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.TH options n 4.4 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"

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.SH NAME

options \- Standard options supported by widgets

.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION

This manual entry describes the common configuration options supported

by widgets in the Tk toolkit.  Every widget does not necessarily support

every option (see the manual entries for individual widgets for a list

of the standard options supported by that widget), but if a widget does

support an option with one of the names listed below, then the option

has exactly the effect described below.

.PP

In the descriptions below, ``Command-Line Name'' refers to the

switch used in class commands and \fBconfigure\fR widget commands to

set this value.  For example, if an option's command-line switch is

\fB\-foreground\fR and there exists a widget \fB.a.b.c\fR, then the

command

.CS

\&\fB.a.b.c\0\0configure\0\0\-foreground black\fR

.CE

may be used to specify the value \fBblack\fR for the option in the

the widget \fB.a.b.c\fR.  Command-line switches may be abbreviated,

as long as the abbreviation is unambiguous.

``Database Name'' refers to the option's name in the option database (e.g.

in .Xdefaults files).  ``Database Class'' refers to the option's class value

in the option database.

.OP \-activebackground activeBackground Foreground

Specifies background color to use when drawing active elements.

An element (a widget or portion of a widget) is active if the

mouse cursor is positioned over the element and pressing a mouse button

will cause some action to occur.

If strict Motif compliance has been requested by setting the

\fBtk_strictMotif\fR variable, this option will normally be

ignored;  the normal background color will be used instead.

.VS

For some elements on Windows and Macintosh systems, the active color

will only be used while mouse button 1 is pressed over the element.

.VE

.OP \-activeborderwidth activeBorderWidth BorderWidth

Specifies a non-negative value indicating

the width of the 3-D border drawn around active elements.  See above for

definition of active elements.

The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR.

This option is typically only available in widgets displaying more

than one element at a time (e.g. menus but not buttons).

.OP \-activeforeground activeForeground Background

Specifies foreground color to use when drawing active elements.

See above for definition of active elements.

.OP \-anchor anchor Anchor

Specifies how the information in a widget (e.g. text or a bitmap)

is to be displayed in the widget.

Must be one of the values \fBn\fR, \fBne\fR, \fBe\fR, \fBse\fR,

\fBs\fR, \fBsw\fR, \fBw\fR, \fBnw\fR, or \fBcenter\fR.

For example, \fBnw\fR means display the information such that its

top-left corner is at the top-left corner of the widget.

.OP "\-background or \-bg" background Background

Specifies the normal background color to use when displaying the

widget.

.OP \-bitmap bitmap Bitmap

Specifies a bitmap to display in the widget, in any of the forms

acceptable to \fBTk_GetBitmap\fR.

The exact way in which the bitmap is displayed may be affected by

other options such as \fBanchor\fR or \fBjustify\fR.

Typically, if this option is specified then it overrides other

options that specify a textual value to display in the widget;

the \fBbitmap\fR option may be reset to an empty string to re-enable

a text display.

In widgets that support both \fBbitmap\fR and \fBimage\fR options,

\fBimage\fR will usually override \fBbitmap\fR.

.OP "\-borderwidth or \-bd" borderWidth BorderWidth

Specifies a non-negative value indicating the width

of the 3-D border to draw around the outside of the widget (if such a

border is being drawn;  the \fBrelief\fR option typically determines

this).  The value may also be used when drawing 3-D effects in the

interior of the widget.

The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR.

.OP \-cursor cursor Cursor

Specifies the mouse cursor to be used for the widget.

The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetCursor\fR.

.OP \-disabledforeground disabledForeground DisabledForeground

Specifies foreground color to use when drawing a disabled element.

If the option is specified as an empty string (which is typically the

case on monochrome displays), disabled elements are drawn with the

normal foreground color but they are dimmed by drawing them

with a stippled fill pattern.

.OP \-exportselection exportSelection ExportSelection

Specifies whether or not a selection in the widget should also be

the X selection.

The value may have any of the forms accepted by \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR,

such as \fBtrue\fR, \fBfalse\fR, \fB0\fR, \fB1\fR, \fByes\fR, or \fBno\fR.

If the selection is exported, then selecting in the widget deselects

the current X selection, selecting outside the widget deselects any

widget selection, and the widget will respond to selection retrieval

requests when it has a selection.  The default is usually for widgets

to export selections.

.OP \-font font Font

Specifies the font to use when drawing text inside the widget.

.OP "\-foreground or \-fg" foreground Foreground

Specifies the normal foreground color to use when displaying the widget.

.OP \-highlightbackground highlightBackground HighlightBackground

Specifies the color to display in the traversal highlight region when

the widget does not have the input focus.

.OP \-highlightcolor highlightColor HighlightColor

Specifies the color to use for the traversal highlight rectangle that is

drawn around the widget when it has the input focus.

.OP \-highlightthickness highlightThickness HighlightThickness

Specifies a non-negative value indicating the width of the highlight

rectangle to draw around the outside of the widget when it has the

input focus.

The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR.

If the value is zero, no focus highlight is drawn around the widget.

.OP \-image image Image

Specifies an image to display in the widget, which must have been

created with the \fBimage create\fR command.

Typically, if the \fBimage\fR option is specified then it overrides other

options that specify a bitmap or textual value to display in the widget;

the \fBimage\fR option may be reset to an empty string to re-enable

a bitmap or text display.

.OP \-insertbackground insertBackground Foreground

Specifies the color to use as background in the area covered by the

insertion cursor.  This color will normally override either the normal

background for the widget (or the selection background if the insertion

cursor happens to fall in the selection).

.OP \-insertborderwidth insertBorderWidth BorderWidth

Specifies a non-negative value indicating the width

of the 3-D border to draw around the insertion cursor.

The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR.

.OP \-insertofftime insertOffTime OffTime

Specifies a non-negative integer value indicating the number of

milliseconds the insertion cursor should remain ``off'' in each blink cycle.

If this option is zero then the cursor doesn't blink:  it is on

all the time.

.OP \-insertontime insertOnTime OnTime

Specifies a non-negative integer value indicating the number of

milliseconds the insertion cursor should remain ``on'' in each blink cycle.

.OP \-insertwidth insertWidth InsertWidth

Specifies a  value indicating the total width of the insertion cursor.

The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR.

If a border has been specified for the insertion

cursor (using the \fBinsertBorderWidth\fR option), the border

will be drawn inside the width specified by the \fBinsertWidth\fR

option.

.OP \-jump jump Jump

For widgets with a slider that can be dragged to adjust a value,

such as scrollbars, this option determines when

notifications are made about changes in the value.

The option's value must be a boolean of the form accepted by

\fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR.

If the value is false, updates are made continuously as the

slider is dragged.

If the value is true, updates are delayed until the mouse button

is released to end the drag;  at that point a single notification

is made (the value ``jumps'' rather than changing smoothly).

.OP \-justify justify Justify

When there are multiple lines of text displayed in a widget, this

option determines how the lines line up with each other.

Must be one of \fBleft\fR, \fBcenter\fR, or \fBright\fR.

\fBLeft\fR means that the lines' left edges all line up, \fBcenter\fR

means that the lines' centers are aligned, and \fBright\fR means

that the lines' right edges line up.

.OP \-orient orient Orient

For widgets that can lay themselves out with either a horizontal

or vertical orientation, such as scrollbars, this option specifies

which orientation should be used.  Must be either \fBhorizontal\fR

or \fBvertical\fR or an abbreviation of one of these.

.OP \-padx padX Pad

Specifies a non-negative value indicating how much extra space

to request for the widget in the X-direction.

The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR.

When computing how large a window it needs, the widget will

add this amount to the width it would normally need (as determined

by the width of the things displayed in the widget);  if the geometry

manager can satisfy this request, the widget will end up with extra

internal space to the left and/or right of what it displays inside.

Most widgets only use this option for padding text:  if they are

displaying a bitmap or image, then they usually ignore padding

options.

.OP \-pady padY Pad

Specifies a non-negative value indicating how much extra space

to request for the widget in the Y-direction.

The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR.

When computing how large a window it needs, the widget will add

this amount to the height it would normally need (as determined by

the height of the things displayed in the widget);  if the geometry

manager can satisfy this request, the widget will end up with extra

internal space above and/or below what it displays inside.

Most widgets only use this option for padding text:  if they are

displaying a bitmap or image, then they usually ignore padding

options.

.OP \-relief relief Relief

Specifies the 3-D effect desired for the widget.  Acceptable

values are \fBraised\fR, \fBsunken\fR, \fBflat\fR, \fBridge\fR,

\fBsolid\fR, and \fBgroove\fR.

The value

indicates how the interior of the widget should appear relative

to its exterior;  for example, \fBraised\fR means the interior of

the widget should appear to protrude from the screen, relative to

the exterior of the widget.

.OP \-repeatdelay repeatDelay RepeatDelay

Specifies the number of milliseconds a button or key must be held

down before it begins to auto-repeat.  Used, for example, on the

up- and down-arrows in scrollbars.

.OP \-repeatinterval repeatInterval RepeatInterval

Used in conjunction with \fBrepeatDelay\fR:  once auto-repeat

begins, this option determines the number of milliseconds between

auto-repeats.

.OP \-selectbackground selectBackground Foreground

Specifies the background color to use when displaying selected

items.

.OP \-selectborderwidth selectBorderWidth BorderWidth

Specifies a non-negative value indicating the width

of the 3-D border to draw around selected items.

The value may have any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR.

.OP \-selectforeground selectForeground Background

Specifies the foreground color to use when displaying selected

items.

.OP \-setgrid setGrid SetGrid

Specifies a boolean value that determines whether this widget controls the

resizing grid for its top-level window.

This option is typically used in text widgets, where the information

in the widget has a natural size (the size of a character) and it makes

sense for the window's dimensions to be integral numbers of these units.

These natural window sizes form a grid.

If the \fBsetGrid\fR option is set to true then the widget will

communicate with the window manager so that when the user interactively

resizes the top-level window that contains the widget, the dimensions of

the window will be displayed to the user in grid units and the window

size will be constrained to integral numbers of grid units.

See the section GRIDDED GEOMETRY MANAGEMENT in the \fBwm\fR manual

entry for more details.

.OP \-takefocus takeFocus TakeFocus

Determines whether the window accepts the focus during keyboard

traversal (e.g., Tab and Shift-Tab).

Before setting the focus to a window, the traversal scripts

consult the value of the \fBtakeFocus\fR option.

A value of \fB0\fR means that the window should be skipped entirely

during keyboard traversal.

\fB1\fR means that the window should receive the input

focus as long as it is viewable (it and all of its ancestors are mapped).

An empty value for the option means that the traversal scripts make

the decision about whether or not to focus on the window:  the current

algorithm is to skip the window if it is

disabled, if it has no key bindings, or if it is not viewable.

If the value has any other form, then the traversal scripts take

the value, append the name of the window to it (with a separator space),

and evaluate the resulting string as a Tcl script.

The script must return \fB0\fR, \fB1\fR, or an empty string:  a

\fB0\fR or \fB1\fR value specifies whether the window will receive

the input focus, and an empty string results in the default decision

described above.

Note: this interpretation of the option is defined entirely by

the Tcl scripts that implement traversal:  the widget implementations

ignore the option entirely, so you can change its meaning if you

redefine the keyboard traversal scripts.

.OP \-text text Text

Specifies a string to be displayed inside the widget.  The way in which

the string is displayed depends on the particular widget and may be

determined by other options, such as \fBanchor\fR or \fBjustify\fR.

.OP \-textvariable textVariable Variable

Specifies the name of a variable.  The value of the variable is a text

string to be displayed inside the widget;  if the variable value changes

then the widget will automatically update itself to reflect the new value.

The way in which the string is displayed in the widget depends on the

particular widget and may be determined by other options, such as

\fBanchor\fR or \fBjustify\fR.

.OP \-troughcolor troughColor Background

Specifies the color to use for the rectangular trough areas

in widgets such as scrollbars and scales.

.OP \-underline underline Underline

Specifies the integer index of a character to underline in the widget.

This option is used by the default bindings to implement keyboard

traversal for menu buttons and menu entries.

widget, 1 to the next character, and so on.

.OP \-wraplength wrapLength WrapLength

For widgets that can perform word-wrapping, this option specifies

the maximum line length.

Lines that would exceed this length are wrapped onto the next line,

so that no line is longer than the specified length.

The value may be specified in any of the standard forms for

screen distances.

If this value is less than or equal to 0 then no wrapping is done:  lines

will break only at newline characters in the text.

.OP \-xscrollcommand xScrollCommand ScrollCommand

Specifies the prefix for a command used to communicate with horizontal

scrollbars.

When the view in the widget's window changes (or

whenever anything else occurs that could change the display in a

scrollbar, such as a change in the total size of the widget's

contents), the widget will

generate a Tcl command by concatenating the scroll command and

two numbers.

Each of the numbers is a fraction between 0 and 1, which indicates

a position in the document.  0 indicates the beginning of the document,

1 indicates the end, .333 indicates a position one third the way through

the document, and so on.

The first fraction indicates the first information in the document

that is visible in the window, and the second fraction indicates

the information just after the last portion that is visible.

The command is

then passed to the Tcl interpreter for execution.  Typically the

\fBxScrollCommand\fR option consists of the path name of a scrollbar

widget followed by ``set'', e.g. ``.x.scrollbar set'':  this will cause

the scrollbar to be updated whenever the view in the window changes.

If this option is not specified, then no command will be executed.

.OP \-yscrollcommand yScrollCommand ScrollCommand

Specifies the prefix for a command used to communicate with vertical

scrollbars.  This option is treated in the same way as the

\fBxScrollCommand\fR option, except that it is used for vertical

scrollbars and is provided by widgets that support vertical scrolling.

See the description of \fBxScrollCommand\fR for details

on how this option is used.

.SH KEYWORDS

class, name, standard option, switch