In my experience, using -pady, -padx doesn't work out that well.

In this case, the MenuButton idea is a great one as I think it is the same size as other buttons.

The more general advice is to use more sub-frames and the various anchor and centering options to get things to "line up". I draw "pencil on paper" diagrams before attempting to write a Tk GUI. This helps a lot! Draw diagrams showing the frames. Think sub-frame to get things to line up. Stay away from pixel oriented stuff.

Different users will have different frame resolutions and use say "large fonts" instead of "small fonts" - basically you are "doomed" if you deal with pixels. If you have a frame and pack in 2 widgets, that are are packed in left to right and then "centered" within that frame, then this work (in my experience).

GUI coding is one area where "mileage varies a lot!". But I think the basic advice of thinking "sub-frames" will take you a very long way down the road.

In reply to Re: Make Tk Optionmenu same height as Button by Marshall
in thread Make Tk Optionmenu same height as Button by chessgui

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