1frame(n) Tk Built-In Commands frame(n)
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8 frame - Create and manipulate 'frame' simple container widgets
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11 frame pathName ?options?
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14 -borderwidth -highlightcolor -pady
15 -cursor -highlightthickness -relief
16 -highlightbackground -padx -takefocus
17 See the options manual entry for details on the standard options.
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21 Command-Line Name:-background
22 Database Name: background
23 Database Class: Background
24 This option is the same as the standard -background option
26 except that its value may also be specified as an empty string.
27 In this case, the widget will display no background or border,
28 and no colors will be consumed from its colormap for its back‐
29 ground and border.
30 Command-Line Name:-class
32 Database Name: class
33 Database Class: Class
34 Specifies a class for the window. This class will be used when
36 querying the option database for the window's other options, and
37 it will also be used later for other purposes such as bindings.
38 The -class option may not be changed with the configure widget
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40 Command-Line Name:-colormap
42 Database Name: colormap
43 Database Class: Colormap
44 Specifies a colormap to use for the window. The value may be
46 either new, in which case a new colormap is created for the win‐
47 dow and its children, or the name of another window (which must
48 be on the same screen and have the same visual as pathName), in
49 which case the new window will use the colormap from the speci‐
50 fied window. If the -colormap option is not specified, the new
51 window uses the same colormap as its parent. This option may
52 not be changed with the configure widget command.
53 Command-Line Name:-container
55 Database Name: container
56 Database Class: Container
57 The value must be a boolean. If true, it means that this window
59 will be used as a container in which some other application will
60 be embedded (for example, a Tk toplevel can be embedded using
61 the -use option). The window will support the appropriate win‐
62 dow manager protocols for things like geometry requests. The
63 window should not have any children of its own in this applica‐
64 tion. This option may not be changed with the configure widget
65 command. Note that -borderwidth, -padx and -pady are ignored
66 when configured as a container since a container has no border.
67 Command-Line Name:-height
69 Database Name: height
70 Database Class: Height
71 Specifies the desired height for the window in any of the forms
73 acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. If this option is less than or
74 equal to zero then the window will not request any size at all.
75 Note that this sets the total height of the frame, any -border‐
76 width or similar is not added. Normally -height should not be
77 used if a propagating geometry manager, such as grid or pack, is
78 used within the frame since the geometry manager will override
79 the height of the frame.
80 Command-Line Name:-visual
82 Database Name: visual
83 Database Class: Visual
84 Specifies visual information for the new window in any of the
86 forms accepted by Tk_GetVisual. If this option is not speci‐
87 fied, the new window will use the same visual as its parent.
88 The -visual option may not be modified with the configure widget
89 command.
90 Command-Line Name:-width
92 Database Name: width
93 Database Class: Width
94 Specifies the desired width for the window in any of the forms
96 acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. If this option is less than or
97 equal to zero then the window will not request any size at all.
98 Note that this sets the total width of the frame, any -border‐
99 width or similar is not added. Normally -width should not be
100 used if a propagating geometry manager, such as grid or pack, is
101 used within the frame since the geometry manager will override
102 the width of the frame.
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106 The frame command creates a new window (given by the pathName argument)
107 and makes it into a frame widget. Additional options, described above,
108 may be specified on the command line or in the option database to con‐
109 figure aspects of the frame such as its background color and relief.
110 The frame command returns the path name of the new window.
111 A frame is a simple widget. Its primary purpose is to act as a spacer
113 or container for complex window layouts. The only features of a frame
114 are its background color and an optional 3-D border to make the frame
115 appear raised or sunken.
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118 The frame command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as
119 the path name of the frame's window. This command may be used to
120 invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general
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122 pathName option ?arg arg ...?
123 PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as the frame
124 widget's path name. Option and the args determine the exact behavior
125 of the command. The following commands are possible for frame widgets:
126 pathName cget option
128 Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
129 option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the frame
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131 pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
133 Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no
134 option is specified, returns a list describing all of the avail‐
135 able options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information
136 on the format of this list). If option is specified with no
137 value, then the command returns a list describing the one named
138 option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist
139 of the value returned if no option is specified). If one or
140 more option-value pairs are specified, then the command modifies
141 the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in this
142 case the command returns an empty string. Option may have any
143 of the values accepted by the frame command.
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146 When a new frame is created, it has no default event bindings: frames
147 are not intended to be interactive.
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150 labelframe(n), toplevel(n), ttk::frame(n)
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153 frame, widget
154Tk 8.4 frame(n)