[Tkinter-discuss] Dialog placement relative to main window or frame

[Michael Lange]

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:13:53 -0400
Jeff Cagle <jrcagle at juno.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>    I'm just learning, so I apologize in advance for a possibly dumb 
> question.  I want to create an interface that has info at the top, 
> buttons down the left side, and then a large space on the bottom right.  
> When the user presses a button, the appropriate dialog box pops into the 
> large space.  I believe I want a dialog, rather than a simple frame, in 
> order to be able to have a nice title bar, make use of the "Close" 
> button, etc.
> 
> Problem: How can I configure the dialog box so that it moves if the main 
> window also moves?  I thought I might use an event trigger, somthing like:
> 
> mainw.bind("<When-I-Move>",func=mydialog.reconfig)
> ...
> 
> def mydialog.reconfig(event):
>   get coords of mainw
>   set new coords of mydialog
> 
> 
> However, I can't find a "When the window moves" event in the docs.
> 

Hi Jeff,

the '<Configure>' event seems to do what you want (at least on my linux box
with IceWm).

I hope this helps

Michael