Purpose: to provide examples to the beginning [Tk] programmer of how the -sticky configuration parameter works on the various Tk [widget]s that support the flag. ---- For instance: frame .addr -background orange grid .addr -sticky we entry .addr.addr1 -width 30 grid .addr.addr1 -sticky we The original author's expectation was that the field would be left justified and would expand. - [RS] would rather expect it to be centered, but fill all available space. Use ''-justify left'' for left justification :) The originator wasn't talking about text within a label or whatever being justified. They were expecting the entry box to hang on the left of frame - me, I don't know why they expected that instead of centered... I certainly expected it centered. The ''-sticky'' argument indicates the developer is specifying on which side(s) of a [grid] ''cell'' a widget should appear. The parms for the ''-sticky'' are one of the following: * n (north) * s (south) * e (east) * w (west) or some reasonable combination of these flags. So, a value of "we" would, in my mind, mean that a widget would be centered along the horizontal axis of the grid cell. A value of "ns" would indicate that a widget would be centered along the vertical axis of the grid cell. A value of "news" would, I presume, attempt to center the widget along both axies. [CRV] Why doesn't this work? ''It seems to work for me. Perhaps what you mean is "why doesn't this do what I expect", but I'm not sure what it is you expect'' radiobutton .rbtDs -text "Description Group" -command {} labelframe .lbfDs -labelwidget .rbtDs frame .lbfDs.fraDs -bd 2 -relief sunken label .lbfDs.fraDs.lblLDs -text "Description" label .lbfDs.fraDs.lblDs -relief sunken -justify left button .lbfDs.fraDs.btnDlDs -text "X" -command {exit} grid .lbfDs grid .lbfDs.fraDs -stick ew grid .lbfDs.fraDs.lblLDs .lbfDs.fraDs.lblDs -sticky ew grid .lbfDs.fraDs.btnDlDs Even adding '-width 400' to either the 'labelframe' or the 'frame' will change the displayed width. ''Are you aware that row and column weights affect what expands and what does not? I don't know what effect you are trying to achieve, but you might tell us if this has a positive effect (The use of rowconfigure and columnconfigure on .lbfDs.fraDs is left as an exercise to the reader):'' grid .lbfDs -sticky nsew grid rowconfigure . 0 -weight 1 grid columnconfigure . 0 -weight 1 ---- [Category GUI]