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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.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849512985
Length 236 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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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

Controlling layout with the pack command


Tk provides three methods of geometry management—pack, grid, and the rarely used place command. We will be covering the pack and grid commands. The pack command is the basic geometry manager for Tk. When invoked, the pack command instructs the packer to arrange the widgets as specified. The packer is a geometry manager that arranges the elements of a window in order around the edges. In the following examples, we will see how to use the pack command.

Based on the options provided when invoked the pack command assumes several forms. The syntactical options are as follows:

Option

Interpretation

pack widget widget options

Behaves in the same manner as pack configure.

pack configure widget widget options:

This command accepts one or more widgets and pairs of options (if desired) to manage the pack.

-after parent: The parent provided must reference a valid Tk widget. The widget being packed will be loaded after the widget specified.

-anchor...

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