Dean Allen Provins wrote:
> Cameron:
>
> Cameron Laird wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> Dean Allen Provins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> I need to determine the size of a canvas while the process is running.
>>> Does anyone know of a technique that will let me do that?
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> Does
>> >>> import Tkinter
>> >>> c = Tkinter.Canvas()
>> >>> c.create_oval(13, 51, 80, 130)
>> 1
>> >>> c.pack()
>> >>> print c.cget("width")
>> 284
>> help?
>>
>> There are actually several different notions of the size of a
>> canvas. The example abovve should be a good starting point,
>> though.
>>
>> There's also a mailing list specifically for Tkinter <URL:
>> http://tkinter.unpythonic.net/wiki/mailing_20lists >; that
>> might interest you.
>
> I tried the "cget" function, and it returned the width that I had used
> when creating the canvas - even though the canvas was wider than that
> value at display time (and also after manually resizing the window).
>
> To your knowledge, is there a method to determine the current dimensions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dean
Dean,
Look at the winfo_* methods of Tkinter widgets, I think the one you want
is called winfo_reqheight / winfo_reqwidth or something very similar
pydoc Tkinter.Canvas will sort that out
Martin
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