[Tutor] tkinter message & button questions

[Peter Otten]

Cranky Frankie wrote:

> I changed the quote program to use the grid manager:
> 
> http://www.pastie.org/2939778
> 
> Still, the message widget box keeps resizing based on the length of
> the quote. I'm thinking it has to be something to do with the message
> widget itself, not the pack vs. grid manager.


I've no experience with the place layout manager, but the following seems to 
be what you want:

root = Tk()
win = Frame(root)
win.place(relheight=1, relwidth=1)

label_widget = Label(win, text="Welcome to Quote of the Day")
label_widget.pack(side=TOP, expand=YES, fill=BOTH)

msg_widget = Message(
    win, anchor=NW, justify=LEFT, width=1000, bd=2,
    bg="white", relief=SOLID, text=choose_quote())
msg_widget.pack(fill=BOTH)

next_button = Button(win, text="Next Quote", command=display_quote)
next_button.pack(side=LEFT)

quit_button = Button(win, text="QUIT", fg="red", command=quit)
quit_button.pack(side=RIGHT)

root.geometry("400x100")
root.mainloop()