LABEL(9) LABEL(9)
NAME
label - Create and manipulate label widgets
SYNOPSIS
label pathName ?options?
STANDARD OPTIONS
-anchor -font -justify
-background -foreground -relief
-bitmap -highlightcolor -takefocus
-borderwidth -highlightthickness -text
-disabledcolor -image -underline
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
-height dist
Specifies a desired height for the label. If this
option isn't specified, the label's desired height is
computed from the size of the image or bitmap or text
being displayed in it.
-width dist
Specifies a desired width for the label. If this
option isn't specified, the label's desired width is
computed from the size of the image or bitmap or text
being displayed in it.
DESCRIPTION
The label command creates a new window (given by the path-
Name argument) and makes it into a label widget. Additional
options, described above, may be specified on the command
line to configure aspects of the label such as its colours,
font, text, and initial relief. The label command returns
its pathName argument. At the time this command is invoked,
there must not exist a window named pathName.
A label is a widget that displays a textual string, bitmap
or image. If text is displayed, it must all be in a single
font, but it can occupy multiple lines on the screen (if it
contains newlines) and one of the characters may optionally
be underlined using the underline option. The label can be
manipulated in a few simple ways, such as changing its
relief or text, using the commands described below.
WIDGET COMMAND
The label command creates a new Tk command whose name is
pathName. This command may be used to invoke various opera-
tions on the widget. It has the following general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
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Option and the args determine the exact behaviour of the
command. The following commands are possible for label wid-
gets:
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option
given by option. Option may have any of the values
accepted by the label command.
pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
Query or modify the configuration options of the wid-
get. If no option is specified, returns a list of all
of the available options for pathName. If one or more
option-value pairs are specified, then the command mod-
ifies 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 label command.
BINDINGS
When a new label is created, it has no default event bind-
ings: labels are not intended to be interactive.
SEE ALSO
options(9), types(9)
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