How to ensure Maximize button shows in Linux/Unix (Tkinter)

[Harlin Seritt]

I have a tkinter program that shows the 'maximize' button while running
on Windows but not in Linux. Is there a way to make it show in Linux?

Thanks,

Harlin Seritt

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Re: How to ensure Maximize button shows in Linux/Unix (Tkinter)

Harlin Seritt wrote:
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> I have a tkinter program that shows the 'maximize' button while running
> on Windows but not in Linux. Is there a way to make it show in Linux?[/color]

On linux (or X-Windows in general) the windowdecoratio ns (which maximize is
a part of) are managed by the windowmanager, not the graphical toolkit
itself. What windowmanager do you use? If I remember one could get access
to the wm using tk and maybe then manipulate some settings.

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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch

[Harlin Seritt]

Re: How to ensure Maximize button shows in Linux/Unix (Tkinter)

Diez,

Thanks for the quick reply. I am running this under KDE. I actually
haven't tried doing so under any other wm for the moment. Any ideas how
to get it to show in KDE?

Thanks,

Harlin Seritt

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Re: How to ensure Maximize button shows in Linux/Unix (Tkinter)

Harlin Seritt wrote:
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> Diez,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. I am running this under KDE. I actually
> haven't tried doing so under any other wm for the moment. Any ideas how
> to get it to show in KDE?[/color]

I also run kde, and it shows that maximze-button. I've no idea why that
doesn't work for you. Is it a root-window or some other toplevel window?
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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch

[Eric Brunel]

Re: How to ensure Maximize button shows in Linux/Unix (Tkinter)

On 26 Mar 2005 08:19:07 -0800, Harlin Seritt <harlinseritt@y ahoo.com> wrote:
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> Diez,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. I am running this under KDE. I actually
> haven't tried doing so under any other wm for the moment. Any ideas how
> to get it to show in KDE?[/color]

This is a tk bug; see:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index...97&atid=112997
and:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index...97&atid=112997

The latest tcl/tk 8.4 release may solve the problem, and a patch is provided for the second bug report if you don't want to upgrade.

HTH
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