labeledframe - Create and manipulate a labeled frame widget- Weblessons

SYNOPSIS

labeledframe pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Archetype <- labeledframe
STANDARD OPTIONS

background
relief
borderwidth
cursor
foreground

See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

Name: iPadX Class: IPad Command-Line Switch: -ipadx

Specifies horizontal padding space between the border and the childsite. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 0.

Name: iPadY Class: IPad Command-Line Switch: -ipady

Specifies vertical padding space between the border and the childsite. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 0.

Name: labelBitmap Class: Bitmap Command-Line Switch: -labelbitmap

Specifies a bitmap to display in the label, in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetBitmap. This option overrides the labeltext option.

Name: labelImage Class: Image Command-Line Switch: -labelimage

Specifies a image to be used as the label. The image may be any of the values created by the image create command. This option overrides both the labelbitmap and labeletext options.

Name: labelMargin Class: Margin Command-Line Switch: -labelmargin

Specifies the distance between the inner ede of the hull frames relief, and the label in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 10 pixels.

Name: labelText Class: Text Command-Line Switch: -labeltext

Specifies the text of the label around the childsite.

Name: labelVariable Class: Variable Command-Line Switch: -labelvariable

Specifies the text variable of the label around the childsite.

Name: labelFont Class: Font Command-Line Switch: -labelfont

Specifies the font of the label around the childsite.

Name: labelPos Class: Position Command-Line Switch: -labelpos

Specifies the position of the label within the grooved relief of the hull widget. ne, n, nw, se, s, sw, en, e, es, wn, w, ws Default is n.

DESCRIPTION

The labeledframe command creates a hull frame with a grooved relief, a label positioned within the grooved relief of the hull frame, and a frame childsite. The frame childsite can filled with any widget via a derived class or though the use of the childsite method. This class was designed to be a general purpose base class for supporting the combination of labeled frame and a childsite. The options include the ability to position the label at configurable locations within the grooved relief of the hull frame, and control the display of the label.
METHODS

The labeledframe command creates a new Tcl 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 ...?
Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for labeledframe widgets:
WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

pathName childsite
Return the path name of the child site.

pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the labeledframe 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 labeledframe command.

COMPONENTS

Name: label Class: label

The label component provides the label for the labeled widget. See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the label component item.

EXAMPLE

The labeledframe was primarily meant to be a base class. The Radiobox is a good example of a derived classe of the labeledframe class. In order to provide equal support for composite subjects, the 'childsite' methods also exists. The following is an example of 'childsite' method usage.

 labeledframe .lw -labeltext "Entry Frame" -labelpos n
 pack .lw -fill both -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 10
 set cs [.lw childsite]

 pack [Entryfield $cs.entry1 -labeltext "Name:"] -side top -fill x
 pack [Spinint $cs.entry2 -labeltext "Number:"] -side top -fill x
 pack [Pushbutton $cs.entry3 -text "Details:"] -side top -fill x

AUTHOR

John A. Tucker

KEYWORDS

labeledframe, widget