Python Tkinter Scrollbar for entire window

How to add scrollbars to full window in tkinter ?

here is the answer for python 3...

 from tkinter import * from tkinter import ttk root = Tk() root.title('Full Window Scrolling X Y Scrollbar Example') root.geometry("1350x400") # Create A Main frame main_frame = Frame(root) main_frame.pack(fill=BOTH,expand=1) # Create Frame for X Scrollbar sec = Frame(main_frame) sec.pack(fill=X,side=BOTTOM) # Create A Canvas my_canvas = Canvas(main_frame) my_canvas.pack(side=LEFT,fill=BOTH,expand=1) # Add A Scrollbars to Canvas x_scrollbar = ttk.Scrollbar(sec,orient=HORIZONTAL,command=my_canvas.xview) x_scrollbar.pack(side=BOTTOM,fill=X) y_scrollbar = ttk.Scrollbar(main_frame,orient=VERTICAL,command=my_canvas.yview) y_scrollbar.pack(side=RIGHT,fill=Y) # Configure the canvas my_canvas.configure(xscrollcommand=x_scrollbar.set) my_canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=y_scrollbar.set) my_canvas.bind("<Configure>",lambda e: my_canvas.config(scrollregion= my_canvas.bbox(ALL))) # Create Another Frame INSIDE the Canvas second_frame = Frame(my_canvas) # Add that New Frame a Window In The Canvas my_canvas.create_window((0,0),window= second_frame, anchor="nw") for thing in range(100): Button(second_frame ,text=f"Button {thing}").grid(row=5,column=thing,pady=10,padx=10) for thing in range(100): Button(second_frame ,text=f"Button {thing}").grid(row=thing,column=5,pady=10,padx=10) root.mainloop() 

you might be able to set a scrollbarr to root.

scrollderoot = tkinter.Scrollbar(orient="vertical", command=root.yview) scrollderoot.grid(column=5, row=0, sticky='ns', in_=root) #instead of number 5, set the column as the expected one for the scrollbar. Sticky ns will might be neccesary. root.configure(yscrollcommand=scrollderoot.set) 

Honestly i didn't tried this but "should" work. Good luck.

This approach uses no Frame objects and is different in that it creates a very large Canvas with Scrollbars and asks you for an image to display on it.

The screen is then set with self.root.wm_attributes("-fullscreen", 1) and self.root.wm_attributes("-top", 1)

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import tkinter as tk from tkinter import filedialog as fido class BigScreen: def __init__( self ): self.root = tk.Tk() self.root.rowconfigure(0, weight = 1) self.root.columnconfigure(0, weight = 1) w, h = self.root.winfo_screenwidth(), self.root.winfo_screenheight() self.canvas = tk.Canvas(self.root, scrollregion = f"0 0 {w*2} {h*2}") self.canvas.grid(row = 0, column = 0, sticky = tk.NSEW) self.makescroll(self.root, self.canvas ) self.imagename = fido.askopenfilename( title = "Pick Image to View" ) if self.imagename: self.photo = tk.PhotoImage(file = self.imagename).zoom(2, 2) self.window = self.canvas.create_image( ( 0, 0 ), anchor = tk.NW, image = self.photo) self.root.bind("<Escape>", self.closer) self.root.wm_attributes("-fullscreen", 1) self.root.wm_attributes("-top", 1) def makescroll(self, parent, thing): v = tk.Scrollbar(parent, orient = tk.VERTICAL, command = thing.yview) v.grid(row = 0, column = 1, sticky = tk.NS) thing.config(yscrollcommand = v.set) h = tk.Scrollbar(parent, orient = tk.HORIZONTAL, command = thing.xview) h.grid(row = 1, column = 0, sticky = tk.EW) thing.config(xscrollcommand = h.set) def closer(self, ev): self.root.destroy() if __name__ == "__main__": Big = BigScreen() Big.root.mainloop() 

My previous answer went well beyond the question asked so this is a cut-down version more accurately answers the question.

I did try the answer of Akash Shendage which didn't work for me out of the box. But with a few adjustments I got it working.

#!/bin/env python3 from tkinter import ttk import tkinter as tk root = tk.Tk() root.title('Full Window Scrolling X Y Scrollbar Example') root.geometry("1350x400") # Create A Main frame main_frame = tk.Frame(root) main_frame.pack(fill=tk.BOTH,expand=1) # Create Frame for X Scrollbar sec = tk.Frame(main_frame) sec.pack(fill=tk.X,side=tk.BOTTOM) # Create A Canvas my_canvas = tk.Canvas(main_frame) my_canvas.pack(side=tk.LEFT,fill=tk.BOTH,expand=1) # Add A Scrollbars to Canvas x_scrollbar = ttk.Scrollbar(sec,orient=tk.HORIZONTAL,command=my_canvas.xview) x_scrollbar.pack(side=tk.BOTTOM,fill=tk.X) y_scrollbar = ttk.Scrollbar(main_frame,orient=tk.VERTICAL,command=my_canvas.yview) y_scrollbar.pack(side=tk.RIGHT,fill=tk.Y) # Configure the canvas my_canvas.configure(xscrollcommand=x_scrollbar.set) my_canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=y_scrollbar.set) my_canvas.bind("<Configure>",lambda e: my_canvas.config(scrollregion= my_canvas.bbox(tk.ALL))) # Create Another Frame INSIDE the Canvas second_frame = tk.Frame(my_canvas) # Add that New Frame a Window In The Canvas my_canvas.create_window((0,0),window= second_frame, anchor="nw") for thing in range(100): tk.Button(second_frame ,text=f"Button {thing}").grid(row=5,column=thing,pady=10,padx=10) for thing in range(100): tk.Button(second_frame ,text=f"Button {thing}").grid(row=thing,column=5,pady=10,padx=10) root.mainloop() 

Here's a class, and some example usage, that uses the .place method to add a scrollbar for the whole window. You can create a Frame object, and place it at your desired (x, y) coordinates. Then, simply pass your Frame object in place of root in main.frame to create a scrollable window at your desired coordinates.

from tkinter import * class ScrollableFrame: """A scrollable tkinter frame that will fill the whole window""" def __init__ (self, master, width, height, mousescroll=0): self.mousescroll = mousescroll self.master = master self.height = height self.width = width self.main_frame = Frame(self.master) self.main_frame.pack(fill=BOTH, expand=1) self.scrollbar = Scrollbar(self.main_frame, orient=VERTICAL) self.scrollbar.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y) self.canvas = Canvas(self.main_frame, yscrollcommand=self.scrollbar.set) self.canvas.pack(expand=True, fill=BOTH) self.scrollbar.config(command=self.canvas.yview) self.canvas.bind( '<Configure>', lambda e: self.canvas.configure(scrollregion=self.canvas.bbox("all")) ) self.frame = Frame(self.canvas, width=self.width, height=self.height) self.frame.pack(expand=True, fill=BOTH) self.canvas.create_window((0,0), window=self.frame, anchor="nw") self.frame.bind("<Enter>", self.entered) self.frame.bind("<Leave>", self.left) def _on_mouse_wheel(self,event): self.canvas.yview_scroll(-1 * int((event.delta / 120)), "units") def entered(self,event): if self.mousescroll: self.canvas.bind_all("<MouseWheel>", self._on_mouse_wheel) def left(self,event): if self.mousescroll: self.canvas.unbind_all("<MouseWheel>") # Example usage obj = ScrollableFrame( master, height=300, # Total required height of canvas width=400 # Total width of master ) objframe = obj.frame # use objframe as the main window to make widget 

From the great effbot docs:

In Tkinter, the scrollbar is a separate widget that can be attached to any widget that support the standard scrollbar interface. Such widgets include:

• the Listbox widget.
• the Text widget.
• the Canvas widget
• the Entry widget

So, you cannot directly use a scrollbar in a Frame. It may be possible to create your own Frame sub-class that supports the scrollbar interface.

You can use a Canvas to have scrollable content, but placing widgets within a Canvas does not use pack or grid, but uses explicit pixel locations (i.e. painting on the Canvas).