Thus spoketh pyt...@bdurham.com
unto us on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:48:54 -0500:
> Kevin,
>
> > No, there isn't. You have to be careful with the packing order for
> pack_forget() to work--this works best if you limit its use to the last
> widget group packed. Otherwise, it may be packed in a different
> location, with surprising results.
>
> Thanks for that tip! (You're right - I would have been surprised!)
>
> Is there a best practice way to show/hide specific widgets (or
> containers) in Tkinter?
>
> Is grid a better layout manager than pack for this type of use case?
>
Definitely yes, as Kevin pointed out, my convenience class will fail,
too, if there are e.g. multiple frames packed in the same container with
side='left' . Using grid() will save you a lot of headaches which will
compensate the more complex setup of grid() compared to pack().
Regards
Michael
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