<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>16.1.6.3 Packer Options</title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="16.1.6.3 Packer Options"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="lib"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset="> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="lib.css"> <link rel="first" href="lib.html"> <link rel="contents" href="contents.html" title="Contents"> <link rel="index" href="genindex.html" title="Index"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node511.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node509.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node507.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node511.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A HREF="node509.html"><img src="../icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A HREF="node507.html"><img src="../icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A HREF="node511.html"><img src="../icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python Library Reference</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="../icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><a href="modindex.html" title="Module Index"><img src="../icons/modules.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Module Index" width="32"></a></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="../icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" HREF="node509.html">16.1.6.2 The Packer</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" HREF="node507.html">16.1.6 Handy Reference</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" HREF="node511.html">16.1.6.4 Coupling Widget Variables</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION0018163000000000000000"> 16.1.6.3 Packer Options</A> </H3> <P> For more extensive information on the packer and the options that it can take, see the man pages and page 183 of John Ousterhout's book. <P> <DL> <DT><STRONG>anchor </STRONG></DT> <DD>Anchor type. Denotes where the packer is to place each slave in its parcel. <P> </DD> <DT><STRONG>expand</STRONG></DT> <DD>Boolean, <code>0</code> or <code>1</code>. <P> </DD> <DT><STRONG>fill</STRONG></DT> <DD>Legal values: <code>'x'</code>, <code>'y'</code>, <code>'both'</code>, <code>'none'</code>. <P> </DD> <DT><STRONG>ipadx and ipady</STRONG></DT> <DD>A distance - designating internal padding on each side of the slave widget. <P> </DD> <DT><STRONG>padx and pady</STRONG></DT> <DD>A distance - designating external padding on each side of the slave widget. <P> </DD> <DT><STRONG>side</STRONG></DT> <DD>Legal values are: <code>'left'</code>, <code>'right'</code>, <code>'top'</code>, <code>'bottom'</code>. </DD> </DL> <P> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A HREF="node509.html"><img src="../icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A HREF="node507.html"><img src="../icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A HREF="node511.html"><img src="../icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python Library Reference</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="../icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><a href="modindex.html" title="Module Index"><img src="../icons/modules.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Module Index" width="32"></a></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="../icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" HREF="node509.html">16.1.6.2 The Packer</A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" HREF="node507.html">16.1.6 Handy Reference</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" HREF="node511.html">16.1.6.4 Coupling Widget Variables</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 2.2, documentation updated on December 21, 2001.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> See <i><a href="about.html">About this document...</a></i> for information on suggesting changes. </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>