Tkinter scaling windows conten to or with its size not working

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@Larz60+
the code is used can also be found on under the link i provided, but here you go:

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk

def calculate(*args):
    try:
        value = float(feet.get())
        meters.set((0.3048 * value * 10000.0 + 0.5)/10000.0)
    except ValueError:
        pass

root = Tk()
root.title("Feet to Meters")

mainframe = ttk.Frame(root, padding="3 3 12 12")
mainframe.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky=(N, W, E, S))
root.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
root.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

feet = StringVar()
meters = StringVar()

feet_entry = ttk.Entry(mainframe, width=7, textvariable=feet)
feet_entry.grid(column=2, row=1, sticky=(W, E))

ttk.Label(mainframe, textvariable=meters).grid(column=2, row=2, sticky=(W, E))
ttk.Button(mainframe, text="Calculate", command=calculate).grid(column=3, row=3, sticky=W)

ttk.Label(mainframe, text="feet").grid(column=3, row=1, sticky=W)
ttk.Label(mainframe, text="is equivalent to").grid(column=1, row=2, sticky=E)
ttk.Label(mainframe, text="meters").grid(column=3, row=2, sticky=W)

for child in mainframe.winfo_children(): child.grid_configure(padx=5, pady=5)

feet_entry.focus()
root.bind('<Return>', calculate)

root.mainloop()

if i am not mistaken the two lines that should take care of it are

root.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
root.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

i also tried it after adding

mainframe.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
mainframe.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

but the result was the same. I have not finished reading your tutorial but to me it seems that you are also referring to the weight and the configure statements from above

@woooee thanks for the "grid" link i actually found this a bit earlier and used it to learn the grid manager. It's a nice tutorial but it didn't teach me how i can get tkinter to resize my window content.

Since i plan to place mostly entry fields and buttons in a grid, the grid manager seems to be the better choice here so that's what i used so far... Correct me if i am wrong.