Tk - Place Widget

The place widget is used to locate a widget at an absolute location or a relative location based on the size of the window. The syntax for place widget is shown below −

place placeName options

Options

The options available for the place widget are listed below in table −

Sr.No.	Syntax & Description
1	-x xLocation Sets the absolute x position for widget.
2	-y yLocation Sets the absolute y position for widget.
3	-relx xFraction Sets the relative x position as fraction of width for widget.
4	-rely yFraction Sets the relative y position as fraction of height for widget.

A simple example for place widget is shown below −

#!/usr/bin/wish

 . configure -width 250 -height 300
frame .myFrame1 -background red  -relief ridge -borderwidth 8 -padx 10 -pady 10
   -height 100 -width 100
frame .myFrame2 -background blue  -relief ridge -borderwidth 8 -padx 10 -pady 10
   -height 100 -width 50
place .myFrame1 -x 0 -y 20
place .myFrame2 -x 50 -y 150

When we run the above program, we will get the following output −

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