Packing Order
The packer maintains an order among the children that are packed into a frame. By default, each new child is appended to the end of the packing order. The most obvious effect of the order is that the children first in the packing order are closest to the side they are packed against. You can control the packing order with the -before and -after packing options, and you can reorganize widgets after they have already been packed:
Example 23-17 Controlling the packing order.
# Create five labels in order foreach label {one two three four five} { label .$label -text $label pack .$label -side left -padx 5 } # ShuffleUp moves a widget ... |
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