Tab option sticky with values n,s,e,w to align the child window inside the pane

Tkinter Notebook to create tabs and managing options to add image underline state with click events

We can manage the alignment of child window inside the pane by using sticky option through buttons.
Here four buttons are used to align the child window in four corners using different values of sticky option.
Note that this will work with grid layout manager.

sticky option

Values can be n,s,w,e ( North, south, west, east) and combination of chars. Full code is here

import tkinter  as tk 
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
my_w = tk.Tk()
my_w.geometry("400x200")  

my_tabs = ttk.Notebook(my_w) # declaring 

tab1 = ttk.Frame(my_tabs)
tab2 = ttk.Frame(my_tabs)

my_tabs.add(tab1, text ='Tab-0') # adding tab
my_tabs.add(tab2, text ='Tab-1') # adding tab 
my_tabs.pack(expand = 1, fill ="both")

l1=tk.Label(tab1,text='I am tab-0',bg='yellow',width=10)
l1.place(relx=0.4,rely=0.2) # using place
b1=tk.Button(tab1,text='I am tab 0')
b1.place(relx=0.4,rely=0.4) 

l2=tk.Label(tab2,text='I am tab-1',bg='yellow',width=10)
l2.grid(row=1,column=2) # using grid 
b2=tk.Button(tab2,text='I am tab-1')
b2.grid(row=2,column=2)

b3=tk.Button(my_w,text='ne',
     command=lambda:my_tabs.tab(tab2,sticky='ne'))
b3.pack(side=LEFT)
b4=tk.Button(my_w,text='nw',
     command=lambda:my_tabs.tab(tab2,sticky='nw'))
b4.pack(side=LEFT)
b5=tk.Button(my_w,text='se',
     command=lambda:my_tabs.tab(tab2,sticky='se'))
b5.pack(side=LEFT)
b6=tk.Button(my_w,text='sw',
     command=lambda:my_tabs.tab(tab2,sticky='sw'))
b6.pack(side=LEFT)

my_w.mainloop()  # Keep the window open

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sticky Option of Notebook ( tabs )

sticky option

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