The solution consists in putting the Text widget inside a frame, forcing the frame to a fixed size by deactivating size propagation and configuring the Text widget to expand and fill both directions (to stick to the frame borders).
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from Tkinter import Frame, Text, Tk
from Tkconstants import YES, BOTH
except ImportError:
from tkinter import Frame, Text, Tk
from tkinter.constants import YES, BOTH
class Text2(Frame):
def __init__(self, master, width=0, height=0, **kwargs):
self.width = width
self.height = height
Frame.__init__(self, master, width=self.width, height=self.height)
self.text_widget = Text(self, **kwargs)
self.text_widget.pack(expand=YES, fill=BOTH)
def pack(self, *args, **kwargs):
Frame.pack(self, *args, **kwargs)
self.pack_propagate(False)
def grid(self, *args, **kwargs):
Frame.grid(self, *args, **kwargs)
self.grid_propagate(False)
root = Tk()
# Now width and height are in pixels. They are not now the number of columns and the number of lines respectively
Text2(root, width=90,height=120).pack()
root.mainloop()
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