frame - Create and manipulate frame widgets
- -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 consumed 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.
The frame command creates a new window (given by the
pathName 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 background 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.
The frame command creates a new Tk command whose name is
pathName.. This command 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
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 widget. 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 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.
When a new frame is created, it has no default event bindings:
frames are not intended to be interactive.