This is the UI I require. I have made the left side of the UI. However, I am unable to add the frame on the right. I think my inherent positioning of all elements is wrong and so I am unable to get the right side positions of a frame. Under the message board, I need a frame in which I can insert text that is all. Could someone help me with the code. My current code is:
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
import requests
class mainUI:
def __init__(self, root, username, data):
self.root = root
self.root.geometry("900x700")
self.root.title("Auto Login for " + username)
print(data)
# creating categories listbox
Label(self.root, text='Categories', font=('Times 13'), fg="red", padx=20, pady=20).grid(row=0, column=0, sticky=W)
self.categoriesListBox = Listbox(self.root, width=25)
self.categoriesListBox.grid(row=1, column=0, padx=10)
#adding the categories
self.categoriesList = data['Categories']
for item in self.categoriesList:
self.categoriesListBox.insert(END, item['Name'])
# binding double click event on categories
self.categoriesListBox.bind('<Double-1>', self.categorySelect)
# creating websites listbox
Label(self.root, text='Websites', font=('Times 13'), fg="red", padx=20, pady=20).grid(row=19, column=0, sticky=W)
self.wesbitesListBox = Listbox(self.root, width=25)
self.wesbitesListBox.grid(row=20, column=0, padx=10)
#creating the messages frame
Label(self.root, text="Message Board", fg = "red",font=('Times 13'), padx=20, pady=0).grid(row=0, column=1)
self.messageBoardFrame = Frame(self.root, width=200, height=200, background="white", pady=30).grid(row=1, column=1)
# self.messageBoardFrame = LabelFrame(text="Message Board")
Label(self.messageBoardFrame, text="Text").grid(row=1, column=1)
def categorySelect(self, event):
self.wesbitesListBox.delete(0,END)
item = self.categoriesListBox.get('active')
for name in self.categoriesList:
if name['Name'] == item:
websites = name['Websites']
break
print(websites)
for website in websites:
self.wesbitesListBox.insert(END, website)
if __name__ == '__main__':
root = Tk()
root.geometry('585x515+500+200')
application = mainUI(root, "Name", {
'Categories': [{'Name': '31West', 'Websites': ['a','a','a','a']}, {'Name': 'Book Domicile', 'Websites': ['b','b','b','b']},
{'Name': 'Crate', 'Websites': []}, {'Name': 'Electrosonic Inc', 'Websites': []},
{'Name': 'HostGenius', 'Websites': []}, {'Name': 'Insane Audio', 'Websites': []},
{'Name': 'Itsy Bitsy', 'Websites': []}, {'Name': 'Jobs', 'Websites': []},
{'Name': 'Kobe Steakhouse', 'Websites': []}, {'Name': 'MIS Computer Corp.', 'Websites': []},
{'Name': 'Natrinsic', 'Websites': []}, {'Name': 'Ramshyam', 'Websites': []},
{'Name': 'TEST CO', 'Websites': []}, {'Name': 'W-Appliance', 'Websites': []}],
'isLoggedIn': True}
)
root.mainloop()
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class mainUI:
def __init__(self, root, username, data):
self.root = root
self.root.geometry("900x700")
self.root.title("Auto Login for " + username)
print(data)
master_frame = Frame(self.root)
master_frame.grid(row=0, column=0)
left_frame = Frame(master_frame)
left_frame.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky='nswe')
# creating categories listbox
categories_label = Label(left_frame, text='Categories', font=('Times 13'), fg="red")
categories_label.grid(row=0, column=0)
categories_frame = Frame(left_frame)
categories_frame.grid(row=1, column=0)
self.categoriesListBox = Listbox(categories_frame, width=25)
self.categoriesListBox.grid(row=1, column=0)
# adding the categories
self.categoriesList = data['Categories']
for item in self.categoriesList:
self.categoriesListBox.insert(END, item['Name'])
# binding double click event on categories
self.categoriesListBox.bind('<Double-1>', self.categorySelect)
# creating websites listbox
websites_label = Label(left_frame, text='Websites', font=('Times 13'), fg="red")
websites_label.grid(row=2, column=0)
self.wesbitesListBox = Listbox(left_frame, width=25)
self.wesbitesListBox.grid(row=3, column=0)
right_frame = Frame(master_frame)
right_frame.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky='nswe')
# creating the messages frame
message_label = Label(right_frame, text="Message Board", fg="red", font='Times 13')
message_label.grid(row=0, column=0)
self.messageBoardFrame = Frame(right_frame, width=400, height=400, background="white")
self.messageBoardFrame.grid(row=1, column=0)
self.messageBoardFrame.grid_propagate(False) # should delete later, it's only to show frame size, with this flag true frame will fit widgets inside it
# self.messageBoardFrame = LabelFrame(text="Message Board")
text_label = Label(self.messageBoardFrame, text="Text")
text_label.grid(row=0, column=0)
Grid works not only in window but also inside frames. So inside window you can put something like master_frame
with grid(row=0, column=0)
. Then make 2 frames, left and right with grid (row=0, column=0)
and (row=0, column=1)
. It won't overlap because master_frame is inside root, left and right inside master_frame. Then it's just that idea repeated.
Thanks to that you can put as many widgets in one of the frames, no matter where left/right/below/over existing ones and it won't affect widgets in other frame, as they will be placed according to parent.