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# Python - Tkinter Dimensions

Various lengths, widths, and other dimensions of widgets can be described in many different units.

- If you set a dimension to an integer, it is assumed to be in pixels.

- You can specify units by setting a dimension to a string containing a number followed by.

Character | Description
--- | ---
c | Centimeters
i | Inches
m | Millimeters
p | Printer's points (about 1/72")

## Length options:

Tkinter expresses a length as an integer number of pixels. Here is the list of common length options:

- borderwidth: Width of the border which gives a three-dimensional look to the widget.

- highlightthickness: Width of the highlight rectangle when the widget has focus .

- padX padY: Extra space the widget requests from its layout manager beyond the minimum the widget needs to display its contents in the x and y directions.

- selectborderwidth: Width of the three-dimentional border around selected items of the widget.

- wraplength: Maximum line length for widgets that perform word wrapping.

- height: Desired height of the widget; must be greater than or equal to 1.

- underline: Index of the character to underline in the widget's text (0 is the first character, 1 the second one, and so on).

- width: Desired width of the widget.

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