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[Tkinter] Text Button - How Do I Reduce The Margin?
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[Tkinter] Text Button - How Do I Reduce The Margin?
#1
My Python script uses Tkinter.
I'm running Python 3.7.

The script creates a large # of text buttons
next to each other.

How do I reduce the margin between the text &
the edge of the button?

Every time I change the font size, it automatically
changes the button size, while keeping the margins.

I've looked at the following, but they didn't help:
https://effbot.org/tkinterbook/button.htm
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/tk_button.htm
https://pythonexamples.org/python-tkinte...ange-font/
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#2
please show your code.
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#3
use
width = 10
use this where is creating button.


choose numeric value as u need.

i hope this help.
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#4
If you used themed tk buttons (ttk.Button) you can set padding. You can also set width if the the top/bottom margins look good but the button is too wide.
import tkinter as tk
import tkinter.ttk as ttk

root = tk.Tk()

ttk.Button(root, text='Text').grid(row=0, column=0)
ttk.Button(root, text='Text', padding=5).grid(row=1, column=0)
ttk.Button(root, text='Text', padding=-5).grid(row=2, column=0)
ttk.Button(root, text='Text', width=4).grid(row=3, column=0)

tk.mainloop()
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#5
The width option doesn't work.

Here's my code:
b = Button(tkt, height=1, width=1, text='J', command=tkt.destroy, bg='#DEDEFF', fg="green")

Earlier in my script, I put:
# define font
myFont = font.Font(family='Helvetica', size=20, weight='bold')


The problem is that when I change the font size in myFont,
it keeps adjusting all the margins in the Button function.

I'll try the "grid" option later today.

Thanks, everyone, for the tips.

Actually, the width margins are ok.
It's the height margins which are an issue.

Using the grid didn't work.
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#6
It looks like I'm able to get the width thing to work.

Thanks, everyone.
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#7
you need to set your padding.
padding internal to widget is padx, pady
padding outside of widget is controlled by ipadx, ipady in a grid or pack command
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