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6 Tk::Toplevel - Create and manipulate Toplevel widgets
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9 $toplevel = $parent->Toplevel(?options?);
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12 -borderwidth -highlightbackground -highlightthickness -takefocus
13 -class -highlightcolor -relief -cursor
14 See Tk::options for details of the standard options.
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18 Name: background
19 Class: Background
20 Switch: -background
21 This option is the same as the standard background option except
22 that its value may also be specified as an undefined value. In
23 this case, the widget will display no background or border, and no
24 colors will be consumed from its colormap for its background and
25 border.
26 Name: colormap
28 Class: Colormap
29 Switch: -colormap
30 Specifies a colormap to use for the window. The value may be
31 either new, in which case a new colormap is created for the window
32 and its children, or the name of another window (which must be on
33 the same screen and have the same visual as $widget), in which case
34 the new window will use the colormap from the specified window. If
35 the colormap option is not specified, the new window uses the
36 default colormap of its screen. This option may not be changed
37 with the configure method.
38 Name: container
40 Class: Container
41 Switch: -container
42 The value must be a boolean. If true, it means that this window
43 will be used as a container in which some other application will be
44 embedded (for example, a Tk toplevel can be embedded using the -use
45 option). The window will support the appropriate window manager
46 protocols for things like geometry requests. The window should not
47 have any children of its own in this application. This option may
48 not be changed with the configure method.
49 Name: height
51 Class: Height
52 Switch: -height
53 Specifies the desired height for the window in any of the forms
54 acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. If this option is less than or equal
55 to zero then the window will not request any size at all.
56 Name: menu
58 Class: Menu
59 Switch: -menu
60 Specifies a menu widget to be used as a menubar. On the Macintosh,
61 the menubar will be displayed accross the top of the main monitor.
62 On Microsoft Windows and all UNIX platforms, the menu will appear
63 accross the toplevel window as part of the window dressing main‐
64 tained by the window manager.
65 Name: ""
67 Class: ""
68 Switch: -screen
69 Specifies the screen on which to place the new window. Any valid
70 screen name may be used, even one associated with a different dis‐
71 play. Defaults to the same screen as its parent. This option is
72 special in that it may not be specified via the option database,
73 and it may not be modified with the configure method.
74 Switch: -title
76 Specifies the title of the toplevel window.
77 Name: use
79 Class: Use
80 Switch: -use
81 This option is used for embedding. If the value isn't an empty
82 string, it must be the the window identifier of a container window,
83 specified as a hexadecimal string like the ones returned by the
84 winfo id command. The toplevel widget will be created as a child of
85 the given container instead of the root window for the screen. If
86 the container window is in a Tk application, it must be a frame or
87 toplevel widget for which the -container option was specified.
88 This option may not be changed with the configure method.
89 Name: visual
91 Class: Visual
92 Switch: -visual
93 Specifies visual information for the new window in any of the forms
94 accepted by Tk_GetVisual. If this option is not specified, the new
95 window will use the default visual for its screen. The visual
96 option may not be modified with the configure method.
97 Name: width
99 Class: Width
100 Switch: -width
101 Specifies the desired width for the window in any of the forms
102 acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. If this option is less than or equal
103 to zero then the window will not request any size at all.
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106 The Toplevel method creates a new toplevel widget (given by the $widget
107 argument). Additional options, described above, may be specified on
108 the command line or in the option database to configure aspects of the
109 toplevel such as its background color and relief. The toplevel command
110 returns the path name of the new window.
111 A toplevel is similar to a frame except that it is created as a top-
113 level window: its X parent is the root window of a screen rather than
114 the logical parent from its path name. The primary purpose of a
115 toplevel is to serve as a container for dialog boxes and other collec‐
116 tions of widgets. The only visible features of a toplevel are its
117 background color and an optional 3-D border to make the toplevel appear
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121 The Toplevel method creates a widget object. This object supports the
122 configure and cget methods described in Tk::options which can be used
123 to enquire and modify the options described above. The widget also
124 inherits all the methods provided by the generic Tk::Widget class, and
125 the Tk::Wm class.
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128 When a new toplevel is created, it has no default event bindings:
129 toplevels are not intended to be interactive.
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132 Tk::Widget Tk::Wm
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135 toplevel, widget
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