labelframe(n)                Tk Built-In Commands                labelframe(n)



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NAME
       labelframe - Create and manipulate labelframe widgets

SYNOPSIS
       labelframe pathName ?options?

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

       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.

       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:-labelanchor
       Database Name:  labelAnchor
       Database Class: LabelAnchor

              Specifies where to place the label. A label is only displayed if
              the -text option is not the empty string.  Valid values for this
              option are (listing them clockwise) nw, n, ne, en, e, es, se,
              s,sw, ws, w and wn.  The default value is nw.

       Command-Line Name:-labelwidget
       Database Name:  labelWidget
       Database Class: LabelWidget

              Specifies a widget to use as label. This overrides any -text
              option. The widget must exist before being used as -labelwidget
              and if it is not a descendant of this window, it will be raised
              above it in the stacking order.

       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 labelframe command creates a new window (given by the pathName
       argument) and makes it into a labelframe widget.  Additional options,
       described above, may be specified on the command line or in the option
       database to configure aspects of the labelframe such as its background
       color and relief.  The labelframe command returns the path name of the
       new window.

       A labelframe is a simple widget.  Its primary purpose is to act as a
       spacer or container for complex window layouts.  It has the features of
       a frame plus the ability to display a label.

WIDGET COMMAND
       The labelframe command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same
       as the path name of the labelframe's window.  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
       labelframe 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
              labelframe 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
              corresponding 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
              labelframe command.

BINDINGS
       When a new labelframe is created, it has no default event bindings:
       labelframes are not intended to be interactive.

EXAMPLE
       This shows how to build part of a GUI for a hamburger vendor. The
       labelframe widgets are used to organize the available choices by the
       kinds of things that the choices are being made over.

              grid [labelframe .burger -text "Burger"] \
                   [labelframe .bun    -text "Bun"] -sticky news
              grid [labelframe .cheese -text "Cheese Option"] \
                   [labelframe .pickle -text "Pickle Option"] -sticky news
              foreach {type name val} {
                  burger Beef    beef
                  burger Lamb    lamb
                  burger Vegetarian beans

                  bun    Plain   white
                  bun    Sesame  seeds
                  bun    Wholemeal brown

                  cheese None    none
                  cheese Cheddar cheddar
                  cheese Edam    edam
                  cheese Brie    brie
                  cheese Gruy\u00e8re gruyere
                  cheese "Monterey Jack" jack

                  pickle None    none
                  pickle Gherkins gherkins
                  pickle Onions  onion
                  pickle Chili   chili
              } {
                  set w [radiobutton .$type.$val -text $name -anchor w \
                          -variable $type -value $val]
                  pack $w -side top -fill x
              }
              set burger beef
              set bun    white
              set cheese none
              set pickle none

SEE ALSO
       frame(n), label(n), ttk::labelframe(n)

KEYWORDS
       labelframe, widget



Tk                                    8.4                        labelframe(n)
