[R] Tk grid problem

[peter dalgaard]

On Jul 16, 2012, at 16:13 , vincent guyader wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> 
> I have a problem with the grid function in tk.
> I juste try to put 4 buttons like this:
> 
> 
> -------------------
> |        |        |
> |        |   C    |
> |   A    |--------|
> |        |        |
> ----------   D    |
> |        |        |
> |   B    |        |
> -------------------
> 
> A is 2x2
> C is 1x2
> B is 1x2
> D is 2x2
> 
> 
> but the code bellow dont work :
> 
> 
> 
> 
> require(tcltk)
> tt <- tktoplevel(borderwidth=10)
> 
> A.but <- tkbutton(tt,text="A",command=function()ls())
> B.but <- tkbutton(tt,text="B",command=function()ls())
> C.but <- tkbutton(tt,text="C",command=function()ls())
> D.but <- tkbutton(tt,text="D",command=function()ls())
> 
> 
> tkgrid(A.but,row=1,column=1,columnspan=2,rowspan=2,sticky="nswe")
> tkgrid(B.but,row=3,column=1,columnspan=2,rowspan=1,sticky="nswe")
> tkgrid(C.but,row=1,column=3,columnspan=2,rowspan=1,sticky="wens")
> tkgrid(D.but,row=3,column=3,columnspan=2,rowspan=2,sticky="wens")
> 
> any idea?

I suspect you need to experiment with tkgrid.columnconfigure(...., minsize=...) and the corresponding for rows. Also, you probably didn't intend both B and D to start in row 3.

> 
> thx
> 
> 
> Vincent
> 
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