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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter
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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter

by Alan D. Moore
May 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
452 pages
11h 26m
English
Packt Publishing
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Getting widget information

Tkinter widgets have a set of winfo_ methods that give us access to information about the widget. While this set of methods leaves much to be desired, it does provide a few methods we can use in tests to provide feedback about the state of a given widget.

The following are a few winfo_ methods that we will find useful:

Method
Description
winfo_height(), winfo_width() Get the height and width of the widget
winfo_children() Get a list of child widgets
winfo_geometry() Get the size and location of the widget
winfo_ismapped() Determine whether the widget is mapped, meaning it's been added to a layout using pack() or grid(), for instance
winfo_viewable() Determine whether a widget is viewable, meaning ...
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