Hi,
Thus spoketh craf <p...@vtr.net>
unto us on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:29:25 -0300:
> Hi.
>
> Is it possible to create pinch points(grips) to resize a control, as is
> done in visual basic.?
>
> Example.
>
>
>
> x-----------x------------x
> | |
> | |
> x Button x ----> Grip
> | |
> | |
> x-----------x------------x
>
this seems not completely trivial, maybe you can set up something using
the place geometry manager. Here's a small example that lets you resize a
button :
#############################################################
from Tkinter import *
root = Tk()
root.geometry('400x400')
f = Frame(root, bd=2, cursor='crosshair')
f.place(x=100, y=100)
b = Button(f, text='foo', cursor='arrow')
b.pack(fill='both', expand=1)
def resize(event):
# check we're on the button's right edge:
if event.x_root > event.widget.winfo_rootx() + 10:
w = event.x_root - event.widget.winfo_rootx()
f.place(width=w)
f.bind('<B1-Motion>', resize)
root.mainloop()
############################################################
This of course only works horizontally and only on the right side of the
button, but I think you'll see the point. For methods to resize the
button in the three other dimensions, look at the widget's winfo_...()
methods, the information provided from pack_info() and the event's
attributes.
If you want visible grips, you can use a Canvas instead of the Frame and
draw for example a few triangles (with create_polygon()) onto the Canvas'
edges, and then update the triangles' coordinates from within the resize()
callback.
You may also want to look at the "Page" Tkinter gui builder
(http://page.sourceforge.net/), which (iirc) makes heavy use of place() to
resize widgets, and which in fact does exactly what you want (click on a
widget -> "grips" are drawn around it , which you can drag), but I think
Page is written in Tcl.
I hope this helps
Michael
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