The Place geometry manager is the simplest of the three general geometry managers provided in Tkinter. It allows you explicitly set the position and size of a window, either in absolute terms, or relative to another window. You can access the place manager through the place() method which is available for all standard widgets. It is usually not a good idea to use place() for ordinary window and dialog layouts; its simply too much work to get things working as they should. Use the pack() or grid() managers for such purposes. Syntax:
widget.place(relx = 0.5, rely = 0.5, anchor = CENTER)
Note : place() method can be used with grid() method as well as with pack() method. Code #1:
Python3
# Importing tkinter module from tkinter import * from tkinter.ttk import * # creating Tk window master = Tk() # setting geometry of tk window master.geometry(" 200x200 ") # button widget b1 = Button(master, text = "Click me !") b1.place(relx = 1 , x = - 2 , y = 2 , anchor = NE) # label widget l = Label(master, text = "I'm a Label") l.place(anchor = NW) # button widget b2 = Button(master, text = "GFG") b2.place(relx = 0.5 , rely = 0.5 , anchor = CENTER) # infinite loop which is required to # run tkinter program infinitely # until an interrupt occurs mainloop() |
Output: When we use pack() or grid() managers, then it is very easy to put two different widgets separate to each other but putting one of them inside other is a bit difficult. But this can easily be achieved by place() method. In place() method, we can use in_ option to put one widget inside other. Code #2:
Python3
# Importing tkinter module from tkinter import * from tkinter.ttk import * # creating Tk window master = Tk() # setting geometry of tk window master.geometry(" 200x200 ") # button widget b2 = Button(master, text = "GFG") b2.pack(fill = X, expand = True , ipady = 10 ) # button widget b1 = Button(master, text = "Click me !") # This is where b1 is placed inside b2 with in_ option b1.place(in_ = b2, relx = 0.5 , rely = 0.5 , anchor = CENTER) # label widget l = Label(master, text = "I'm a Label") l.place(anchor = NW) # infinite loop which is required to # run tkinter program infinitely # until an interrupt occurs mainloop() |
Output: In below images notice that one button is placed inside the other.