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Python Tkinter: Geometry managers in Tkinter
Jun 20, 2025
Tkinter is Python's most popular Graphical User Interface (GUI) library. This topic explains the proper use of this library and its resources. Python Tkinter: Geometry managers in Tkinter Support the Channel šš: Buy me a coffee ā : https://buymeacoffee.com/usandopy_ ā”ļø Connect with me on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pybeginners/ Twitter: https://x.com/joaofuti_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joao-futi-muanda-16b980175/ Website: https://www.usandopy.com/en Thread: https://www.threads.net/@pybeginners
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hello guys welcome back to the channel
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My name is Ja So today we are going to
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learn about geometry managers in tinter
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Okay so as I said before in the previous
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video okay so in the we have a ways that
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we that help us to place the wedgates
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inside a window in the okay So you uh
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practically there are three ways to do
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that Okay as we can see on this example
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Okay so just by looking like this
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there's a little mess Okay but don't
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worry about that So if I I come in front
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Okay the first way is by using place
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Okay so place if you use place if you
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want to organize your wickets inside the
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window by using place is like okay So
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place it give you freedom for you to
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move those wets wherever you want inside
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the window Okay so you are free to move
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you can come here in the X in the Y So
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wherever you want to place those wets
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you are free by using place Okay so this
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is the syntax Okay so the syntax is like
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okay So you'll be having the wicket
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maybe the name of of the thing So then
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you'll put dot place and here inside
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okay you'll give some options that works
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with place So let's show this example of
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this So it's something like this Okay So
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if I come here for example this those
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previous examples that we used So I'm
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just going to remove all those stuffs
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Okay let me remove I'll be using place
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here So let's say label one level two
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level three dot place I will open and
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close Okay So I'll come inside So when
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we use place we use something uh like x
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and y Okay So x it moving horizontal and
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y it moving vertical Okay So for examp
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if we use the place let's say I want to
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place this thing Okay This wicate and x
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equal for example five Okay Comma then
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and y
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equal and we can say at least 100 Okay
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No 100 is too much Okay So we can say 10
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So if I save this and if I run we can
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see everything is on top of order Why
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Because we put we place everything on
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the same place But we can change this as
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we said Okay So by using place you can
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move the widgets wherever you want
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inside the window Okay For instance if I
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give like this uh for this one keep 10
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and I'm just going to move vertical Okay
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Because as we said y is moving vertical
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and x is moving horizontal Okay So let's
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move this one a little down Let's move
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it down 100 And this one let's move also
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down for them Uh 200 might be enough if
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I save this And if I run as we can say
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okay we move this ones Okay Uh we move
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this one the blue one okay down for 200
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where y is 200 and this one okay where
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red one where y is equal 100 Okay for
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now let's uh let's keep it like for
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example here as we have in now in now
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our example Okay so for that I just can
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do something like this Okay if I look
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properly let me see and it's like this
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one it move a little bit for
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100 here No I think it's 200 maybe
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200 and this guy also it move a little
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bit If I check on where is it Uh
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okay Perfect So I just have to move it a
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little
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bit 200 This guy might be 150 And this
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can
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be 30 Okay If I save and if I run this
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now as we can see okay we move it Okay
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So by using place you are free to move
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the widget wherever you want Okay You
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are free to do as you wish to do it Okay
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So this is by using place manager So uh
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now apart of place okay there is another
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one
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also which is this guy Okay that is
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packed So uh this geometry manager okay
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it organize the widgets into blocks
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before placing them Okay so it keep
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organizing things like this Okay before
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you give any any options for that okay
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so this is the syntax for that Okay so
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the name of the widget.pack and here
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inside you put some options for that So
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now let's see some example as I said
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Okay let's come here for by using pack
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is all we can do something like that
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Okay let's change this Come here and
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come here also If I delete this uh I
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think won't be enough Okay blah blah
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blah blah blah Okay stop there and you
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and you one two then the U also So while
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using pack we have to do something like
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that Okay for examp this is how to write
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and open and close So here inside we
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have to give some options Okay for uh if
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I give if I give just like that Okay if
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I save and if I run no as we said it
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organize things as a block Okay so the
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first one comes will be on the top the
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second one be in the middle and you just
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keep adding like that Okay like down
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down down down down so we can give also
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some option for that Okay So for that
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let's say something like that for if I
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keep some option for them this one I can
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say for them something like side equal I
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can say like top okay this way if I save
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and I run so is already in the top so
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that's why nothing change and if I come
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for example on this one okay if I said
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side okay oh I mistake everything must
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be in the small letter okay if I say
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side equal and I can say for Right Okay
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Right Right I think this is how to write
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Right If I save this and if I run Oh Oh
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wrong Uh this is right Is wrong This is
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not uh Do you mean right Yeah This is
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the right way to write to right Oh it's
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complicated The right
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right Okay This is the right right Okay
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Wow I like this song The right right
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Okay This is the right right Okay So I
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save and if I run this as we can say no
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we said right So he come he came here in
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the right this guy Okay this red
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one and apart of right okay we have also
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we can say for example something like
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also side okay equal left Okay if I save
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this and if I run now we can see this
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blue one came on left Okay so we can set
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something like also uh let me copy this
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guy Copy come down and boom Uh this guy
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will be level four
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I save and if I if I say bottom so there
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is also bottom okay b okay b save and if
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I run this now we can say this guy is on
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bottom okay so but let me change the
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color for them to
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uh purple now say I don't know if this
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is the correct way if I save yeah okay
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purple yeah this as we can uh this guy
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now is on the bottom okay so to be
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honest for me I don't like to use uh
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pack too much because to be honest I
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don't know how it work how it works
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properly okay it's like a big mess to be
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honest I use more grid in combination
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with place that I think is something
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more easy okay so what is grid so let me
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show what is grid so grid is this guy
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okay the next one so grid it works like
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excel sheet okay so we have a columns
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which are those guys okay then we have
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rows okay which are for this is row zero
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these ones row one come here row two
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come this row three and so on So column
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are those ones okay like this blah blah
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blah So how to give how to use grid So
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when we are using grid you have to give
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two attributes which is row and column
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Okay So this is the syntax Okay Uh the
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name of the widget dot grid and you give
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the options here So let's see in the
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practice how does it works So if I come
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here okay if I come here Okay Uh let's
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change this guys Uh do bye-bye bye-bye
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and bye-bye Okay Let's delete those guys
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Blah blah blah blah blah Stop there And
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now it's this guy One two one Chase Uh
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oh One and one One Okay Perfecto I do
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this If I do this if I do this and if I
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do this Okay For example to use grid we
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have to do something like that Okay Grid
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open and close So as we said we have is
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like Excel sheet Okay We have row and we
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have columns Let's give this guy for
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them on the row So row is the line Okay
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Like this Okay horizontal So on the row
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zero okay let's keep all of them in the
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row zero and then we have to give column
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So we have to separate those attribute
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those Okay but with column uh with comma
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never forget that or else you are going
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to get error Okay so let's see common uh
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column Okay on column equal zero I save
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If I run this we will see everything is
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on top of everyone Okay so let me just
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change the name here Uh because I don't
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like these names Uh no no no no
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Bye-bye Let's say one Okay which means
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this guy is going to be two Oh I don't
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know how to write three Okay I'm going
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to figure out Okay two And this guy is
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going to be three I think tree is like
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something like this I'm not wrong Sorry
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I don't speak Portuguese as my main
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language I Uh oh I said this wrong Okay
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sorry I don't speak English as a main
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language Okay my main language my mother
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tongue language is Portuguese Okay so
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that's why I'm little confused how to
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write So how to write it Four I think
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four is like this way Okay four Two I
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feel like this thing is wrong I don't
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know Two I don't know Okay let's let's
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keep it like something like that Okay
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but I feel like this is wrong Okay no
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problem So if I save this and if I
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run Okay now we can see the things
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properly Perfect So for this one is in
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all of them that are in the row one Okay
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as we can see here So this is the row
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zero Okay the row zero So it always
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start on zero 0 1 2 3 4 like that Okay
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zero 1 2 3 4 is like this always So this
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one is row zero and column zero So this
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one will be on row one Okay and the
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column zero No problem This one will be
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row two Uh row three Okay perfect Save
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And if I run this now we can see okay
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one two three four Okay So now instead
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of that let's see this guy come stay
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here and this guy stay in the row zero
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also and you come in the column one Okay
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If I save this and if I run now you can
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see okay all of them they are in the
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column in the row zero Okay 0 0 and this
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guy Okay Uh which one Uh which one is
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this Three Okay Three is in the row two
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Okay See stay in the row two Okay Uh
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okay Now let's put something like 1 2 3
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4 Okay So if you want to do one two
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three four So now this guy stay this guy
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can stay on one This stay on zero So
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this will stay on one and this will stay
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on the one Okay So row zero column one
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column zero column one Okay Save If I
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run this see now we have okay one two
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three four So those are the geometry uh
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geometry managers in tkindle Okay So
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they are very useful for you to organize
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okay for you to create your layout So
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that's why for examp I prefer to use
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grid in combination with place So I
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think it's more easy okay because to be
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honest pack is very difficult to know it
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behavior Okay So it's kind of you don't
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know properly how it's going to behave
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when you use it So that's why I prefer
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to use grid because you grid I can
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control it and place place I can place
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the things wherever I want Okay So
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that's why I use more those two place
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and grid but pack you can use but depend
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how you'll be using it because to know
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the behavior of the pack is complicated
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to be honest is a little complicated
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Those are uh the manager Okay The kind
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manager Okay Geometry manager in the
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Okay So those two they are Okay guys I
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stay here I see you in the next video My
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