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I've had a little dilemma and I think that it might be the same for a few people(hopefully). The following code gets names from a text file in the same folder, then prints them out in a frame. Unfortunately I don't know how to add a scrolling functionality into just this frame (nameframe). I need this code so that when you have a long list of names, all the names can be seen. Currently you can only see half of the names. I also would like the buttons to be the same size.

from tkinter import *

import time

import datetime

import re



root = Tk()

root.title("Attendence Register")

root.geometry('1350x650+0+0')



root.resizable(False, False)



nameframe = Frame(root, height=650, width=300)

nameframe.pack(side='left')



saveframe = Frame(root, height=650, width=300)

saveframe.pack(side='right')



outlist = 



def saveDataPresent(line):

    presentcount[line] += 1



    if presentcount[line] %2 == 1:

        present[line].configure(bg='#ff4dd2')

        line = (line + ' is present')

        outlist.append(line)

        #print(outlist)



    else:

        present[line].configure(bg='#66ff66')

        line = (line + ' is present')

        outlist.remove(line)

        #print(outlist)



def saveDataAbsent(line):

    absentcount[line] += 1



    if absentcount[line] % 2 == 1:

        absent[line].configure(bg='#ff4dd2')

        line = (line + ' is absent')

        outlist.append(line)

        #print(outlist)



    else:

        absent[line].configure(bg='#ff6666')

        line = (line + ' is absent')

        outlist.remove(line)

        #print(outlist)



def saveDataIll(line):

    illcount[line] += 1



    if illcount[line] % 2 == 1:

        ill[line].configure(bg='#ff4dd2')

        line = (line + ' is ill')

        outlist.append(line)

        #print(outlist)



    else:

        ill[line].configure(bg='#ffa31a')

        line = (line + ' is ill')

        outlist.remove(line)

        #print(outlist)



def saveDataHoliday(line):

    holidaycount[line] += 1



    if holidaycount[line] % 2 == 1:

        holiday[line].configure(bg='#ff4dd2')

        line = (line + ' is holiday')

        outlist.append(line)

        #print(outlist)



    else:

        holiday[line].configure(bg='light blue')

        line = (line + ' is holiday')

        outlist.remove(line)

        #print(outlist)



def saveData():

    now = datetime.datetime.now()

    now = str(now)

    dire = 'logs/'

    now = dire + now



    now = re.sub(':', '', now)

    now += '.txt'



    log = open(now, "w+")

    log.close()

    log = open(now, "a")

    for i in outlist:

        i = (i + 'n')

        log.write(i)

    log.close()



text = open('names.txt','r')

line = text.readline()

count = 0

present = {}

absent = {}

ill = {}

holiday = {}



presentcount = {}

absentcount = {}

illcount = {}

holidaycount = {}



for line in text:

    count+= 1

    name = Label(nameframe, text=line)

    name.grid(row=count, column = 0)



    presentcount[line] = 0

    absentcount[line] = 0

    illcount[line] = 0

    holidaycount[line] = 0





    present[line] =  Button(nameframe, text='/', pady = 20, padx=20, bg ='#66ff66', command=lambda line=line: saveDataPresent(line))

    present[line].grid(row=count, column = 2)



    holiday[line] = Button(nameframe, text='H', pady=20, padx=20, bg='light blue', command=lambda line=line: saveDataHoliday(line))

    holiday[line].grid(row=count, column=3)



    ill[line] = Button(nameframe, text='ill', pady=20, padx=20, bg ='#ffa31a', command=lambda line=line: saveDataIll(line))

    ill[line].grid(row=count, column=4)



    absent[line] = Button(nameframe, text='NA', pady=20, padx=20, bg ='#ff6666', command=lambda line=line: saveDataAbsent(line))

    absent[line].grid(row=count, column=5)



savebut = Button(saveframe, text='Save', pady = 20, padx=20, command=saveData)

savebut.pack()



root.mainloop()

Thanks for any help I hope my question is clear. In summary, I would like to know how to add a functioning scroll bar, or atleast something to help to be able to see all the names. This scroll bar should only affect nameframe. To show my situation more clearly: Image of the frame cutting

This is the sort of thing that I'm looking for:

nameframe = Frame(root, height=650, width=300)

nameframe.pack(side='left')



vsb = Scrollbar(orient="vertical", command=nameframe.yview)

nameframe.configure(yscrollcommand=vsb.set)



saveframe = Frame(root, height=650, width=300)

This commes up with the error: 'Frame' object has no attribute 'yview'
saveframe.pack(side='right')

As pointed out in the link I provided you need to be using a canvas to scroll over widgets by adding a frame window to the canvas. There is also this post that may better explain what to do here: Adding a scrollbar to a group of widgets in Tkinter.

My example is only to solve the problem of scrolling through your widgets. Please note you may have other issues to review.

I prefer to use grid() manager so I updated your code accordingly. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Here is your code updated (with some general cleanup):

import tkinter as tk

import datetime

import re



root = tk.Tk()

root.title("Attendence Register")

root.geometry('1350x650+0+0')

root.resizable(False, False)

root.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)

root.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)

saveframe = tk.Frame(root, height=650, width=300)

saveframe.grid(row=0, column=2)



outlist = 



def saveDataPresent(line):

    presentcount[line] += 1

    if presentcount[line] %2 == 1:

        present[line].configure(bg='#ff4dd2')

        line = (line + ' is present')

        outlist.append(line)

    else:

        present[line].configure(bg='#66ff66')

        line = (line + ' is present')

        outlist.remove(line)



def saveDataAbsent(line):

    absentcount[line] += 1

    if absentcount[line] % 2 == 1:

        absent[line].configure(bg='#ff4dd2')

        line = (line + ' is absent')

        outlist.append(line)

    else:

        absent[line].configure(bg='#ff6666')

        line = (line + ' is absent')

        outlist.remove(line)



def saveDataIll(line):

    illcount[line] += 1

    if illcount[line] % 2 == 1:

        ill[line].configure(bg='#ff4dd2')

        line = (line + ' is ill')

        outlist.append(line)

    else:

        ill[line].configure(bg='#ffa31a')

        line = (line + ' is ill')

        outlist.remove(line)



def saveDataHoliday(line):

    holidaycount[line] += 1

    if holidaycount[line] % 2 == 1:

        holiday[line].configure(bg='#ff4dd2')

        line = (line + ' is holiday')

        outlist.append(line)



    else:

        holiday[line].configure(bg='light blue')

        line = (line + ' is holiday')

        outlist.remove(line)



def saveData():

    now = datetime.datetime.now()

    now = str(now)

    dire = 'logs/'

    now = dire + now

    now = re.sub(':', '', now)

    now += '.txt'

    log = open(now, "w+")

    log.close()

    log = open(now, "a")

    for i in outlist:

        i = (i + 'n')

        log.write(i)

    log.close()



text = ['names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names', 'names']

#line = text.readline()

count = 0

present = {}

absent = {}

ill = {}

holiday = {}

presentcount = {}

absentcount = {}

illcount = {}

holidaycount = {}



canvas = tk.Canvas(root, borderwidth=0)

frm = tk.Frame(canvas)

vsb = tk.Scrollbar(root, orient="vertical", command=canvas.yview)

canvas.configure(yscrollcommand=vsb.set)

canvas.grid(row=0, column=0, sticky="ns")

vsb.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky="ns")

canvas.create_window((4,4), window=frm, anchor="nw")



def onFrameConfigure(canvas):

    canvas.configure(scrollregion=canvas.bbox("all"))



frm.bind("<Configure>", lambda event, canvas=canvas: onFrameConfigure(canvas))



for line in text:

    count += 1



    name = tk.Label(frm, text=line)

    name.grid(row=count, column=0)



    presentcount[line] = 0

    absentcount[line] = 0

    illcount[line] = 0

    holidaycount[line] = 0



    present[line] =  tk.Button(frm, text='/', pady=20, padx=20, bg='#66ff66', command=lambda line=line: saveDataPresent(line))

    present[line].grid(row=count, column=2)

    holiday[line] = tk.Button(frm, text='H', pady=20, padx=20, bg='light blue', command=lambda line=line: saveDataHoliday(line))

    holiday[line].grid(row=count, column=3)

    ill[line] = tk.Button(frm, text='ill', pady=20, padx=20, bg='#ffa31a', command=lambda line=line: saveDataIll(line))

    ill[line].grid(row=count, column=4)

    absent[line] = tk.Button(frm, text='NA', pady=20, padx=20, bg='#ff6666', command=lambda line=line: saveDataAbsent(line))

    absent[line].grid(row=count, column=5)



tk.Button(saveframe, text='Save', pady=20, padx=20, command=saveData).grid(row=0, column=0)



root.mainloop()