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Frame with border color for Tkinter (Python recipe) by Miguel Martínez López
ActiveState Code (http://code.activestate.com/recipes/580735/)

This trick show how to add a border color to frame. These are the important configurations:

 highlightbackground="your border color here"
 highlightcolor="your border color here"
 highlightthickness="the border width"
 bd= 0

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Install Python along with this recipe!

After Installation

  1. Edit the recipe.py file to modify the recipe.
  2. Run state run recipe to run the recipe and see your changes.
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try:
    from Tkinter import Frame, Entry, Tk
except ImportError:
    from tkinter import Frame, Entry, Tk
    

root = Tk()
frame1 = Frame(root, highlightbackground="green", highlightcolor="green", highlightthickness=1, width=100, height=100, bd= 0)
frame1.pack()
frame1.pack_propagate(False)

Entry(frame1).pack()


frame2 = Frame(root, highlightbackground="red", highlightcolor="red", highlightthickness=1, width=100, height=100, bd= 0)
frame2.pack()
frame2.pack_propagate(False)

Entry(frame2).pack()

root.mainloop()
Tags: border, color, frame, tkinter