How to Set Border of Tkinter Label Widget
In this tutorial, we will introduce how to set the border of the Tkinter Label.
Tkinter Label doesn’t have the border by default as shown below.
You need to assign the borderwidth option to add a border around Label widget, and also assign the relief option to be any option rather than flat to make border visible.
tk.Label(app, borderwidth=3, relief="sunken", text="sunken & borderwidth=3")
It sets the borderwidth as 3 and border decoration option relief to be sunken.
The below example shows the label order with different relief options.
As you could see, the border is invisible when the relief is flat (default relief value), even when the borderwidth is set.
Complete Working Code Example
import tkinter as tk
app = tk.Tk()
labelExample1 = tk.Label(
app, borderwidth=1, width=40, relief="raised", text="raised & borderwidth=1"
)
labelExample2 = tk.Label(
app, borderwidth=2, width=40, relief="ridge", text="ridge & borderwidth=2"
)
labelExample3 = tk.Label(
app, borderwidth=3, width=40, relief="sunken", text="sunken & borderwidth=3"
)
labelExample4 = tk.Label(
app, borderwidth=4, width=40, relief="flat", text="flat & borderwidth=4"
)
labelExample5 = tk.Label(
app, borderwidth=5, width=40, relief="groove", text="groove & borderwidth=5"
)
labelExample6 = tk.Label(
app, borderwidth=6, width=40, relief="ridge", text="solid & borderwidth=6"
)
labelExample1.grid(column=0, row=0, padx=10, pady=10)
labelExample2.grid(column=0, row=1, padx=10, pady=10)
labelExample3.grid(column=0, row=2, padx=10, pady=10)
labelExample4.grid(column=0, row=3, padx=10, pady=10)
labelExample5.grid(column=0, row=4, padx=10, pady=10)
labelExample6.grid(column=0, row=5, padx=10, pady=10)
app.mainloop()
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