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Tk Built-In Commands                                    frame(1T)



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NAME
     frame - Create and manipulate frame widgets

SYNOPSIS
     frame pathName ?options?

STANDARD OPTIONS
     -borderwidth          -highlightcolor      -pady
     -cursor               -highlightthickness  -relief
     -highlightbackground  -padx                -takefocus

     See the options manual entry for  details  on  the  standard
     options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
     Command-Line Name:-background
     Database Name:  background
     Database Class: Background

          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 colors will be consumed
          from its colormap for its background and border.

     Command-Line Name:-class
     Database Name:  class
     Database Class: Class

          Specifies a class for the window.  This class  will  be
          used when querying the option database for the window's
          other options, and it will also be used later for other
          purposes such as bindings.  The class option may not be
          changed with the configure widget command.

     Command-Line Name:-colormap
     Database Name:  colormap
     Database Class: 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 pathName), 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  widget
          command.




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     Command-Line Name:-container
     Database Name:  container
     Database Class: 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 pro-
          tocols  for  things like geometry requests.  The window
          should not have any children of its own in this  appli-
          cation.   This  option may not be changed with the con-
          figure widget command.

     Command-Line Name:-height
     Database Name:  height
     Database Class: 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.

     Command-Line Name:-visual
     Database Name:  visual
     Database Class: 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 widget command.

     Command-Line Name:-width
     Database Name:  width
     Database Class: 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.
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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  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.




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Tk Built-In Commands                                    frame(1T)



     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.


WIDGET COMMAND
     The frame command creates a new Tcl command  whose  name  is
     the  same as the path name of the frame's window.  This com-
     mand 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 frame widget's path name.  Option and the args determine
     the exact behavior 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
          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  correspond-
          ing  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 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
     labelframe(1T), toplevel(1T)


KEYWORDS
     frame, widget





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ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

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    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
    |____________________|__________________|_
    | Availability       |  runtime/tk-8   |
    |____________________|__________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted    |
    |____________________|_________________|

NOTES
     Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org.









































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