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19.1. PanedWindow child configuration options

Each child of a PanedWindow has a set of configuration options that control its position and appearance. These options can be provided when a child is added with the .add() method, or set with the .paneconfig() method, or queried with the .panecget() methods described above.

Table 28. PanedWindow child widget options

after Normally, when you .add() a new child to a PanedWindow, the new child is added after any existing child widgets. You may instead use the after=w option to insert the new widget at a position just after an existing child widget w.
before When used as option before=w in a call to the .add() method, places the new widget at a position just before an existing child widget w.
height This option specifies the desired height of the child widget; see Section 5.1, “Dimensions”.
minsize Use this option to specify a minimum size for the child widget in the direction of the PanedWindow's orientation. For orient=tk.HORIZONTAL, this is the minimum width; for orient=tk.VERTICAL, it is the minimum height. For permissible values, see Section 5.1, “Dimensions”.
padx The amount of extra space to be added to the left and right of the child widget; see Section 5.1, “Dimensions”.
pady The amount of extra space to be added above and below the child widget; see Section 5.1, “Dimensions”.
sticky This option functions like the sticky argument to the .grid() method; see Section 4.1, “The .grid() method”. It specifies how to position a child widget if the pane is larger than the widget. For example, sticky=tk.NW would position the widget in the upper left (“northwest”) corner of the pane.
width Desired width of the child widget; see Section 5.1, “Dimensions”.