On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM, GKalman <kalma...@msn.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to make a square-shaped board, something like this: > > from Tkinter import * > > root = Tk() > w=[] > for k in range(9): > i=k/3 > j=k%3 > w.append(Label(root,text=str(k),bg="red",width=5,height=5)) > w[k].grid(row=i,column=j,padx=2,pady=2,ipadx=5,ipady=5) > mainloop() > > It shows up on my screen as rectangular (non-square) shaped. What do I have > to do to make it appear in a square-shaped form (i.e. with Label height & > width to be equal on the sceen)?
That's because when you put text on a label the height and width are based on text height and width. Since those two are *not* equal for 99% of fonts, you'll get weird dimensions. You can get around it by following the directions here: http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/button.htm HTH, Wayne
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