Python Tkinter: Attach scrollbar to listbox as opposed to window

linux, listbox, python, scrollbar, tkinter

Solution

You attached scrollbar to `window`

Scrollbar(window, orient="vertical")

Try to attache to `listNodes`

Scrollbar(listNodes, orient="vertical")

or create `Frame` with `Listbox` and attache scrollbar to that frame.

EDIT: example with `Frame`

from Tkinter import *

window = Tk()
window.geometry("680x500")

Label(window, text="Top label").pack()

frame = Frame(window)
frame.pack()

listNodes = Listbox(frame, width=20, height=20, font=("Helvetica", 12))
listNodes.pack(side="left", fill="y")

scrollbar = Scrollbar(frame, orient="vertical")
scrollbar.config(command=listNodes.yview)
scrollbar.pack(side="right", fill="y")

listNodes.config(yscrollcommand=scrollbar.set)

for x in range(100):
    listNodes.insert(END, str(x))

Label(window, text="Bottom label").pack()

window.mainloop()

EDIT: frame in your code - I use `grid/pack` because I prefered it.

I add some code so now lists resize when window resizes.

from Tkinter import *

def onselect(event):
    w = event.widget
    index = int(w.curselection()[0])
    value = w.get(index)
    info = find_info(value)
    listSelection.delete(0, END)
    listSelection.insert(END, "Node ID: " + info[0])
    listSelection.insert(END, "Owner/Description: " + info[1])
    listSelection.insert(END, "Last Latitude: " + info[2])
    listSelection.insert(END, "Last Longitude: " + info[3])



mapNodes = "http://ukhas.net/api/mapNodes"
nodeData = "http://ukhas.net/api/nodeData"
current_id = 0

window = Tk() # create window
window.configure(bg='lightgrey')
window.title("UKHASnet Node Manager")
window.geometry("680x400")

lbl1 = Label(window, text="Node List:", fg='black', font=("Helvetica", 16, "bold"))
lbl2 = Label(window, text="Node Information:", fg='black', font=("Helvetica", 16,"bold"))
lbl1.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky=W)
lbl2.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky=W)

frm = Frame(window)
frm.grid(row=1, column=0, sticky=N+S)
window.rowconfigure(1, weight=1)
window.columnconfigure(1, weight=1)

scrollbar = Scrollbar(frm, orient="vertical")
scrollbar.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y)

listNodes = Listbox(frm, width=20, yscrollcommand=scrollbar.set, font=("Helvetica", 12))
listNodes.pack(expand=True, fill=Y)

scrollbar.config(command=listNodes.yview)

listSelection = Listbox(window, height=4, font=("Helvetica", 12))
listSelection.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky=E+W+N)


for x in range(100):
    listNodes.insert(END, x)

for x in "ABCD":
listSelection.insert(END, x + ": ?")

Problem

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