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Python For Engineering and Scientific Computing
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Python For Engineering and Scientific Computing

by Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc, Veit Steinkamp
June 2025
Intermediate to advanced
515 pages
17h 5m
English
Packt Publishing
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11.2    The Layout Manager of Tkinter

Layout managers support the application developer in arranging the controls in the user interface (window). For arranging and designing user interfaces, the following design criteria are suggested in the literature:

  • ProportionsWindows should have an aspect ratio from 1:1 to 2:1 (the ratio of width to height), which improves the user orientation. The window shown in Figure 11.2 meets this requirement.

  • BalanceA window is divided by a vertical line in the center. The information density (number of controls) should be approximately equally distributed on both sides, left and right. The window shown in Figure 11.2 does not meet this requirement because the information has not been spread across two columns. ...

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