Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook With over 100 recipes, this Cookbook is ideal for both beginners and advanced Tcl/Tk programmers. From the basics to creating applications, it‚Äôs full of indispensable tips and tricks to make the most of the language.

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849512985
Length 236 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Arrow right icon
Toc

Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
1. Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
2. www.PacktPub.com
3. Preface
1. The Tcl Shell FREE CHAPTER 2. Using the Building Blocks Control Constructs 3. Error Handling 4. Handling String Expressions 5. Expanding String Functionality Using Lists 6. The Tcl Dictionary 7. File Operations 8. Tk GUI Programming with Tcl/Tk 9. Configuring and Controlling Tk Widgets 10. Geometry Management 11. Using Tcl Built-in Dialog Windows 12. Creating and Managing Menus 13. Creating the Address Book Application

Creating a frame widget


The frame widget is used as a container for other widgets. Although it works in and of itself, it accepts no input from the user nor does it provide feedback. It simplifies the layout of complex screens and adds to the appearance of the final product. To add a widget to a frame, we use the following syntax:

% 1 frame .f
% 2 button .f.b text "My Button"

The naming hierarchy in Tcl is such that we prepend the name of the container. In this case, a frame is prepended to the button to instruct the interpreter that the button is contained within a container. A container can be a window, top level, canvas, or frame, as in the previous example.

The keywords are described in the Tk main pages as follows:

Standard keywords

Interpretation

-borderwidth or -bd

Specifies a non-negative value indicating the width of the border to draw around the outside of the window.

-cursor

Specifies the mouse cursor to be used for the window.

-highlightbackground

Specifies the...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime
Banner background image