Class VerticalScrolledFrame

Lib/idlelib/configdialog.py:2360–2400

A pure Tkinter vertically scrollable frame. * Use the 'interior' attribute to place widgets inside the scrollable frame * Construct and pack/place/grid normally * This frame only allows vertical scrolling

class VerticalScrolledFrame(Frame):
    """A pure Tkinter vertically scrollable frame.

    * Use the 'interior' attribute to place widgets inside the scrollable frame
    * Construct and pack/place/grid normally
    * This frame only allows vertical scrolling
    """
    def __init__(self, parent, *args, **kw):
        Frame.__init__(self, parent, *args, **kw)

        # Create a canvas object and a vertical scrollbar for scrolling it.
        vscrollbar = Scrollbar(self, orient=VERTICAL)
        vscrollbar.pack(fill=Y, side=RIGHT, expand=FALSE)
        canvas = Canvas(self, borderwidth=0, highlightthickness=0,
                        yscrollcommand=vscrollbar.set, width=240)
        canvas.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH, expand=TRUE)
        vscrollbar.config(command=canvas.yview)

        # Reset the view.
        canvas.xview_moveto(0)
        canvas.yview_moveto(0)

        # Create a frame inside the canvas which will be scrolled with it.
        self.interior = interior = Frame(canvas)
        interior_id = canvas.create_window(0, 0, window=interior, anchor=NW)

        # Track changes to the canvas and frame width and sync them,
        # also updating the scrollbar.
        def _configure_interior(event):
            # Update the scrollbars to match the size of the inner frame.
            size = (interior.winfo_reqwidth(), interior.winfo_reqheight())
            canvas.config(scrollregion="0 0 %s %s" % size)
        interior.bind('<Configure>', _configure_interior)

        def _configure_canvas(event):
            if interior.winfo_reqwidth() != canvas.winfo_width():
                # Update the inner frame's width to fill the canvas.
                canvas.itemconfigure(interior_id, width=canvas.winfo_width())
        canvas.bind('<Configure>', _configure_canvas)

        return


if __name__ == '__main__':