Is there a method to only resize the window but does not scale any widgets?

[Yss-sss]

Hi. I am working on a small school GUI development assignment using CustomTkinter and noticed some issues with the scaling and resizing. When I use the window on my other monitor, some of the widgets just went missing because of scaling issues. I tried setting both True and False to the customtkinter.ScalingTracker.deactivate_automatic_dpi_awareness as shown below, but neither of them provides the outcome that I desire.

I want it to be either both the window and all widgets within does not resize when Windows scaling changes OR the window resizes according to Windows scaling but the widgets maintain its scaling as it is.

I have a dual monitor setup (Laptop monitor, 1920x1080, 125% scaling; External monitor, 1920x1080, 100% scaling). If it helps clarify anything, I develop the assignment using the external monitor.

I also welcome any suggestions or opinions since I am very new to programming. Thank you!

**The code is a modified version of my entire code since its very untidy due to still under development

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import *
import customtkinter
from PIL import Image, ImageTk

customtkinter.set_appearance_mode("dark")
customtkinter.set_default_color_theme("blue")
customtkinter.ScalingTracker.deactivate_automatic_dpi_awareness = True
# customtkinter.ScalingTracker.deactivate_automatic_dpi_awareness = False

class Base64_encrypt(customtkinter.CTkToplevel):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

        """ Window properties """
        self.geometry(f"{900}x{950}+{50}+{30}")
        self.resizable(False, False) 
        self.title("Base64 Encryption")

        """ Widgets """
        # Home button to kill current window and return to main menu
        self.home_button = customtkinter.CTkButton(master=self, width=120, height=32, border_width=0, corner_radius=8, text="Return to main menu", command=lambda :self.destroy())
        self.home_button.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=20, pady=20, sticky="w")

        # Inserting an icon for informing current algorithm and operation
        self.image = Image.open("path\\Base64 Encrypt.png")
        self.icon = ImageTk.PhotoImage(self.image)
        self.icon_label = customtkinter.CTkLabel(master=self, image=self.icon)
        self.icon_label.grid(row=1, column=0, padx=20, pady=20, sticky="e")

        # Title frame showing algorithm name along with short description
        self.title_frame = customtkinter.CTkFrame(master=self, corner_radius=10)
        self.title_frame.grid(row=1, column=1, padx=20, pady=20, sticky="w")
        self.title_label = customtkinter.CTkLabel(master=self.title_frame, text="Base64", width=120, height=30, text_font=("foo", 18, "bold"))
        self.title_label.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=20, pady=5, sticky="n")
        self.title_desc_label = customtkinter.CTkLabel(master=self.title_frame, text="A popular encoding scheme used to represent binary data on text-only channels.", width=120, height=30, text_font=("foo", 11, "italic"))
        self.title_desc_label.grid(row=1, column=0, padx=20, pady=2, sticky="n")

        # Plaintext frame to fit EntryBox for user input
        self.plaintext_var = customtkinter.StringVar(value="")

        self.plaintext_frame = customtkinter.CTkFrame(master=self, corner_radius=10)
        self.plaintext_frame.grid(row=2, column=0, columnspan=2, padx=20, pady=20, sticky="nw")
        self.plaintext_label = customtkinter.CTkLabel(master=self.plaintext_frame, text="Plaintext", width=65, height=20, text_font=("foo",13))
        self.plaintext_label.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=20, pady=10, sticky="w")
        self.plaintext_entry = customtkinter.CTkEntry(master=self.plaintext_frame, placeholder_text="Enter your password or sensitive information here", width=820, height=200)
        self.plaintext_entry.grid(row=1, column=0, padx=20, pady=10, sticky="nw")
        self.encrypt_button = customtkinter.CTkButton(master=self.plaintext_frame, text="ENCRYPT",width=120, height=35, border_width=0, corner_radius=8, text_font=("foo", 11), command=self.base64_encrypt)
        self.encrypt_button.grid(row=2, column=0, padx=20, pady=20, sticky="n")

        # Ciphertext frame for read-only output display (Encrypted pw/info)
        self.ciphertext_frame = customtkinter.CTkFrame(master=self, corner_radius=10)
        self.ciphertext_frame.grid(row=3, column=0, padx=20, pady=20, columnspan=2, sticky="nw")
        self.ciphertext_label = customtkinter.CTkLabel(master=self.ciphertext_frame, text="Ciphertext", width=65, height=20, text_font=("foo",13))
        self.ciphertext_label.grid(row=0, column=0, columnspan=2, padx=20, pady=10, sticky="w")
        self.ciphertext_textbox = customtkinter.CTkTextbox(master=self.ciphertext_frame, width=820, height=290, wrap=WORD)
        self.ciphertext_textbox.grid(row=1, column=0, columnspan=2, padx=20, pady=10, sticky="nsew")
        
        self.ciphertext_textbox.insert("0.0", "This will be your encrypted password / sensitive information")
        self.ciphertext_textbox.configure(state="disabled") # Diabled state to for read-only purposes

This is how it should look like (in 100% scaling)

This is how it look like in 125% scaling - The bottom part of the textbox is cut off due to scaling and window size issue.

[Akascape]

@Yss-sss
I always recommend trying this if you are facing any scale issue:

import ctypes
ctypes.windll.shcore.SetProcessDpiAwareness(0)

[Yss-sss]

Hi @Akascape
Unfortunately I tried that and neither value 0, 1 or 2 works for me. Even tried both using it alone and combining with customtkinter.ScalingTracker.deactivate_automatic_dpi_awareness , neither works.

Still, much thanks for the recommendation!

[Walter-o]

Hey @Akascape

I wanted to let you guys know that for me the 125% display scaling issue with pysimplegui (tkinter version) is fixed with that code.

Here's before and after: