16.1.6.3 Packer Options

For more extensive information on the packer and the options that it can take, see the man pages and page 183 of John Ousterhout's book.

anchor: Anchor type. Denotes where the packer is to place each slave in its parcel.
expand: Boolean, 0 or 1.
fill: Legal values: 'x', 'y', 'both', 'none'.
ipadx and ipady: A distance - designating internal padding on each side of the slave widget.
padx and pady: A distance - designating external padding on each side of the slave widget.
side: Legal values are: 'left', 'right', 'top', 'bottom'.

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