Make sure the window title is visible in tkinter
Cousin Stanley
cousinstanley at gmail.com
Sun Jun 30 09:56:05 EDT 2019
Cousin Stanley wrote ....
>> You might try setting a given window geometry
>> to accomodate the long title ....
>>
>> win_w = 400
>> win_h = 300
>>
>> ofs_h = 40
>> ofs_v = 30
>>
>> window.geometry( "%dx%d+%d+%d" % ( win_w , win_h , ofs_h , ofs_v ) )
>>
>>
>> Maybe add a bit of extra space for users
>> with different default font sizes ....
>>
>> Not a general solution
>> but perhaps workable ....
moi wrote ....
> No, huge mistake.
It isn't clear to me how specifying a particular geometry
for one's own self-coded tkinter gui prgrams with windows
that are resize-able would be a mistake ....
> Take for example the Windows installer.
>
> The window is so small, you can not even read the path
> where Python will be installed.
>
> Bonus: the windows is not resizable and part of items
> are not even visible.
>
> It would be to bad to not mimic this behavior.
>
> Just tested it 2 min ago on my Windows 7.1 with py3.7.3.
I didn't suggest modifying 3rd party programs,
but the suggestion I offered was meant to be applied
to one's own code ....
I have used a given geometry for dozens of my own
tkinter gui programs such that a modest window size
which assures that all widgets are viewable
when first presented to the user ....
--
Stanley C. Kitching
Human Being
Phoenix, Arizona
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