate(False)
root.after_idle(add_first_item)
root.after(2000,add_new_item)
root.mainloop()

tkinter - resize text widget (sizegrip for text widget)

My goal is to have a "sizegrip widget" that enables the user to resize a text widget.
Picture to illustrate: (I apologize for the bad gridding)
Is it possible to make the sizegrip widget resize a text widget instead of the root window?
Any alternative widget that fits my needs?
If you really want to do this here is an example that uses place to manage the frame containing the text widget, scrollbar and sizegrip. If you remove the default bindings and supply new ones for the sizegrip then you can prevent it from changing the toplevel geometry and make it do something else.
Note that a paned window or two is the more normal UI design for this kind of thing.
import sys
import tkinter as tk
import tkinter.ttk as ttk
class App(ttk.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, title=None):
super().__init__(parent)
parent.wm_geometry("600x400")
parent.wm_title(title)
self.top = tk.Frame(self, height=100, background="green4")
self.middle = tk.Frame(self, background="red4")
self.lower = tk.Frame(self, height=100, background="blue4")
self.textframe = ttk.Frame(self.middle)
self.text = tk.Text(self.textframe)
self.vs = ttk.Scrollbar(self.textframe,
command=self.text.yview)
self.sg = ttk.Sizegrip(self.textframe)
self.text.configure(yscrollcommand=self.vs.set)
self.text.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky="news")
self.vs.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky="news")
self.sg.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky="sew")
self.textframe.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
self.textframe.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
self.middle.bind('<Map>', self.Place)
self.sg.bindtags((self.sg, '.','all'))
self.sg.bind('<Button-1>', self.Press)
self.sg.bind('<B1-Motion>', self.Drag)
self.sg.bind('<ButtonRelease-1>', self.Release)
self.top.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky="news")
self.middle.grid(row=1, column=0, sticky="news")
self.lower.grid(row=2, column=0, sticky="news")
self.grid_rowconfigure(1, weight=1)
self.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
self.grid(row=0,column=0, sticky="news")
parent.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
parent.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
def Press(self, ev):
self.dragging=True
self.dragpos = (ev.x_root, ev.y_root)
def Drag(self, ev):
if self.dragging:
dx = ev.x_root - self.dragpos[0]
dy = ev.y_root - self.dragpos[1]
sgx = self.sg.winfo_x() + dx
sgy = self.sg.winfo_y() + dy
sgw = self.sg.winfo_reqwidth()
sgh = self.sg.winfo_reqheight()
max_w = self.middle.winfo_width() - sgw
max_h = self.middle.winfo_height() - sgh
if sgx < 0 or sgx > max_w or sgy < 0 or sgy > max_h:
return
self.textframe.place(x=0, y=0,
width=sgx+sgw, height=sgy+sgh)
self.dragpos = (ev.x_root, ev.y_root)
def Release(self, ev):
self.dragging=False
def Place(self, ev):
"""Place the text widget controls once the rest of the
application has been mapped so we actually have a size
to work from.
Reset the Map event to avoid re-calling this code."""
self.textframe.bind('<Map>', None)
self.textframe.place(x=0, y=0,
width=self.middle.winfo_width(),
height=self.middle.winfo_height())
def main(args=None):
root = tk.Tk()
app = App(root, "Sizegrip demo")
root.mainloop()
return 0
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
The result:

Tkinter Dynamic scrollbar for a dynamic GUI not updating with GUI

This is related to a previous question:
Tkinter dynamically create widgets from button
At the time that I asked the previous question, I believed that it would be easy to add a scrollable frame around the dynamic GUI. Instead, I have had a single problem with the scrollbar not detecting the new frames and entry boxes after the button is pressed. How do I solve this without editing the ScrollFrame class much?
I know that the Scrollbarframe works with other widgets it is just that the dynamic component is causing issues. When I shrink the vertical size of the window past the original location of the createWidgets button, the scrollbar appears, but the scrollbar is not present for the rest of the dynamically created widgets. Does the canvas not detect that the vertical size of the frame increases with a button press?
Note: I am aware that wildcard imports are awful. I'm just using one for the example
from tkinter import *
class AutoScrollbar(Scrollbar):
# A scrollbar that hides itself if it's not needed.
# Only works if you use the grid geometry manager!
def set(self, lo, hi):
if float(lo) <= 0.0 and float(hi) >= 1.0:
# grid_remove is currently missing from Tkinter!
self.tk.call("grid", "remove", self)
else:
self.grid()
Scrollbar.set(self, lo, hi)
def pack(self, **kw):
raise TclError("cannot use pack with this widget")
def place(self, **kw):
raise TclError("cannot use place with this widget")
class ScrollFrame:
def __init__(self, master):
self.vscrollbar = AutoScrollbar(master)
self.vscrollbar.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky=N+S)
self.hscrollbar = AutoScrollbar(master, orient=HORIZONTAL)
self.hscrollbar.grid(row=1, column=0, sticky=E+W)
self.canvas = Canvas(master, yscrollcommand=self.vscrollbar.set,
xscrollcommand=self.hscrollbar.set)
self.canvas.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky=N+S+E+W)
self.vscrollbar.config(command=self.canvas.yview)
self.hscrollbar.config(command=self.canvas.xview)
# make the canvas expandable
master.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
master.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
# create frame inside canvas
self.frame = Frame(self.canvas)
self.frame.rowconfigure(1, weight=1)
self.frame.columnconfigure(1, weight=1)
def update(self):
self.canvas.create_window(0, 0, anchor=NW, window=self.frame)
self.frame.update_idletasks()
self.canvas.config(scrollregion=self.canvas.bbox("all"))
if self.frame.winfo_reqwidth() != self.canvas.winfo_width():
# update the canvas's width to fit the inner frame
self.canvas.config(width = self.frame.winfo_reqwidth())
if self.frame.winfo_reqheight() != self.canvas.winfo_height():
# update the canvas's width to fit the inner frame
self.canvas.config(height = self.frame.winfo_reqheight())
frames = []
widgets = []
def createwidgets():
global widgetNames
global frameNames
frame = Frame(o.frame, borderwidth=2, relief="groove")
frames.append(frame)
frame.pack(side="top", fill="x")
widget = Entry(frame)
widgets.append(widget)
widget.pack(side="left")
root = Tk()
o = ScrollFrame(root)
label = Label(o.frame, text = "test")
label1 = Label(o.frame, text = "test")
label2 = Label(o.frame, text = "test")
label3 = Label(o.frame, text = "test")
label.pack()
label1.pack()
label2.pack()
label3.pack()
createWidgetButton = Button(o.frame, text="createWidgets",
command=createwidgets)
createWidgetButton.pack(side="bottom", fill="x")
o.update()
root.mainloop()
This is what the window would look like if it was fully expanded
If I were to shrink the window, it should immediately create a vertical scrollbar because that would cover a widget. However, the scrollbar acts like the program was still in its initial state.
Incorrect Scrollbar(at the moment that the scrollbar appears)
You need to make sure that you update the canvas scrollregion whenever you add widgets to the inner frame. The most common solution is to bind to the frame's <Configure> event, which will fire whenever the frame changes size.
In ScrollFrame.__init__ add the following line after you create the frame:
self.frame.bind("<Configure>", self.reset_scrollregion)
Then, add this function to ScrollFrame:
def reset_scrollregion(self, event):
self.canvas.configure(scrollregion=self.canvas.bbox("all")

Tkinter scrollbar for frame

My objective is to add a vertical scroll bar to a frame which has several labels in it. The scroll bar should automatically enabled as soon as the labels inside the frame exceed the height of the frame. After searching through, I found this useful post. Based on that post I understand that in order to achieve what i want, (correct me if I am wrong, I am a beginner) I have to create a Frame first, then create a Canvas inside that frame and stick the scroll bar to that frame as well. After that, create another frame and put it inside the canvas as a window object. So, I finally come up with this:
from Tkinter import *
def data():
for i in range(50):
Label(frame,text=i).grid(row=i,column=0)
Label(frame,text="my text"+str(i)).grid(row=i,column=1)
Label(frame,text="..........").grid(row=i,column=2)
def myfunction(event):
canvas.configure(scrollregion=canvas.bbox("all"),width=200,height=200)
root=Tk()
sizex = 800
sizey = 600
posx = 100
posy = 100
root.wm_geometry("%dx%d+%d+%d" % (sizex, sizey, posx, posy))
myframe=Frame(root,relief=GROOVE,width=50,height=100,bd=1)
myframe.place(x=10,y=10)
canvas=Canvas(myframe)
frame=Frame(canvas)
myscrollbar=Scrollbar(myframe,orient="vertical",command=canvas.yview)
canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=myscrollbar.set)
myscrollbar.pack(side="right",fill="y")
canvas.pack(side="left")
canvas.create_window((0,0),window=frame,anchor='nw')
frame.bind("<Configure>",myfunction)
data()
root.mainloop()
Am I doing it right? Is there better/smarter way to achieve the output this code gave me?
Why must I use grid method? (I tried place method, but none of the labels appear on the canvas.)
What so special about using anchor='nw' when creating window on canvas?
Please keep your answer simple, as I am a beginner.
Here's example code adapted from the VerticalScrolledFrame page on the now defunct Tkinter Wiki that's been modified to run on Python 2.7 and 3+.
try: # Python 2
import tkinter as tk
import tkinter.ttk as ttk
from tkinter.constants import *
except ImportError: # Python 2
import Tkinter as tk
import ttk
from tkinter.constants import *
# Based on
# https://web.archive.org/web/20170514022131id_/http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/VerticalScrolledFrame
class VerticalScrolledFrame(ttk.Frame):
"""A pure Tkinter scrollable frame that actually works!
* Use the 'interior' attribute to place widgets inside the scrollable frame.
* Construct and pack/place/grid normally.
* This frame only allows vertical scrolling.
"""
def __init__(self, parent, *args, **kw):
ttk.Frame.__init__(self, parent, *args, **kw)
# Create a canvas object and a vertical scrollbar for scrolling it.
vscrollbar = ttk.Scrollbar(self, orient=VERTICAL)
vscrollbar.pack(fill=Y, side=RIGHT, expand=FALSE)
canvas = tk.Canvas(self, bd=0, highlightthickness=0,
yscrollcommand=vscrollbar.set)
canvas.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH, expand=TRUE)
vscrollbar.config(command=canvas.yview)
# Reset the view
canvas.xview_moveto(0)
canvas.yview_moveto(0)
# Create a frame inside the canvas which will be scrolled with it.
self.interior = interior = ttk.Frame(canvas)
interior_id = canvas.create_window(0, 0, window=interior,
anchor=NW)
# Track changes to the canvas and frame width and sync them,
# also updating the scrollbar.
def _configure_interior(event):
# Update the scrollbars to match the size of the inner frame.
size = (interior.winfo_reqwidth(), interior.winfo_reqheight())
canvas.config(scrollregion="0 0 %s %s" % size)
if interior.winfo_reqwidth() != canvas.winfo_width():
# Update the canvas's width to fit the inner frame.
canvas.config(width=interior.winfo_reqwidth())
interior.bind('<Configure>', _configure_interior)
def _configure_canvas(event):
if interior.winfo_reqwidth() != canvas.winfo_width():
# Update the inner frame's width to fill the canvas.
canvas.itemconfigure(interior_id, width=canvas.winfo_width())
canvas.bind('<Configure>', _configure_canvas)
if __name__ == "__main__":
class SampleApp(tk.Tk):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
root = tk.Tk.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
self.frame = VerticalScrolledFrame(root)
self.frame.pack()
self.label = ttk.Label(self, text="Shrink the window to activate the scrollbar.")
self.label.pack()
buttons = []
for i in range(10):
buttons.append(ttk.Button(self.frame.interior, text="Button " + str(i)))
buttons[-1].pack()
app = SampleApp()
app.mainloop()
It does not yet have the mouse wheel bound to the scrollbar but it is possible. Scrolling with the wheel can get a bit bumpy, though.
edit:
to 1)
IMHO scrolling frames is somewhat tricky in Tkinter and does not seem to be done a lot. It seems there is no elegant way to do it.
One problem with your code is that you have to set the canvas size manually - that's what the example code I posted solves.
to 2)
You are talking about the data function? Place works for me, too. (In general I prefer grid).
to 3)
Well, it positions the window on the canvas.
One thing I noticed is that your example handles mouse wheel scrolling by default while the one I posted does not. Will have to look at that some time.
"Am i doing it right?Is there better/smarter way to achieve the output this code gave me?"
Generally speaking, yes, you're doing it right. Tkinter has no native scrollable container other than the canvas. As you can see, it's really not that difficult to set up. As your example shows, it only takes 5 or 6 lines of code to make it work -- depending on how you count lines.
"Why must i use grid method?(i tried place method, but none of the labels appear on the canvas?)"
You ask about why you must use grid. There is no requirement to use grid. Place, grid and pack can all be used. It's simply that some are more naturally suited to particular types of problems. In this case it looks like you're creating an actual grid -- rows and columns of labels -- so grid is the natural choice.
"What so special about using anchor='nw' when creating window on canvas?"
The anchor tells you what part of the window is positioned at the coordinates you give. By default, the center of the window will be placed at the coordinate. In the case of your code above, you want the upper left ("northwest") corner to be at the coordinate.
Please see my class that is a scrollable frame. It's vertical scrollbar is binded to <Mousewheel> event as well. So, all you have to do is to create a frame, fill it with widgets the way you like, and then make this frame a child of my ScrolledWindow.scrollwindow. Feel free to ask if something is unclear.
Used a lot from # Brayan Oakley answers to close to this questions
class ScrolledWindow(tk.Frame):
"""
1. Master widget gets scrollbars and a canvas. Scrollbars are connected
to canvas scrollregion.
2. self.scrollwindow is created and inserted into canvas
Usage Guideline:
Assign any widgets as children of <ScrolledWindow instance>.scrollwindow
to get them inserted into canvas
__init__(self, parent, canv_w = 400, canv_h = 400, *args, **kwargs)
docstring:
Parent = master of scrolled window
canv_w - width of canvas
canv_h - height of canvas
"""
def __init__(self, parent, canv_w = 400, canv_h = 400, *args, **kwargs):
"""Parent = master of scrolled window
canv_w - width of canvas
canv_h - height of canvas
"""
super().__init__(parent, *args, **kwargs)
self.parent = parent
# creating a scrollbars
self.xscrlbr = ttk.Scrollbar(self.parent, orient = 'horizontal')
self.xscrlbr.grid(column = 0, row = 1, sticky = 'ew', columnspan = 2)
self.yscrlbr = ttk.Scrollbar(self.parent)
self.yscrlbr.grid(column = 1, row = 0, sticky = 'ns')
# creating a canvas
self.canv = tk.Canvas(self.parent)
self.canv.config(relief = 'flat',
width = 10,
heigh = 10, bd = 2)
# placing a canvas into frame
self.canv.grid(column = 0, row = 0, sticky = 'nsew')
# accociating scrollbar comands to canvas scroling
self.xscrlbr.config(command = self.canv.xview)
self.yscrlbr.config(command = self.canv.yview)
# creating a frame to inserto to canvas
self.scrollwindow = ttk.Frame(self.parent)
self.canv.create_window(0, 0, window = self.scrollwindow, anchor = 'nw')
self.canv.config(xscrollcommand = self.xscrlbr.set,
yscrollcommand = self.yscrlbr.set,
scrollregion = (0, 0, 100, 100))
self.yscrlbr.lift(self.scrollwindow)
self.xscrlbr.lift(self.scrollwindow)
self.scrollwindow.bind('<Configure>', self._configure_window)
self.scrollwindow.bind('<Enter>', self._bound_to_mousewheel)
self.scrollwindow.bind('<Leave>', self._unbound_to_mousewheel)
return
def _bound_to_mousewheel(self, event):
self.canv.bind_all("<MouseWheel>", self._on_mousewheel)
def _unbound_to_mousewheel(self, event):
self.canv.unbind_all("<MouseWheel>")
def _on_mousewheel(self, event):
self.canv.yview_scroll(int(-1*(event.delta/120)), "units")
def _configure_window(self, event):
# update the scrollbars to match the size of the inner frame
size = (self.scrollwindow.winfo_reqwidth(), self.scrollwindow.winfo_reqheight())
self.canv.config(scrollregion='0 0 %s %s' % size)
if self.scrollwindow.winfo_reqwidth() != self.canv.winfo_width():
# update the canvas's width to fit the inner frame
self.canv.config(width = self.scrollwindow.winfo_reqwidth())
if self.scrollwindow.winfo_reqheight() != self.canv.winfo_height():
# update the canvas's width to fit the inner frame
self.canv.config(height = self.scrollwindow.winfo_reqheight())
For anyone who stumbles across this (as it did when looking for my own gist) I maintain a gist for exactly this purpose at https://gist.github.com/mp035/9f2027c3ef9172264532fcd6262f3b01 It has scrollwheel support for various operating systems, is commented, and has a built-in demo in the file.
We can add scroll bar even without using Canvas. I have read it in many other post we can't add vertical scroll bar in frame directly etc etc. But after doing many experiment found out way to add vertical as well as horizontal scroll bar :). Please find below code which is used to create scroll bar in treeView and frame.
f = Tkinter.Frame(self.master,width=3)
f.grid(row=2, column=0, columnspan=8, rowspan=10, pady=30, padx=30)
f.config(width=5)
self.tree = ttk.Treeview(f, selectmode="extended")
scbHDirSel =tk.Scrollbar(f, orient=Tkinter.HORIZONTAL, command=self.tree.xview)
scbVDirSel =tk.Scrollbar(f, orient=Tkinter.VERTICAL, command=self.tree.yview)
self.tree.configure(yscrollcommand=scbVDirSel.set, xscrollcommand=scbHDirSel.set)
self.tree["columns"] = (self.columnListOutput)
self.tree.column("#0", width=40)
self.tree.heading("#0", text='SrNo', anchor='w')
self.tree.grid(row=2, column=0, sticky=Tkinter.NSEW,in_=f, columnspan=10, rowspan=10)
scbVDirSel.grid(row=2, column=10, rowspan=10, sticky=Tkinter.NS, in_=f)
scbHDirSel.grid(row=14, column=0, rowspan=2, sticky=Tkinter.EW,in_=f)
f.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
f.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
It is nessesery to configure Scrollbar in case of using with Canvas
by sending to Canvas xscrollcommand attribute Scrollbar.set method and
to Scrollbar command attribute Canvas.yview (xview) method.
Canvas.yview method after scrollbar was moved recieve *args in next formatting:
tuple('move_to', '<some_absolute_float_value_of_top_of_scrollbar_region>')
In case of implementing scrollability to widget,
Recieving region and translating scrollbar_region (whith element viewable and whith not) features must be created.
Region is `tuple(float, float)' representing open to see part of all elements.
Not ideal bechavior showed in this solution (without using tk.Canvas)
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
class ItemizeFrame(ttk.Frame, list):
def __init__(self,
*args,
scroll_upd_callback = lambda x: x,
visible_els: int = 10,
**kwargs):
list.__init__(self)
ttk.Frame.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
ttk.Style().configure('Small.TButton', background='red', width=2, height=2, padx=3, pady=3)
ttk.Style().configure('Sep.TFrame', padx=3, pady=3)
self.scroll_upd_callback = scroll_upd_callback
self.visible_els = visible_els
self.visible_st_idx = 0
self.pseudo_scroll_element_cursor_line = 0.5*1/visible_els
def append(self, item: ttk.Widget, **kw):
e = item(self, **kw)
super().append(e)
e.pack(fill='x')
self._update_visible_els()
def _update_visable_id_callback(self):
for id_, entry_ in enumerate(self):
entry_.set_id(id_)
def pop(self, index=None):
e = super().pop(index)
e.destroy()
self._update_visible_els()
def __getitem__(self, idx) -> ttk.Widget:
return list.__getitem__(self, idx)
# indicators computing and application
#property
def visible_end_idx(self):
return self.visible_st_idx + self.visible_els -1
#property
def visible_area_ratio(self) -> tuple[float, float]:
total = len(self)
st_val = 0.0
end_val = 1.0
if total > self.visible_els:
end_val = 1.0 - (total-self.visible_end_idx)/total
st_val = self.visible_st_idx / total
st_val = st_val + self.pseudo_scroll_element_cursor_line
end_val = end_val + self.pseudo_scroll_element_cursor_line
return (st_val, end_val)
def _update_scroll_widget(self):
self.scroll_upd_callback(*self.visible_area_ratio)
def set_yview(self, move_to_ratio):
base_pseudo_ratio = 0.5*1/self.visible_els
total = len(self)
max_ratio = (total - self.visible_els)/total+base_pseudo_ratio
if move_to_ratio < 0:
possible_st_el_pseudo_part = base_pseudo_ratio
possible_st_el_idx = 0
if max_ratio < move_to_ratio:
possible_st_el_idx = total - self.visible_els
possible_st_el_pseudo_part = base_pseudo_ratio
else :
el_idx_raw = move_to_ratio * total
el_idx_round = round(el_idx_raw)
el_idx_pseudo = (el_idx_raw - el_idx_round)*1/self.visible_els
possible_st_el_idx = el_idx_round
possible_st_el_pseudo_part = el_idx_pseudo
self.visible_st_idx = possible_st_el_idx
self.pseudo_scroll_element_cursor_line = possible_st_el_pseudo_part
self._update_visible_els()
def _update_visible_els(self):
for el in self:
el.pack_forget()
for num, el in enumerate(self):
if self.visible_st_idx <= num and num <= self.visible_end_idx:
el.pack()
self._update_scroll_widget()
class ScrollableFrame(ttk.Frame):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
kw = dict(width=400, height=300)
kw.update(kwargs)
super().__init__(*args, **kw)
self.scroll = ttk.Scrollbar(self, command=self.on_scroll)
self.scroll.pack(expand=True, fill='y', side='right')
self.view = ItemizeFrame(
self,
scroll_upd_callback=self.scroll.set,
**kwargs
)
self.view.pack(expand=True, fill='both')#, side='left')
def on_scroll(self, *args, **kwargs):
value_raw = float(args[1])
self.view.set_yview(value_raw)
Usecase
class App(tk.Tk):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.frame = ScrollableFrame(self)
self.frame.pack()
def test_fill(self):
for i in range(15):
self.frame.view.append(ttk.Entry)
class Test:
#staticmethod
def v2():
app = App()
app.test_fill()
app.mainloop()
Test.v2()
After I watching many answers, I got it:
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.title("音樂編輯器")
root.geometry("600x480")
def onFrameConfigure(canvas):
'''Reset the scroll region to encompass the inner frame'''
canvas.configure(scrollregion=canvas.bbox("all"))
'''When window size change, canvas size will change,
use this line to change its item size (width).'''
canvas.itemconfigure(wrapFrame, width=canvas.winfo_width())
canvas = tk.Canvas(root, highlightthickness=0)
frame = tk.Frame(canvas, background="#FFFFFF")
vsb = tk.Scrollbar(root, orient="vertical", command=canvas.yview)
canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=vsb.set)
vsb.pack(side="right", fill="y")
canvas.pack(fill="both", expand=1, anchor="nw") #canvas size is relative to window size.
wrapFrame = canvas.create_window((0,0), window=frame, anchor="nw")
# When the window size change, it will call this function
canvas.bind("<Configure>", lambda event, canvas=canvas: onFrameConfigure(canvas))
L1 = tk.Label(frame, text="音樂編輯器", bg="#556644", font=("",25))
L1.pack(anchor="n")
for i in range(100):
input = tk.Entry(frame)
input.pack()
root.mainloop()
Specifies the size of the scrollable frame by changing canvas and scrollbar position and size.
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.title("音樂編輯器")
root.geometry("600x480")
def onFrameConfigure(canvas):
'''Reset the scroll region to encompass the inner frame'''
canvas.configure(scrollregion=canvas.bbox("all"))
canvas.itemconfigure(wrapFrame, width=canvas.winfo_width())
canvas = tk.Canvas(root, highlightthickness=0)
frame = tk.Frame(canvas, background="#FFFFFF")
vsb = tk.Scrollbar(root, orient="vertical", command=canvas.yview)
canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=vsb.set)
vsb.place(relx=0.9, y=0, relwidth=0.1, relheight=0.5)
canvas.place(x=0, y=0, relwidth=0.9, relheight=0.5)
wrapFrame = canvas.create_window((0,0), window=frame, anchor="nw")
canvas.bind("<Configure>", lambda event, canvas=canvas: onFrameConfigure(canvas))
L1 = tk.Label(frame, text="音樂編輯器", bg="#556644", font=("",25))
L1.pack(anchor="n")
for i in range(100):
input = tk.Entry(frame)
input.pack()
root.mainloop()
Specifies the size of the scrollable frame by writing them to outerFrame.
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.title("音樂編輯器")
root.geometry("600x480")
def onFrameConfigure(canvas):
'''Reset the scroll region to encompass the inner frame'''
canvas.configure(scrollregion=canvas.bbox("all"))
canvas.itemconfigure(wrapFrame, width=canvas.winfo_width())
outerFrame = tk.Frame(root)
canvas = tk.Canvas(outerFrame, highlightthickness=0)
frame = tk.Frame(canvas, background="#FFFFFF")
vsb = tk.Scrollbar(outerFrame, orient="vertical", command=canvas.yview)
canvas.config(yscrollcommand=vsb.set)
outerFrame.place(relx=0.25, rely=0.1, relwidth=0.5, relheight=0.5)
vsb.pack(side="right", fill="y")
canvas.pack(fill="both", expand=1, anchor="nw")
wrapFrame = canvas.create_window((0,0), window=frame, anchor="nw")
canvas.bind("<Configure>", lambda event, canvas=canvas: onFrameConfigure(canvas))
L1 = tk.Label(frame, text="音樂編輯器", bg="#556644", font=("",25))
L1.pack(anchor="n")
for i in range(100):
input = tk.Entry(frame)
input.pack()
root.mainloop()
The items inner the frame can use pack or grid (only choose one), but place cannot be used alone. If you want to use place, you need to expand the layout(height) with pack or grid first.
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.title("音樂編輯器")
root.geometry("600x480")
def onFrameConfigure(canvas):
'''Reset the scroll region to encompass the inner frame'''
canvas.configure(scrollregion=canvas.bbox("all"))
canvas.itemconfigure(wrapFrame, width=canvas.winfo_width())
canvas = tk.Canvas(root, highlightthickness=0)
frame = tk.Frame(canvas, background="#FFFFFF")
vsb = tk.Scrollbar(root, orient="vertical", command=canvas.yview)
canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=vsb.set)
vsb.pack(side="right", fill="y")
canvas.pack(fill="both", expand=1, anchor="nw")
wrapFrame = canvas.create_window((0,0), window=frame, anchor="nw")
canvas.bind("<Configure>", lambda event, canvas=canvas: onFrameConfigure(canvas))
L1 = tk.Label(frame, text="音樂編輯器", bg="#556644", font=("",25))
L1.pack(anchor="n")
for i in range(100):
input = tk.Entry(frame)
input.pack()
L1 = tk.Label(frame, text="我是Label")
L1.place(x=0, rely=0.5)
root.mainloop()
Use mouse wheel:
tkinter: binding mousewheel to scrollbar
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.title("音樂編輯器")
root.geometry("600x480")
def onFrameConfigure(canvas):
canvas.configure(scrollregion=canvas.bbox("all"))
canvas.itemconfigure(wrapFrame, width=canvas.winfo_width())
def on_mouse_wheel(event, scale=3):
#only care event.delta is - or +, scroll down or up
if event.delta<0:
canvas.yview_scroll(scale, "units")
else:
canvas.yview_scroll(-scale, "units")
canvas = tk.Canvas(root, highlightthickness=0)
frame = tk.Frame(canvas, background="#FFFFFF")
vsb = tk.Scrollbar(root, orient="vertical", command=canvas.yview)
canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=vsb.set)
vsb.pack(side="right", fill="y")
canvas.pack(fill="both", expand=1, anchor="nw")
wrapFrame = canvas.create_window((0,0), window=frame, anchor="nw")
canvas.bind("<Configure>", lambda event, canvas=canvas: onFrameConfigure(canvas))
canvas.bind("<Enter>", lambda event: canvas.bind_all("<MouseWheel>", on_mouse_wheel)) # on mouse enter
canvas.bind("<Leave>", lambda event: canvas.unbind_all("<MouseWheel>")) # on mouse leave
L1 = tk.Label(frame, text="音樂編輯器", bg="#556644", font=("",25))
L1.pack(anchor="n")
for i in range(100):
input = tk.Entry(frame)
input.pack()
root.mainloop()
Export to class:
import tkinter as tk
root = tk.Tk()
root.title("音樂編輯器")
root.geometry("600x480")
class scrollFrame():
def __init__(self, **options):
outerFrame = tk.Frame(root)
canvas = tk.Canvas(outerFrame, highlightthickness=0)
vsb = tk.Scrollbar(outerFrame, orient="vertical", command=canvas.yview)
vsb.pack(side="right", fill="y")
canvas.pack(fill="both", expand=1, anchor="nw")
frame = tk.Frame(canvas, **options)
wrapFrameId = canvas.create_window((0,0), window=frame, anchor="nw")
canvas.config(yscrollcommand=vsb.set)
canvas.bind("<Configure>", lambda event: self.onFrameConfigure())
canvas.bind("<Enter>", lambda event: canvas.bind_all("<MouseWheel>", self.on_mouse_wheel)) # on mouse enter
canvas.bind("<Leave>", lambda event: canvas.unbind_all("<MouseWheel>")) # on mouse leave
self.outerFrame, self.canvas, self.vsb, self.frame, self.wrapFrameId = outerFrame, canvas, vsb, frame, wrapFrameId
def onFrameConfigure(self):
canvas = self.canvas
'''Reset the scroll region to encompass the inner frame'''
canvas.configure(scrollregion=canvas.bbox("all"))
canvas.itemconfigure(self.wrapFrameId, width=canvas.winfo_width())
def on_mouse_wheel(self, event, scale=3):
canvas = self.canvas
#only care event.delta is - or +, scroll down or up
if event.delta<0:
canvas.yview_scroll(scale, "units")
else:
canvas.yview_scroll(-scale, "units")
frame = scrollFrame(background="#FFFFFF")
frame.outerFrame.place(relx=0.15, rely=0.1, relwidth=0.7, relheight=0.8)
L1 = tk.Label(frame.frame, text="音樂編輯器", bg="#556644", font=("",25))
L1.pack(anchor="n")
for i in range(100):
input = tk.Entry(frame.frame)
input.pack()
root.mainloop()
According:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3092341/19470749
https://stackoverflow.com/a/16198198/19470749
https://anzeljg.github.io/rin2/book2/2405/docs/tkinter/create_window.html
Not 100% sure if this solution is on topic (since it explicitely asks for a scrollable FRAME), but the text widget is basically a scrollable Frame.
From documentation of the Text widget:
"Like canvas widgets, text widgets can contain images and any other Tk widgets (including frames containing many other widgets). In a sense, this allows the text widget to work as a geometry manager in its own right. "
Text widgets are very easy to use, and can be made scrollable. So instead of using a special Class like the Scrollable Frame, I think the Text widget is a great option.
Below my code, for a basic example of a scrollable text widget holding 100 buttons:
from tkinter import Tk, Button, Text,Scrollbar
class test:
def __init__(self):
self.win = Tk()
text = Text(self.win, width=40, height=10, wrap = "none")
ys = Scrollbar(self.win, orient = 'vertical', command = text.yview)
text['yscrollcommand'] = ys.set
text.grid(column = 0, row = 0, sticky = 'nwes')
ys.grid(column = 1, row = 0, sticky = 'ns')
for x in range(1,100):
b = Button(text, text='Push Me')
text.window_create("end", window=b)
text.insert("end",'\n')
self.win.mainloop()
test = test()
This is at least the method I am going to use for my scrollable frames. Not sure if there is a better solution then the newline insertion to make the widgets organised vertically. But it works.

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