How to Size a Python Frame

When you create a Python program with a graphical user interface, you need to set the size of the frame or window that will appear on the user's screen. Python has two major GUI modules: Tkinter and wxPython. Setting the size of a frame is a different process in the two modules.

Instructions

Tkinter

1. Open your Python script.

2. Type:

   root = Tk()

   frame = Frame(root, width=###, height=###)
   frame.pack()

   root.mainloop()

   Replace "###" with the width and height you want the frame to have in pixels.

3. Save and close your script.

wxPython

1. Open the Python script in which you want to set the size of a frame.

2. Type:

   from wxPython.wx import *

   def example(event): print 'what will be in the frame'
   class MyApp(wxApp):
   def OnInit(self):
   win_id = wxNewId()
   win = wxFrame(NULL, win_id, 'frame title',
   size=wxSize(###, ###))
   btn_id = wxNewId()
   btn = wxButton(win, btn_id, 'example')
   EVT_BUTTON(btn, btn_id, example)
   win.Show(true)
   return true

   app = MyApp()
   app.MainLoop()

   Replace the number symbols with the width and height you want the frame to have. The first "###" represents width. The second is height. The other values should change depending on what you want to do in the frame.

3. Save your program.

References

• Java2s.com: Set Frame Size
• Java2s.com: Set the Size of Window