FRAME(9) FRAME(9)
NAME
frame - Create and manipulate frame widgets
SYNOPSIS
frame pathName ?options?
STANDARD OPTIONS
-borderwidth -relief
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
-background colour
This option is the same as the standard background
option except that its value may also be specified as
an empty string. In this case, the widget will display
no background or border, and no colours will be con-
sumed from its colourmap for its background and border.
-height dist
Specifies the desired height for the window. If this
option is less than or equal to zero then the window
will not request any size at all.
-width dist
Specifies the desired width for the window. If this
option is less than or equal to zero then the window
will not request any size at all.
DESCRIPTION
The frame command creates a new window (given by the path-
Name argument) and makes it into a frame widget. Additional
options, described above, may be specified on the command
line to configure aspects of the frame such as its back-
ground colour 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 colour and an
optional 3-D border to make the frame appear raised or
sunken.
WIDGET COMMAND
The frame 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 ...?
PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as
the frame widget's path name. Option and the args determine
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the exact behaviour of the command. The following commands
are possible for frame widgets:
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option
given by option. Option may have any of the values
accepted by the frame 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 frame command.
BINDINGS
When a new frame is created, it has no default event bind-
ings: frames are not intended to be interactive.
SEE ALSO
options(9), types(9)
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