Re: [MACTCL] menubutton width error

[Russell E. O. <ro...@uw...>]

In article <row...@ne...>,
 "Russell E. Owen" <ro...@uw...> wrote:

> I'm switching from Tcl/Tk 8.4.x to 8.5.x on MaOS (so I can use modern 
> 64-bit python) and am running into many problems.
> 
> I've been able to find workarounds for most, but not this one (bug #ID 
> 3587262): menubuttons are often shown far too narrow if the size is 
> automatic*. Here is a demonstration:
> 
> tk_optionMenu .om omVar DC1 DC2 DC3
> .om configure -width 3 # -indicatoron 0
> pack .om

Sorry...wrong code (the above demonstrates a bug with manual width that 
is easy to work around and is not affected by font). Here's the code 
showing the bug for the automatic case:

option add "*font" "{Lucida Grande} 12"
menubutton .mb -textvariable var
pack .mb
set var "Normal"

> One oddity is that the display becomes correct if I change the font size 
> (and I can then change it back and it is still right).
> 
> Does anyone know a simple workaround? I fear I'm going to have to assign 
> a callback to the variable and manually set the width based on the 
> content of the var, but I was hoping for something simpler.
...

-- Russell