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Resizing pandastable automatically to fit frame width in tkinter in Python

I am trying to create a GUI for a small application I have written in Python 3.10 using Tkinter package. I want to have a single window open with buttons, entry fields, labels and a data table at the bottom that is updated from a database I have created.
I have created the table, and imported it into the frame which is set up into the grid system I have set up for the buttons, as shown in the code below.
What I can't figure out, is how to shrink the pandastable or manipulate it in anyway once it's in the root window? I have tried changing the font, fontsize, and column attributes using the core functions in pandastable on my table variable (.autoResizeColumns(), .setFont(), .zoomOut() and more) but nothing seems to have an effect.
Here is a picture of my current GUI.
I would like for the entire table to be displayed without the horizontal scrollbar, slightly smaller with decreased font size - so it's similar to the top portion of the table.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there something in pandastable I can call to achieve this?
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import pandastable as pt
# Tk
root = Tk()
root.resizable(False, False)
#Create GUI
api_entry_btn = Button(root, text = "Add API ", command = lambda: db.get_token(embed = False))
api_entry_btn.grid(row = 0, column = 0, columnspan= 1, sticky='nesw')
api_del_btn = Button(root, text = "Remove API", command = lambda: db.check_del_token())
api_del_btn.grid(row = 1, column = 0, columnspan= 1, sticky='nesw')
scan_now_btn = Button(root, text = "Scan Now", command = db.scan_now)
scan_now_btn.grid(row = 0, column = 1, columnspan= 1, sticky='nesw')
id_list_btn = Button(root, text = "Show ID list", command = db.fetch_id_info)
id_list_btn.grid(row = 1, column = 1, columnspan= 1, sticky='nesw')
id_entry = Entry(root, width = 40,borderwidth=3)
id_entry.grid(row = 0, column = 2, sticky="ns", padx = (3,0))
add_id_btn = Button(root, text = "Add ID", command = lambda: add_id(id_entry.get()))
add_id_btn.grid(row = 0, column = 3, sticky='nesw')
id_del = Entry(root, width = 40,borderwidth=3)
id_del.grid(row = 1, column = 2, sticky="ns", padx = (3,0))
del_id_btn = Button(root, text = "Delete ID", command = lambda: db.remove_id(id_del.get()))
del_id_btn.grid(row = 1, column = 3, sticky='nesw')
frame = Frame(root, width = 150)
frame.grid(row = 3, column = 0, columnspan= 4, sticky = 'nesw')
table = pt.Table(frame, dataframe= db.synth_pandastable())
table.show()
root.mainloop()
Thanks in advance for any help.
Note, I have left out a bit of my code to keep it shorter.

How do I limit tk.DoubleVar to a number of significant figures

I am learning/trying out tkinter, and trying to use a DoubleVar to store the data from a Scale widget and have it output through a Label.
This works fine, but it displays to a much higher significant figure level than I would like. Is this something I should control on the Label side or the DoubleVar side, and how would I do this?
coefficient_of_resitution_value = tk.DoubleVar()
coefficient_of_resitution_slider = ttk.Scale(coefficient_of_restitution_frame,
from_ = 0,
to = 1,
orient = "horizontal",
variable = coefficient_of_resitution_value,
style = "white_background_scale.Horizontal.TScale")
coefficient_of_resitution_slider.grid(column = 0, row = 1, columnspan = 1, sticky = tk.NSEW)
coefficient_of_resitution_display = ttk.Label(coefficient_of_restitution_frame,
textvariable = coefficient_of_resitution_value,
background = "#FFFFFF",
font = ("Calibri", 16))
coefficient_of_resitution_display.grid(column = 1, row = 0, sticky = tk.NSEW)

One of the way is to round the value to what you want inside the callback of command option:
coefficient_of_resitution_slider['command'] = \
lambda val: coefficient_of_resitution_value.set(round(float(val), 4))

how to show/hide widget in tkinter without moving other widget

I'm using grid_remove() and grid() command to hide/show the widget but the result is the other widget is move out of the original position.
How to hide/show the widget without moving widget
Example:
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
GUI = Tk()
GUI.title("myTest")
GUI.geometry("700x700")
Nameget = StringVar()
Priceget = StringVar()
Quantityget = StringVar()
Unitget = StringVar()
Partnumget = StringVar()
L_Partnum = ttk.Label(GUI, text = 'Part number')
L_Partnum.grid(row = 0, column = 0)
L_namme = ttk.Label(GUI, text = 'Name')
L_namme.grid(row = 0, column = 1)
L_quan = ttk.Label(GUI, text = 'Quantity')
L_quan.grid(row = 1, column = 2)
L_quan.grid_remove()
L_price = ttk.Label(GUI, text = 'Price')
L_price.grid(row = 3, column = 3)
E_partnum = ttk.Entry(GUI, textvariable = Partnumget)
E_partnum.grid(row = 1, column = 0)
E_namme = ttk.Entry(GUI,textvariable = Nameget)
E_namme.grid(row = 1, column = 1)
E_unit = ttk.Entry(GUI,textvariable = Unitget)
E_quan = ttk.Entry(GUI,textvariable = Quantityget)
E_quan.grid(row = 2, column = 2)
E_quan.grid_remove()
E_price = ttk.Entry(GUI,textvariable = Priceget)
E_price.grid(row = 4, column = 3)
I_check_vat = IntVar()
def d_check_vat_1():
E_partnum.focus()
if I_check_vat.get() == 1:
L_quan.grid()
E_quan.grid()
elif I_check_vat.get() == 0:
L_quan.grid_remove()
E_quan.grid_remove()
C_CHECK_VAT = ttk.Checkbutton(GUI, text="click here to see the result", variable=I_check_vat, command=d_check_vat_1)
C_CHECK_VAT.grid(row = 5, column = 0)
GUI.mainloop()
Before clicking:
After clicking:
image with the expected output:

The problem is grid() does not take up empty space by default, it gives the last empty row/col to the widget(if previous rows before it are empty).
So what you can do is, set minimum space for your column and row so that those space will remain empty, so change your function to:
def d_check_vat_1():
E_partnum.focus()
if I_check_vat.get():
L_quan.grid(row=2, column=2)
E_quan.grid(row=3, column=2)
width = E_quan.winfo_reqwidth() # Get widget width
height = L_quan.winfo_reqheight() # Get widget height
GUI.rowconfigure(2,minsize=height) # Now apply the values
GUI.rowconfigure(3,minsize=height)
GUI.columnconfigure(2,minsize=width)
else:
L_quan.grid_remove()
E_quan.grid_remove()
Now its dynamic as well, it takes the width of widget and applies that as the minsize of that row so that row will have that empty space.

How can I insert a selected file path from a browse button in a GUI?

I am new with Python GUI creation and I am trying to get the file path of the .csv file from a directory and print it on a text box in a GUI. I am using tkinter library for the GUI and I can't seem to make it work. Is there anyone who can help me with this problem?
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename
def browseFile1():
global infile1
infile1=askopenfilename()
txt1.insert(0.0, infile1)
root = tk.Tk()
root.title("CSV Comparison Tool")
Label = tk.Label(root, text="Select CSV files to compare").grid(row = 1, column = 0, columnspan = 30)
browseButton1 = tk.Button(root,text="Browse", command=browseFile1).grid(row = 2, column = 30)
txt1 = tk.Text(root, width = 100, height = 1).grid(row = 2, column = 0, columnspan = 30)
root.mainloop()
The error says:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'insert'
I tried 1 button first and applying it on the next one it it works. I am using spyder as a tool.
Thanks!

Your problem is these lines:
Label = tk.Label(root, text="Select CSV files to compare").grid(row = 1, column = 0, columnspan = 30)
browseButton1 = tk.Button(root,text="Browse", command=browseFile1).grid(row = 2, column = 30)
txt1 = tk.Text(root, width = 100, height = 1).grid(row = 2, column = 0, columnspan = 30)
The grid method on a widget—like most methods that mutate objects in Python—returns None. So you're just storing None in Label, and browseButton1, and txt1. So when you later try this:
txt1.insert(0.0, infile1)
That's trying to call None.insert, which obviously doesn't work. Tkinter catches the error, prints it out to the terminal, and keeps going as if your function had never been called.
The solution is to just not do that. Instead, do this:
Label = tk.Label(root, text="Select CSV files to compare")
Label.grid(row = 1, column = 0, columnspan = 30)
browseButton1 = tk.Button(root,text="Browse", command=browseFile1)
browseButton1.grid(row = 2, column = 30)
txt1 = tk.Text(root, width = 100, height = 1)
txt1.grid(row = 2, column = 0, columnspan = 30)
Now, not only does your code work, it even fits in a typical editor window or Stack Overflow page.

Tkinter: scrollable Frame in Canvas: Auto-resize binding error

This script when run, opens a window that is divided into 3 frames:
A big frame into which data will be shown (label widgets).
A smaller frame underneath it with user input widgets.
A small frame in the bottom-right corner with a textbox widget.
The big frame will have a lot of data (= label-widgets) so I need it to be scrollable (vertically).
This I have done by creating a canvas widget alonside a scrollbar widget. In the canvas, a frame widget is placed.
Everything seems to be working, however my resizing function does not.
My frame widget does not get its dimensions updated! This is probably because of an error that I can't manage to fix.
Fundamental question:
The script gives an error on the "lambda: resize_frame(self)" command on line 43. How do i fix this?
Side-note: My issue probably has more to do with an improper binding on the canvas widget. Because I'm not sure I wanted to give enough context (script).
Many thanks in advance.
from Tkinter import *
import math
class Processing(Toplevel):
def __init__(self, master, *args, **kwargs):
Toplevel.__init__(self, master)
self.master = master
self.title("Process Window")
for r in range(6):
self.rowconfigure(r, weight = 1)
for c in range(4):
self.columnconfigure(c, weight = 1)
### WINDOW size and position definitions ###
ScreenSizeX = master.winfo_screenwidth()
ScreenSizeY = ( master.winfo_screenheight() - 75 ) #about 75pixels for taskbar on bottom of screen (Windows)
ScreenRatio = 0.9
FrameSizeX = int(ScreenSizeX * ScreenRatio)
FrameSizeY = int(ScreenSizeY * ScreenRatio)
FramePosX = (ScreenSizeX - FrameSizeX)/2
FramePosY = (ScreenSizeY - FrameSizeY)/2
self.geometry("%sx%s+%s+%s"%(FrameSizeX,FrameSizeY,FramePosX,FramePosY))
### Creating 3 "sub-frames" ###
# Frame 1 - canvas container with scrollbar#
self.Canvas1 = Canvas(self, bg = "white")
self.Canvas1.grid(row = 0, column = 0, rowspan = 5, columnspan = 4, sticky = N+E+S+W)
self.Canvas1.rowconfigure(1, weight = 1)
self.Canvas1.columnconfigure(1, weight = 1)
self.myscrollbar=Scrollbar(self, orient = "vertical", command = self.Canvas1.yview)
self.Canvas1.configure(yscrollcommand = self.myscrollbar.set)
self.myscrollbar.grid(row = 0, column = 4, rowspan = 5, sticky = N+S)
# Frame 1 - Frame widget in canvas #
self.Frame1 = Frame(self.Canvas1, bg = "white")
self.Frame1.rowconfigure(0, weight = 1)
for c in range(2):
self.Frame1.columnconfigure(1 + (2 * c), weight = 1)#1,3 - columns for small icons in the future
for cb in range(3):
self.Frame1.columnconfigure((cb * 2), weight = 9)#0,2,4 - columns for data
self.CFrame1 = self.Canvas1.create_window(0, 0, window = self.Frame1, width = FrameSizeX, anchor = N+W)
self.Canvas1.bind("<Configure>", lambda: resize_frame(self)) # !!!!! Doesn't work & gives error !!!!!! #
self.Frame1.bind("<Configure>", lambda: scrollevent(self))
self.Canvas1.config(scrollregion=self.Canvas1.bbox("all"))
# Frame 2 #
self.Frame2 = Frame(self, bg= "yellow")
self.Frame2.grid(row = 5, column = 0, rowspan = 1, columnspan = 3, sticky = W+E+N+S)
for r in range(3):
self.Frame2.rowconfigure(r, weight=1)
for c in range(3):
self.Frame2.columnconfigure(c, weight = 1)
# Frame 3 #
self.Frame3 = Frame(self)
self.Frame3.grid(row = 5, column = 3, rowspan = 1, columnspan = 2, sticky = W+E+N+S)
self.Frame3.rowconfigure(0, weight = 1)
self.Frame3.columnconfigure(0, weight = 1)
# Propagation #
#self.grid_propagate(False) # All widgets (the 3 subframes) need to fit in Toplevel window. Minimal window size will be implemented later.
self.Canvas1.grid_propagate(False) # canvas works with scrollbar, widgets dont need to fit in window size.
#self.Frame1.grid_propagate(False) # Frame1 should resize to hold all data (label-widgets)
self.Frame2.grid_propagate(False) # fixed frame dimensions
self.Frame3.grid_propagate(False) # fixed textbox dimensions
self.Frame1.update_idletasks() # just to make sure
### Widgets for the multiple frames ###
# Frame1 - further populated by button command in frame 2#
self.lblaa = Label(self.Frame1, bg="white", text = "Processing...", justify = "left")
self.lblaa.grid(row = 0, column = 0, sticky = N+W)
self.LSlabelsr = []
self.LSlabelsa = []
self.LSlabelsb = []
# Frame 2 #
self.Wbuttontest=Button(self.Frame2, text="Start listing test", command = lambda: refresh(self))
self.Wbuttontest.grid(row = 0, column = 0, columnspan = 3)
self.Wentry = Entry(self.Frame2)
self.Wentry.grid(row = 2, column = 0, columnspan = 3, sticky = E+W, padx = 10)
self.Wentry.delete(0, END)
self.Wentry.insert(0, "user input here")
# Frame3 #
self.Wtext = Text(self.Frame3)
self.Wscrollb = Scrollbar(self.Frame3)
self.Wscrollb.config(command = self.Wtext.yview)
self.Wtext.config(yscrollcommand = self.Wscrollb.set)
self.Wtext.grid(row = 0, column = 0, sticky = N+E+W+S)
### Test-Lists ### Last character in the left column is "ez" !! ###
self.LSa = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
self.LSb = [1, 2, 3, 4, 66, 6, 7, 8, 9, 67, 11, 12, 13, 14, 68]
self.LSr = []
ib = 0
prefix = ""
for i in range(104):
if ib > 25:
prefix = chr(ord("a") + (i/ib - 1))
ib = 0
else:
pass
self.LSr.append(prefix + chr(97+ib))
ib += 1
### FUNCTIONS ###
def resize_frame(self, event):
self.Canvas1.itemconfig(self.CFrame1, width = e.width) #height of frame should depend on the contents.
def scrollevent(event):
self.Canvas1.configure(scrollregion=self.Canvas1.bbox("all"),width=200,height=200)
def refresh(self): ### Button-command: data will be shown ###
if self.lblaa.winfo_exists() == 1:
self.lblaa.destroy()
for i in range(len(self.LSr)):
self.Frame1.rowconfigure(i, weight = 0)
del self.LSlabelsr[:] # remove any previous labels from if the callback was called before
del self.LSlabelsa[:] # remove any previous labels from if the callback was called before
del self.LSlabelsb[:] # remove any previous labels from if the callback was called before
Vlabelheight = 1
# Left List #
for i in range(len(self.LSr)):
self.LSlabelsr.append(Label(self.Frame1, text = str(self.LSr[i]), bg = "LightBlue", justify = "left", height = Vlabelheight))
self.LSlabelsr[i].grid(row = i, column = 0, sticky = E+W)
# Middle List #
for i in range(len(self.LSa)):
self.LSlabelsa.append(Label(self.Frame1, text = str(self.LSa[i]), bg = "LightBlue", fg = "DarkViolet", justify = "left", height = Vlabelheight))
self.LSlabelsa[i].grid(row = i, column = 2, sticky = E+W)
# Right List #
for i in range(len(self.LSb)):
self.LSlabelsb.append(Label(self.Frame1, text = str(self.LSb[i]), bg = "LightBlue", fg = "DarkGreen", justify = "left", height = Vlabelheight))
self.LSlabelsb[i].grid(row = i, column = 4, sticky = E+W)
self.Frame1.update()
self.Frame1.update_idletasks()
print("done")
if __name__ == "__main__":
root = Tk()
root.title("Invisible")
root.resizable(FALSE,FALSE)
root.withdraw()
app = Processing(root)
root.mainloop()
Working version after suggestions by R4PH4EL:
Proper indentation: the functions were defined as part of the init.
Some tweaks on the lambda commands on line 43/107 & 44/110.
from Tkinter import *
import math
class Processing(Toplevel):
def __init__(self, master, *args, **kwargs):
Toplevel.__init__(self, master)
self.master = master
self.title("Process Window")
for r in range(6):
self.rowconfigure(r, weight = 1)
for c in range(4):
self.columnconfigure(c, weight = 1)
### WINDOW size and position definitions ###
ScreenSizeX = master.winfo_screenwidth()
ScreenSizeY = ( master.winfo_screenheight() - 75 ) #about 75pixels for taskbar on bottom of screen (Windows)
ScreenRatio = 0.9
FrameSizeX = int(ScreenSizeX * ScreenRatio)
FrameSizeY = int(ScreenSizeY * ScreenRatio)
FramePosX = (ScreenSizeX - FrameSizeX)/2
FramePosY = (ScreenSizeY - FrameSizeY)/2
self.geometry("%sx%s+%s+%s"%(FrameSizeX,FrameSizeY,FramePosX,FramePosY))
### Creating 3 "sub-frames" ###
# Frame 1 - canvas container with scrollbar#
self.Canvas1 = Canvas(self, bg = "white")
self.Canvas1.grid(row = 0, column = 0, rowspan = 5, columnspan = 4, sticky = N+E+S+W)
self.Canvas1.rowconfigure(1, weight = 1)
self.Canvas1.columnconfigure(1, weight = 1)
self.myscrollbar=Scrollbar(self, orient = "vertical", command = self.Canvas1.yview)
self.Canvas1.configure(yscrollcommand = self.myscrollbar.set)
self.myscrollbar.grid(row = 0, column = 4, rowspan = 5, sticky = N+S)
# Frame 1 - Frame widget in canvas #
self.Frame1 = Frame(self.Canvas1, bg = "white")
self.Frame1.rowconfigure(0, weight = 1)
for c in range(2):
self.Frame1.columnconfigure(1 + (2 * c), weight = 1)#1,3 - columns for small icons in the future
for cb in range(3):
self.Frame1.columnconfigure((cb * 2), weight = 9)#0,2,4 - columns for data
self.CFrame1 = self.Canvas1.create_window(0, 0, window = self.Frame1, width = FrameSizeX, anchor = N+W)
self.Canvas1.bind("<Configure>", lambda event: self.resize_frame(event)) # !!!!! Doesn't work & gives error !!!!!! #
self.Frame1.bind("<Configure>", lambda event: self.scrollevent(event))
self.Canvas1.config(scrollregion=self.Canvas1.bbox("all"))
# Frame 2 #
self.Frame2 = Frame(self, bg= "yellow")
self.Frame2.grid(row = 5, column = 0, rowspan = 1, columnspan = 3, sticky = W+E+N+S)
for r in range(3):
self.Frame2.rowconfigure(r, weight=1)
for c in range(3):
self.Frame2.columnconfigure(c, weight = 1)
# Frame 3 #
self.Frame3 = Frame(self)
self.Frame3.grid(row = 5, column = 3, rowspan = 1, columnspan = 2, sticky = W+E+N+S)
self.Frame3.rowconfigure(0, weight = 1)
self.Frame3.columnconfigure(0, weight = 1)
# Propagation #
#self.grid_propagate(False) # All widgets (the 3 subframes) need to fit in Toplevel window. Minimal window size will be implemented later.
self.Canvas1.grid_propagate(False) # canvas works with scrollbar, widgets dont need to fit in window size.
#self.Frame1.grid_propagate(False) # Frame1 should resize to hold all data (label-widgets)
self.Frame2.grid_propagate(False) # fixed frame dimensions
self.Frame3.grid_propagate(False) # fixed textbox dimensions
self.Frame1.update_idletasks() # just to make sure
### Widgets for the multiple frames ###
# Frame1 - further populated by button command in frame 2#
self.lblaa = Label(self.Frame1, bg="white", text = "Processing...", justify = "left")
self.lblaa.grid(row = 0, column = 0, sticky = N+W)
self.LSlabelsr = []
self.LSlabelsa = []
self.LSlabelsb = []
# Frame 2 #
self.Wbuttontest=Button(self.Frame2, text="Start listing test", command = lambda: self.refresh())
self.Wbuttontest.grid(row = 0, column = 0, columnspan = 3)
self.Wentry = Entry(self.Frame2)
self.Wentry.grid(row = 2, column = 0, columnspan = 3, sticky = E+W, padx = 10)
self.Wentry.delete(0, END)
self.Wentry.insert(0, "user input here")
# Frame3 #
self.Wtext = Text(self.Frame3)
self.Wscrollb = Scrollbar(self.Frame3)
self.Wscrollb.config(command = self.Wtext.yview)
self.Wtext.config(yscrollcommand = self.Wscrollb.set)
self.Wtext.grid(row = 0, column = 0, sticky = N+E+W+S)
### Test-Lists ### Last character in the left column is "ez" !! ###
self.LSa = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
self.LSb = [1, 2, 3, 4, 66, 6, 7, 8, 9, 67, 11, 12, 13, 14, 68]
self.LSr = []
ib = 0
prefix = ""
for i in range(104):
if ib > 25:
prefix = chr(ord("a") + (i/ib - 1))
ib = 0
else:
pass
self.LSr.append(prefix + chr(97+ib))
ib += 1
### FUNCTIONS ###
def resize_frame(self, e):
self.Canvas1.itemconfig(self.CFrame1, width = e.width) #height of frame should depend on the contents.
def scrollevent(self, event):
self.Canvas1.configure(scrollregion=self.Canvas1.bbox("all"),width=200,height=200)
def refresh(self): ### Button-command: data will be shown ###
if self.lblaa.winfo_exists() == 1:
self.lblaa.destroy()
for i in range(len(self.LSr)):
self.Frame1.rowconfigure(i, weight = 0)
del self.LSlabelsr[:] # remove any previous labels from if the callback was called before
del self.LSlabelsa[:] # remove any previous labels from if the callback was called before
del self.LSlabelsb[:] # remove any previous labels from if the callback was called before
Vlabelheight = 1
# Left List #
for i in range(len(self.LSr)):
self.LSlabelsr.append(Label(self.Frame1, text = str(self.LSr[i]), bg = "LightBlue", justify = "left", height = Vlabelheight))
self.LSlabelsr[i].grid(row = i, column = 0, sticky = E+W)
# Middle List #
for i in range(len(self.LSa)):
self.LSlabelsa.append(Label(self.Frame1, text = str(self.LSa[i]), bg = "LightBlue", fg = "DarkViolet", justify = "left", height = Vlabelheight))
self.LSlabelsa[i].grid(row = i, column = 2, sticky = E+W)
# Right List #
for i in range(len(self.LSb)):
self.LSlabelsb.append(Label(self.Frame1, text = str(self.LSb[i]), bg = "LightBlue", fg = "DarkGreen", justify = "left", height = Vlabelheight))
self.LSlabelsb[i].grid(row = i, column = 4, sticky = E+W)
self.Frame1.update()
self.Frame1.update_idletasks()
print("done")
if __name__ == "__main__":
root = Tk()
root.title("Invisible")
root.resizable(FALSE,FALSE)
root.withdraw()
app = Processing(root)
root.mainloop()

Either your indentation is wrong or your getting something wrong in general.
All of your functions are defined inside your __init__ function
Second: if you want to call a class function, you call it by obj.function
Your error on lambda: resize(self) may occur as it should be lambda: self.resize.
Give it a shot with this one and try it.
And please make sure your indentations are correct.
I totally agree with Bryan here - ommiting the lambdas it would be (my personal opinion) easier to read and kind of "better" in a meaning of more structured and pragmatic coding style.