How to make a OptionMenu maintain the same width?

python tkinter optionmenu
rectangletangle picture rectangletangle · Apr 12, 2011 · Viewed 27.7k times · Source

I have a snippet which creates an OptionMenu widget. 

...
options = ('White', 'Grey', 'Black', 'Red', 'Orange', 
           'Yellow', 'Green', 'Blue', 'Cyan', 'Purple')
var = StringVar()
optionmenu = OptionMenu(par, var, *options)
optionmenu.grid(column=column, row=row)
...

One problem I've encountered is every time a new option is selected, the width of the widget changes. I believe this is due to the text within the widget changing widths. How do I make the widget hold a consistent width?

Answer

Symon picture Symon · Apr 12, 2011

To the best of my knowledge, you can use optionmenu.config(width=<YOUR_WIDTH>) as follows:

...
optionmenu = OptionMenu(par, var, *options)
optionmenu.config(width=<YOUR_WIDTH>)
optionmenu.grid(column=column, row=row)
...

Related questions

TKinter OptionMenu: How to get the selected choice?

I am quite new at Python and Tkinter, but I have to create a simple form which requires the use of drop-down menus. I was trying to do something like this: #!/usr/bin python import sys from Tkinter import * # My …

Read More
Changing the options of a OptionMenu when clicking a Button

Say I have an option menu network_select that has a list of networks to connect to. import Tkinter as tk choices = ('network one', 'network two', 'network three') var = tk.StringVar(root) network_select = tk.OptionMenu(root, var, *choices) Now, …

Read More
Adding command to a Tkinter OptionMenu?

I'm writing some code in Python 2.7.8 which includes the OptionMenu widget. I would like to create an OptionMenu that calls a function when the option is changed but I also want the possible options to be found in a list, …

Read More