Tk::Frame - Create and manipulate Frame widgets
$frame =
$parent ->Frame(?options?);
-borderwidth -highlightbackground -highlightthickness -takefocus
-class -highlightcolor -relief -cursor
See Tk::options for details of the standard 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.
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.
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.
When a new frame is created, it has no default event bindings: frames are not
intended to be interactive.