I've been able to change the background colour of the entire window and of specific labels through this,
master.configure(background = 'SteelBlue1')
titlelabel = Tkinter.Label(master, text="my Title", fg = "blue4", bg = "gray80").grid(row=0, column = 1)
Is there a simple way to make row 0 gray instead of just the area around the label? Thanks
If there is only the title on this row, you can use columspan so that the title span over all columns and expand the label horizontally:
import Tkinter
master = Tkinter.Tk()
master.configure(background='SteelBlue1')
master.columnconfigure(0, weight=1) # make the column 1 expand when the window is resized
nb_of_columns = 2 # to be replaced by the relevant number
titlelabel = Tkinter.Label(master, text="my Title", fg="blue4", bg ="gray80")
titlelabel.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky='ew', columnspan=nb_of_columns) # sticky='ew' expands the label horizontally
master.geometry('200x200')
master.mainloop()
Otherwise, the solution is to follow scotty3785 advice and use a frame:
import Tkinter
master = Tkinter.Tk()
master.configure(background='SteelBlue1')
master.columnconfigure(1, weight=1)
nb_of_columns = 2 # to be replaced by the relevant number
titleframe = Tkinter.Frame(master, bg ="gray80")
titleframe.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=nb_of_columns, sticky='ew')
titlelabel = Tkinter.Label(titleframe, text="my Title", fg="blue4", bg ="gray80")
titlelabel.grid(row=0, column=1)
# other widgets on the same row:
Tkinter.Button(titleframe, text='Ok').grid(row=0, column=2)
master.geometry('200x200')
master.mainloop()
I figured out a way to do this without using a Frame which wasn't feasible in my implementation. You have to use a combination of sticky=tk.EW on the grid and justify/anchor on the label.
Here is a piece of my code that lists account names, balances, and account type in a grid. When you hover over one of the rows, the entire row will highlight without any gaps. The only frame being used is to hold all of the contents (which I needed to keep the columns neat and organized) -- it doesn't use a frame for each row.
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk
def show_accounts(self) -> None:
account_frame = ttk.Frame(self.content_frame)
account_frame.grid(column=0, row=0)
ttk.Label(account_frame, text="Account").grid(column=0, row=0, sticky=tk.W, padx=(0,20))
ttk.Label(account_frame, text="Balance").grid(column=1, row=0, sticky=tk.W, padx=(0,20))
ttk.Label(account_frame, text="Type").grid(column=2, row=0, sticky=tk.W)
ttk.Separator(account_frame).grid(column=0, row=1, sticky=tk.EW, columnspan=3)
accounts = self.controller.get_accounts()
for i, account in enumerate(accounts):
account_name = ttk.Label(account_frame, text=str(account.name), justify=tk.LEFT, anchor=tk.W)
account_name.grid(column=0, row=i+2, sticky=tk.EW, ipadx=20)
account_balance = ttk.Label(account_frame, text=f"{account.balance:,.2f}", justify=tk.LEFT, anchor=tk.W)
account_balance.grid(column=1, row=i+2, sticky=tk.EW, ipadx=20)
account_type = ttk.Label(account_frame, text=AccountType(account.type).name.title(), justify=tk.LEFT, anchor=tk.W)
account_type.grid(column=2, row=i+2, sticky=tk.EW)
# Bindings
account_name.bind("<Enter>", lambda e, account=account: self.highlight_account_row(e, account))
account_name.bind("<Leave>", lambda e, account=account: self.unhighlight_account_row(e, account))
# Save to dictionary
self.widgets[f"{account.name}_name"] = account_name
self.widgets[f"{account.name}_balance"] = account_balance
self.widgets[f"{account.name}_type"] = account_type
def highlight_account_row(self, event, account):
self.widgets[f"{account.name}_name"].configure(background="grey")
self.widgets[f"{account.name}_balance"].configure(background="grey")
self.widgets[f"{account.name}_type"].configure(background="grey")
def unhighlight_account_row(self, event, account):
self.widgets[f"{account.name}_name"].configure(background="white")
self.widgets[f"{account.name}_balance"].configure(background="white")
self.widgets[f"{account.name}_type"].configure(background="white")
