How change the number of columns Tkinter Python

Question

I'm creating a program with Tkinter, It have 6 entry labels. I'm with difficulty to grid these labels in the center of page. I don't wanna to use .pack

How can I set the number of columns that the grid has? It seems tkinter ignore when I set column=6 for example.

here my code:

               ##Input 1 / Input de parametros
            self.PwNomeLabel1 = Label(text = "Cliente:")
            self.PwNomeLabel1["font"] = ("10")
            self.PwNomeLabel1.grid(row=0,column=2,sticky=W)
            self.inputpwtest1 = Entry(borderwidth= 2, validate='key')
            self.inputpwtest1["width"] = 30
            self.inputpwtest1.grid(row=0, column=3)
            ##Input 2
            self.PwNomeLabel2 = Label(text = "Responsavel por Teste:")
            self.PwNomeLabel2["font"] = ("10")
            self.PwNomeLabel2.grid(row=1,column=2,sticky=W)
            self.inputpwtest2 = Entry(borderwidth= 2, validate='key')
            self.inputpwtest2["width"] = 30
            self.inputpwtest2.grid(row=1, column=3)
            ##Input 3
            self.PwNomeLabel3 = Label(text = "Nome do Sistema:")
            self.PwNomeLabel3["font"] = ("10")
            self.PwNomeLabel3.grid(row=2,column=2,sticky=W)
            self.inputpwtest3 = Entry(borderwidth= 2, validate='key')
            self.inputpwtest3["width"] = 30
            self.inputpwtest3.grid(row=2,column=3)
            ##Input 4
            self.PwNomeLabel4 = Label(text = "Ref:")
            self.PwNomeLabel4["font"] = ("10")
            self.PwNomeLabel4.grid(row=3,column=2,sticky=W)
            self.inputpwtest4 = Entry(borderwidth= 2, validate='key')
            self.inputpwtest4["width"] = 30
            self.inputpwtest4.grid(row=3,column=3)
            ##Input 5
            self.PwNomeLabel5 = Label(text = "Data Base:")
            self.PwNomeLabel5["font"] = ("10")
            self.PwNomeLabel5.grid(row=4,column=2,sticky=W)
            self.inputpwtest5 = Entry(borderwidth= 2, validate='key')
            self.inputpwtest5["width"] = 30
            self.inputpwtest5.grid(row=4,column=3)
            ##Input 6
            self.PwNomeLabel6 = Label(text = "Data Teste:")
            self.PwNomeLabel6["font"] = ("10")
            self.PwNomeLabel6.grid(row=5,column=2,sticky=W)
            self.inputpwtest6 = Entry(borderwidth= 2, validate='key')
            self.inputpwtest6["width"] = 30
            self.inputpwtest6.grid(row=5,column=3)

            root = Tk()
            root.title("TEST PLATFORM")
            Application(root)
            root.geometry('1366x768')
            root.mainloop()

In this way its results:

If I change label columns to "4" and "5" for the entry results:

Like the prints, It seems the Tkinter get confused and the grid stay desorganized

Tkinter auto collapses rows/columns that are empty. You can do several things to adjust your code to get the effects you want though. The used of sticky and columnconfigure() are probably what you want. That said your question is not clear enough to provide a solid answer. What exactly is your goal? Do you want everything to be centered? Do you want things to be spaced out? What is the issue specifically? — Mike - SMT
I would like to set the column freely, like the printscreen, when I put column = 5 its deconfigures totally. I would just to set the label column where I want for. — Lucas Cruz
What do you mean "like printscreen"? There is normally a way to get things to look the way you want with grid(). When you say you want to set the column freely that is not strictly possible. At least not with grid(). For a static placement of widgets you can use place() however I think grid() is still the correct choice you just need to learn how grid works. Here is a post I wrote to explain how grid works. Grid Manager — Mike - SMT
Print screen that I posted, (images), I read this post and I think this may help me, I'll try some configures now — Lucas Cruz

Mike - SMT Mike - SMT · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-10T14:53:29

As mentioned in the comments you are likely needing to manage row/column weights.

Here is an example that does that while also showing how you can reduce your code by dynamically generating labels and entry fields instead of writing a wall of text for all of them.

import tkinter as tk


root = tk.Tk()
root.geometry('800x500')
root.title("TEST PLATFORM")
label_list = ['Cliente:', 'Responsavel por Teste:', 'Nome do Sistema:', 'Ref:', 'Data Base:', 'Data Teste:']
entry_list = []

# Row and Column configure to manage weights
root.columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
root.columnconfigure(2, weight=1)
root.rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
root.rowconfigure(2, weight=1)

# Add a frame to hold the rest of the widgets and place that frame in the row/column without a weight.
# This will allow us to center everything that we place in the frame.
frame = tk.Frame(root)
frame.grid(row=1, column=1)

# use a loop to create our widgets.
for ndex, label in enumerate(label_list):
    tk.Label(frame, text=label, font='10').grid(row=ndex, column=0, sticky='w')
    # Store the entry widgets in a list for later use
    entry_list.append(tk.Entry(frame, borderwidth=2, width=30))
    entry_list[-1].grid(row=ndex, column=1)

# Get and print each entry value.
def print_entries():
    for entry in entry_list:
        print(entry.get())


tk.Button(frame, text='Selecionar Arquivo', command=print_entries).grid(row=len(label_list)+1, column=0, columnspan=2)
root.mainloop()

How change the number of columns Tkinter Python

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