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panedwindow - Create and manipulate a paned window widget
panedwindow pathName ?options?
itk::Widget <- panedwindow
- background
- cursor
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard
options.
- Name:
- height
- Class:
- Height
- Command-Line Switch:
- -height
Specifies the overall height of the paned window in any
of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default
is 10 pixels.
- Name:
- orient
- Class:
- Orient
- Command-Line Switch:
- -orient
Specifies the orientation of the separators: vertical
or horizontal. The default is horizontal.
- Name:
- sashBorderWidth
- Class:
- BorderWidth
- Command-Line Switch:
- -sashborderwidth
Specifies a value indicating the width of the 3-D
border to draw around the outside of the sash in any of
the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 2
pixels.
- Name:
- sashCursor
- Class:
- Cursor
- Command-Line Switch:
- -sashcursor
Specifies the type of cursor to be displayed in the
sash. The default is crosshair.
- Name:
- sashHeight
- Class:
- Height
- Command-Line Switch:
- -sashheight
Specifies the height of the sash in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 10 pixels.
- Name:
- sashIndent
- Class:
- SashIndent
- Command-Line Switch
- sashindent
Specifies the placement of the sash along the panes in
any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. A positive
value causes the sash to be offset from the near
(left/top) side of the pane, and a negative value
causes the sash to be offset from the far
(right/bottom) side. If the offset is greater than the
width, then the sash is placed flush against the side.
The default is -10 pixels.
- Name:
- sashWidth
- Class:
- Width
- Command-Line Switch:
- -sashwidth
Specifies the width of the sash in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 10 pixels.
- Name:
- thickness
- Class:
- Thickness
- Command-Line Switch:
- -thickness
Specifies the thickness of the separators in any of the
forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 3
pixels.
- Name:
- width
- Class:
- Width
- Command-Line Switch:
- -width
Specifies the overall width of the paned window in any
of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default
is 10 pixels.
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The panedwindow command creates a multiple paned window
widget capable of orienting the panes either vertically or
horizontally. Each pane is itself a frame acting as a child
site for other widgets. The border separating each pane
contains a sash which allows user positioning of the panes
relative to one another.
The panedwindow 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.
Many of the widget commands for the panedwindow take as one
argument an indicator of which pane of the paned window to
operate on. These indicators are called indexes and allow
reference and manipulation of panes regardless of their
current map state. Paned window indexes may be specified in
any of the following forms:
- number
- Specifies the pane numerically, where 0
corresponds to the nearest (top/left-most) pane
of the paned window.
- end
- Indicates the farthest (bottom/right-most) pane
of the paned window.
- pattern
- If the index doesn't satisfy one of the above
forms then this form is used. Pattern is
pattern-matched against the tag of each pane in
the panedwindow, in order from left/top to
right/left, until a matching entry is found.
The rules of Tcl_StringMatch are used.
pathName add tag ?option value option value?
Adds a new pane to the paned window on the far side
(right/bottom). The following options may be specified:
- -margin value
-
Specifies the border distance between the pane and
pane contents is any of the forms acceptable to
Tk_GetPixels. The default is 8 pixels.
- -minimum value
-
Specifies the minimum size that a pane's contents
may reach not inclusive of twice the margin in any
of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The
default is 10 pixels.
The add method returns the path name of the pane.
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option
given by option. Option may have any of the values
accepted by the panedwindow command.
pathName childsite ?index?
Returns a list of the child site path names or a
specific child site given an index. The list is constructed
from the near side (left/top) to the far side
(right/bottom).
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 panedwindow command.
pathName delete index
Deletes a specified pane given an index.
pathName fraction percentage percentage ?percentage percentage
Sets the visible percentage of the panes. Specifies a
set of percentages which are applied to the visible
panes from the near side (left/top). The number of
percentages must be equal to the current number of
visible (mapped) panes and add up to 100.
pathName hide index
Changes the visiblity of the specified pane, allowing a
previously displayed pane to be visually removed rather
than deleted.
pathName index index
Returns the numerical index corresponding to index.
pathName insert index tag ?option value option value ...?
Same as the add command except that it inserts the new
pane just before the one given by index, instead of
appending to the end of the panedwindow. The option,
and value arguments have the same interpretation as for
the add widget command.
pathName paneconfigure index ?options?
This command is similar to the configure command,
except that it applies to the options for an individual
pane, whereas configure applies to the options for the
paned window as a whole. Options may have any of the
values accepted by the add widget command. If options
are specified, options are modified as indicated in the
command and the command returns an empty string. If no
options are specified, returns a list describing the
current options for entry index (see Tk_ConfigureInfo
for information on the format of this list).
pathName reset
Redisplays the pane window using default percentages.
pathName show index
Changes the visiblity of the specified pane, allowing a
previously hidden pane to be displayed.
Dynamic changing of the margin and or minimum options
to values which make the current configuration invalid
will block subsequent sash movement until the fractions
are modified via the fraction method. For example a
panedwindow is created with three panes and the minimum
and margin options are at their default settings. Next
the user moves the sashes to compact the panes to one
side. Now, if the minimum is increased on the most
compressed pane via the paneconfigure method to a large
enough value, then sash movement is blocked until the
fractions are adjusted. This situation is unusual and
under normal operation of the panedwindow, this problem
will never occur.
panedwindow .pw -width 300 -height 300
.pw add top
.pw add middle -margin 10
.pw add bottom -margin 10 -minimum 10
pack .pw -fill both -expand yes
foreach pane [.pw childSite] {
button $pane.b -text $pane -relief raised -borderwidth 2
pack $pane.b -fill both -expand yes
}
- .pw fraction 50 30 20
-
.pw paneconfigure 0 -minimum 20
.pw paneconfigure bottom -margin 15
Jay Schmidgall
1994 - Base logic posted to comp.lang.tcl
Joe Hidebrand <hildjj@fuentez.com>
07/25/94 - Posted first multipane version to
comp.lang.tcl
07/28/94 - Added support for vertical panes
Ken Copeland <ken@hilco.com>
09/28/95 - Smoothed out the sash movement and added
squeezable panes.
Mark L. Ulferts
panedwindow, widget
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