TkCreateWindow(3) Tk Library Procedures TkCreateWindow(3)

NAME
       TkCreateWindow, TkCreateWindowFromPath, TkDestroyWindow, TkMakeWin-
       dowExist - create or delete window

SYNOPSIS
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       TkWindow
       TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinnddooww(interp, parent, name, topLevScreen)

       TkWindow
       TTkkCCrreeaatteeAAnnoonnyymmoouussWWiinnddooww(interp, parent, topLevScreen)

       TkWindow
       TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinnddoowwFFrroommPPaatthh(interp, tkwin, pathName, topLevScreen)

       TTkkDDeessttrrooyyWWiinnddooww(tkwin)

       TTkkMMaakkeeWWiinnddoowwEExxiisstt(tkwin)

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       TclInterp   *interp         (out)     Tcl interpreter to use for error
                                              reporting.   If no error occurs,
                                              then *interp isn't modified.

       TkWindow    parent          (in)      Token for the window that is  to
                                              serve  as  the logical parent of
                                              the new window.

       CONST char   *name           (in)      Name to  use  for  this  window.
                                              Must  be  unique among all chil-
                                              dren of the same parent.

       CONST char   *topLevScreen   (in)      Has same format  as  screenName.
                                              If NULL, then new window is cre-
                                              ated as an internal window.   If
                                              non-NULL,  new window is created
                                              as a top-level window on  screen
                                              topLevScreen.   If  topLevScreen
                                              is an empty string  (``'')  then
                                              new  window  is  created as top-
                                              level window of parent's screen.

       TkWindow    tkwin           (in)      Token for window.

       CONST char   *pathName       (in)      Name of new window, specified as
                                              path  name  within   application
                                              (e.g. ..aa..bb..cc).



DESCRIPTION
       The  procedures  TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinnddooww, TTkkCCrreeaatteeAAnnoonnyymmoouussWWiinnddooww, and TTkkCCrree- |
       aatteeWWiinnddoowwFFrroommPPaatthh are used to create new windows for  use  in  Tk-based |
       applications.   Each of the procedures returns a token that can be used |
       to manipulate the window in other calls to the Tk library.  If the win- |
       dow  couldn't  be  created  successfully,  then  NULL  is  returned and |
       interp->result is modified to hold an error message.                    |

       Tk supports two different kinds of windows:  internal windows and  top- |
       level windows.  An internal window is an interior window of a Tk appli-
       cation, such as a scrollbar or menu bar or button.  A top-level  window
       is  one  that  is  created as a child of a screen's root window, rather
       than as an interior window, but which is logically part of some  exist-
       ing  main  window.   Examples of top-level windows are pop-up menus and
       dialog boxes.

       New  windows  may  be  created  by  calling  TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinnddooww.   If  the
       topLevScreen  argument is NULL, then the new window will be an internal
       window.  If topLevScreen is non-NULL, then the new  window  will  be  a
       top-level  window:  topLevScreen indicates the name of a screen and the
       new  window  will  be  created  as  a  child  of  the  root  window  of
       topLevScreen.  In either case Tk will consider the new window to be the
       logical child of parent: the new window's path name will  reflect  this
       fact,  options  may  be specified for the new window under this assump-
       tion, and so on.  The only difference is that new X window for  a  top-
       level  window will not be a child of parent's X window.  For example, a
       pull-down menu's parent would be the button-like window used to  invoke
       it,  which  would  in turn be a child of the menu bar window.  A dialog
       box might have the application's main window as its parent.

       TTkkCCrreeaatteeAAnnoonnyymmoouussWWiinnddooww differs from TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinnddooww in that  it  cre-
       ates  an  unnamed window.  This window will be manipulable only using C
       interfaces, and will not be visible to Tcl scripts.  Both interior win-
       dows  and  top-level windows may be created with TTkkCCrreeaatteeAAnnoonnyymmoouussWWiinn-
       ddooww.

       TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinnddoowwFFrroommPPaatthh offers an alternate way of specifying new  win-
       dows.   In  TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinnddoowwFFrroommPPaatthh  the new window is specified with a
       token for any window in the target application  (tkwin),  plus  a  path
       name  for the new window.  It produces the same effect as TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinn-
       ddooww and allows both top-level  and  internal  windows  to  be  created,
       depending  on  the  value  of  topLevScreen.  In calls to TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinn-
       ddoowwFFrroommPPaatthh, as in calls to TTkkCCrreeaatteeWWiinnddooww, the parent of the new win-
       dow  must  exist  at  the time of the call, but the new window must not
       already exist.

       The window creation procedures don't actually issue the command to X to
       create  a  window.  Instead, they create a local data structure associ-
       ated with the window and defer the creation of the X window.  The  win-
       dow  will  actually  be  created  by  the  first  call to TTkkMMaappWWiinnddooww.
       Deferred window creation allows various aspects of the window (such  as
       its  size,  background  color,  etc.) to be modified after its creation
       without incurring any overhead in the X server.   When  the  window  is
       finally  mapped  all of the window attributes can be set while creating
       the window.

       The value returned by a window-creation procedure is not  the  X  token
       for  the  window  (it can't be, since X hasn't been asked to create the
       window yet).  Instead, it is a token for Tk's local data structure  for
       the  window.   Most of the Tk library procedures take TkWindow tokens,
       rather than X identifiers.  The  actual  X  window  identifier  can  be
       retrieved  from  the  local data structure using the TTkkWWiinnddoowwIIdd macro;
       see the manual entry for TTkkWWiinnddoowwIIdd for details.

       TTkkDDeessttrrooyyWWiinnddooww deletes a window and all the data  structures  associ-
       ated  with it, including any event handlers created with TTkkCCrreeaatteeEEvveenn-
       ttHHaannddlleerr.  In addition, TTkkDDeessttrrooyyWWiinnddooww will delete  any  children  of
       tkwin recursively (where children are defined in the Tk sense, consist-
       ing of all windows that were created with the given window as  parent).
       If  tkwin  is  an  internal  window,  then event handlers interested in
       destroy events are invoked immediately.  If tkwin  is  a  top-level  or
       main window, then the event handlers will be invoked later, after X has
       seen the request and returned an event for it.

       If a window has been created but hasn't been mapped,  so  no  X  window
       exists, it is possible to force the creation of the X window by calling
       TTkkMMaakkeeWWiinnddoowwEExxiisstt.  This procedure issues the X commands to  instanti-
       ate the window given by tkwin.


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       create,  deferred  creation, destroy, display, internal window, screen,
       top-level window, window



Tk                                    4.2                   TkCreateWindow(3)