A labelframe is a simple container widget. Its primary purpose is to act as a spacer or container for complex window layouts.
This widget has the features of a frame plus the ability to display a label.
SyntaxHere is the simple syntax to create this widget −
w = LabelFrame( master, option, ... )Parameters
master − This represents the parent window.
options − Here is the list of most commonly used options for this widget. These options can be used as key-value pairs separated by commas.
bg
The normal background color displayed behind the label and indicator.
2bd
The size of the border around the indicator. Default is 2 pixels.
3cursor
If you set this option to a cursor name (arrow, dot etc.), the mouse cursor will change to that pattern when it is over the checkbutton.
4font
The vertical dimension of the new frame.
5height
The vertical dimension of the new frame.
6labelAnchor
Specifies where to place the label.
7highlightbackground
Color of the focus highlight when the frame does not have focus.
8highlightcolor
Color shown in the focus highlight when the frame has the focus.
9highlightthickness
Thickness of the focus highlight.
10relief
With the default value, relief=FLAT, the checkbutton does not stand out from its background. You may set this option to any of the other styles.
11text
Specifies a string to be displayed inside the widget.
12width
Specifies the desired width for the window.
ExampleTry the following example yourself. Here is how to create a labelframe widget −
from tkinter import * root = Tk() labelframe = LabelFrame(root, text="This is a LabelFrame") labelframe.pack(fill="both", expand="yes") left = Label(labelframe, text="Inside the LabelFrame") left.pack() root.mainloop()
When the above code is executed, it produces the following result −
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