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NAME
Tk::Frame - Create and manipulate Frame widgets
SYNOPSIS
$frame = $parent->Frame(?options?);
STANDARD OPTIONS
-borderwidth -highlightbackground -highlightthickness -takefocus
-class -highlightcolor -relief -cursor
See Tk::options for details of the standard options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: background
Class: Background
Switch: -background
This option is the same as the standard background option except
that its value may also be specified as an undefined value. In this
case, the widget will display no background or border, and no colors
will be consumed from its colormap for its background and border.
Name: colormap
Class: Colormap
Switch: -colormap
Specifies a colormap to use for the window. The value may be either
new, in which case a new colormap is created for the window and its
children, or the name of another window (which must be on the same
screen and have the same visual as $widget), in which case the new
window will use the colormap from the specified window. If the
colormap option is not specified, the new window uses the same
colormap as its parent. This option may not be changed with the
configure method.
Name: container
Class: Container
Switch: -container
The value must be a boolean. If true, it means that this window
will be used as a container in which some other application will be
embedded (for example, a Tk toplevel can be embedded using the -use
option). The window will support the appropriate window manager
protocols for things like geometry requests. The window should not
have any children of its own in this application. This option may
not be changed with the configure method.
Name: height
Class: Height
Switch: -height
Specifies the desired height for the window in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. If this option is less than or equal to
zero then the window will not request any size at all.
Name: visual
Class: Visual
Switch: -visual
Specifies visual information for the new window in any of the forms
accepted by Tk_GetVisual. If this option is not specified, the new
window will use the same visual as its parent. The visual option
may not be modified with the configure method.
Name: width
Class: Width
Switch: -width
Specifies the desired width for the window in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. If this option is less than or equal to
zero then the window will not request any size at all.
DESCRIPTION
The Frame method creates a new window (given by the $widget argument)
and makes it into a frame widget. Additional options, described above,
may be specified on the command line or in the option database to
configure aspects of the frame such as its background color and relief.
The frame command returns the path name of the new window.
A frame is a simple widget. Its primary purpose is to act as a spacer
or container for complex window layouts. The only features of a frame
are its background color and an optional 3-D border to make the frame
appear raised or sunken.
WIDGET METHODS
The Frame method creates a widget object. This object supports the
configure and cget methods described in Tk::options which can be used to
enquire and modify the options described above. The widget also
inherits all the methods provided by the generic Tk::Widget class.
BINDINGS
When a new frame is created, it has no default event bindings: frames
are not intended to be interactive.
KEYWORDS
frame, widget
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