Tkinter error tkinter TclError bad geometry specifier

Question

I am trying to change the size of Tkinter window with the following line

root.geometry('500*500')

but I am getting this error:

_tkinter.TclError: bad geometry specifier "500*500"

Answer 1

You have to use the character ‘x’ instead of ‘*’ to indicate multiplication. This should work:

root.geometry('500*500')

Comments

Big thank you,
You saved my 30min.

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Hey @Rohit Vishwakarma, Thanks for your contribution!

Do upvote the answer in case you found it helpful!!

Cheers!

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You are the best

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thank you..it worked

Answer 2

Try 265*125 config, because only certain configs work

Comments

Thanks. Is it like there are pre-defined sizes to be used?

Answer 3

again it is giving same error while using x

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Hi, @Mayank,

Could you please post your error here so that it will be easy for me to investigate further.

Answer 4

you should use x instead of *.

This will work

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Same, It says return self.tk.call('wm', 'geometry', self._w, newGeometry)
_tkinter.TclError: bad geometry specifier "300 x 250"

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Hello @Marck,

You might have leave space in "300 x 250". This should be:

root.geometry('300x250')

Also make sure X needs to be lowercased and make sure you import tkinter.

If above doesn't work share your code so that I can identify what is wrong in your code.

Hope it helps!!

Thank You!!

Answer 5

Hey i got solution for this here insted of    * and multipliaction sign we have to use x(i.e alphabate x ) do not use multiplication sign alphabate x is used here

Comments

yes it is working

thank u