tixLabelFrame(n) Tix (4.0) tixLabelFrame(n)
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NAME
tixLabelFrame - Create and manipulate tixLabelFrame widgets
SYNOPSIS
tixLabelFrame pathName ?options?
SUPER-CLASS
The TixLabelFrame class is derived from the TixLabelWidget
class and inherits all the commands, options and subwidgets
of its super-class.
STANDARD OPTIONS
The LabelFrame widget supports all the standard options of a
frame widget. See the options(n) manual entry for details on
the standard options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: label
Class: Label
Switch: -label
Specifies the string to display as the label of this
LabelFrame widget.
Name: labelSide
Class: LabelSide
Switch: -labelside
Specifies where the label should be displayed relative
to the entry subwidget. Valid options are: top, left,
right, bottom, none or acrosstop.
Name: padX
Class: Pad
Switch: -padx
Specifies the amount of the horizontal padding around
the frame subwidget. Must be a valid non-negative
integer number.
Name: padY
Class: Pad
Switch: -pady
Specifies the amount of the vertical padding around the
frame subwidget.
SUBWIDGETS
Name: frame
Class: Frame
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tixLabelFrame(n) Tix (4.0) tixLabelFrame(n)
The frame subwidget.
Name: label
Class: Label
The label subwidget.
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DESCRIPTION
The tixLabelFrame command creates a new window (given by the
pathName argument) and makes it into a LabelFrame widget.
Additional options, described above, may be specified on the
command line or in the option database to configure aspects
of the LabelFrame such as its cursor and relief.
CREATING WIDGETS INSIDE A LABELFRAME
The LabelFrame widget packages a frame widget and a label
into one mega widget. To create widgets inside a LabelFrame
widget, one must create the new widgets relative to the
frame subwidget and manage them inside the frame subwidget.
An error will be generated if one tries to create widgets as
immediate children of the LabelFrame. For example: the
following is correct code, which creates new widgets inside
the frame subwidget:
tixLabelFrame .f
set f [.f subwidget frame]
button $f.b -text hi
pack $f.b
The following example code is incorrect because it tries to
create immediate children of the LabelFrame .f:
tixLabelFrame .f
button .f.b -text hi
pack .f.b
WIDGET COMMANDS
The tixLabelFrame command creates a new Tcl command whose
name is the same as the path name of the LabelFrame's
window. This command may be used to invoke various
operations on the widget. It has the following general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as
the LabelFrame widget's path name. Option and the args
determine the exact behavior of the command. The following
commands are possible for LabelFrame widgets:
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option
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tixLabelFrame(n) Tix (4.0) tixLabelFrame(n)
given by option. Option may have any of the values
accepted by the tixLabelFrame command.
pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
Query or modify the configuration options of the
widget. If no option is specified, returns a list
describing all of the available options for pathName
(see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of
this list). If option is specified with no value, then
the command returns a list describing the one named
option (this list will be identical to the
corresponding sublist of the value returned if no
option is specified). If one or more option-value
pairs are specified, then the command modifies the
given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in
this case the command returns an empty string. Option
may have any of the values accepted by the
tixLabelFrame command.
pathName subwidget name ?args?
When no options are given, this command returns the
pathname of the subwidget of the specified name.
When options are given, the widget command of the
specified subwidget will be called with these options.
KEYWORDS
Tix(n)
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