Controlling layout with the pack command
Tk provides three methods of geometry management—pack, grid, and the rarely used place command. We will be covering the pack and grid commands. The pack command is the basic geometry manager for Tk. When invoked, the pack command instructs the packer to arrange the widgets as specified. The packer is a geometry manager that arranges the elements of a window in order around the edges. In the following examples, we will see how to use the pack command.
Based on the options provided when invoked the pack command assumes several forms. The syntactical options are as follows:
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