search_root.mainloop() root = Tk() #root.resizable(0,0) root.geometry("+700+300") familyLabel = Label(root, text="Families:") familyLabel.grid(row=2, padx=5, sticky=W + S) root.minsize(width=690, height=420) root.maxsize(width=690, height=420) # All database access operations will be done by this object dbAccess = DatabaseAccess() id_List = dbAccess.getIDList() scrollbar = Scrollbar(root) scrollbar.grid(row=3, column=2, rowspan=3, sticky=N + S) #scrollbar.config(height = 16) listbox = Listbox(root, yscrollcommand=scrollbar.set) listbox.config(width=16, height=20) listbox.grid(row=3, column=0, rowspan=3, padx=5) root.grid_rowconfigure(1, minsize=10) root.grid_columnconfigure(4, minsize=50) #root.grid_rowconfigure(10, minsize=100) for item in id_List: listbox.insert(END, item)