Practical Programming in Tcl & Tk, Third Edition

Padding and Anchors

Table 37-4 lists padding and anchor attributes that are similar in spirit to some packing attributes described in Chapter 23. However, they are distinct from the packing attributes, and this section explains how they work together with the packer

Table 37-4. Layout attribute resource names.

anchor	The anchor position of the widget. Values: n, ne, e, se, s, sw, w, nw, or center. Widgets: button, checkbutton, label, menubutton, message, or radiobutton.
padX, padY	Padding space in the X or Y direction, in screen units. Widgets: button, checkbutton, label, menubutton, message, radiobutton, or text.

The padding attributes for a widget define space that is never occupied by the display of the widget's contents. For example, if you create ...