type: color
Background color of the widget.
type: widget-ID
Widget ID of the child.
type: list of strings
List of source targets (e.g. text/plain or application/x-color) which are supported.
type: list of strings
List of destination targets (e.g. text/plain or application/x-color) which are supported.
type: 1
This sets the focus to the widget. To unset the focus it must be set to another widet.
type: string (default: "")
heightGroup can be an arbitrary string. All widgets with the same heightGroup request the same height. If packed with the fill flag set, they will have nevertheless different heights.
type: string
Name of the widget, can be used to set options in an rc file.
type: string (default: "")
Tcl command which is executed if a mouse button is press inside the widget. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name %t | type of event: one of buttonPress, button2Press or button3Press %x | x coordinate %y | y coordinate %b | button number %s | state of the buttons and modifiers (bitmask) TABLE
type: string (default: "")
Tcl command which is executed if a mouse button is released inside the widget. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name %t | type of event: always buttonRelease %x | x coordinate %y | y coordinate %b | button number %s | state of the buttons and modifiers (bitmask) TABLE
type: string (default: "")
Tcl command which is executed if the widget is destroyed. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name. TABLE
type: string (default: "")
Tcl command which is executed if data is draged from this the widget to another. This command must return the data to be draged. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name %t | time %T | type of data TABLE
type: string (default: "")
Tcl command which is executed if data is dropped on the widget. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name %d | data %l | length of data %t | time %T | type of data %x | x coordinate %y | y coordinate TABLE
type: string (default: "")
Tcl command which is executed if the mouse is moved inside the widget. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name %x | x coordinate %y | y coordinate %s | state of the buttons and modifiers (bitmask) TABLE
type: string (default: "")
Tcl command which is executed if the "popup-menu" signal is recieved, which is normally the case if the user presses Shift-F10. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: %w by widget name.
type: string (default: "")
Tcl command which is executed in the global scope if the "show-help" signal is recieved, which is normally the case if the user presses F1 or Ctrl-F1. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated TABLE %% | % %w | widget name %h | help type: either "whatsThis" or "tooltip" TABLE
type: boolean (default: 1)
Whether or not the item is sensitve to user input.
type: string (default: "")
sizeGroup can be an arbitrary string. All widgets with the same sizeGroup request the same size. If packed with the fill flag set, they will have nevertheless different sizes.
type: string (default: "")
Title of the window.
type: string
Message that appear next to this widget when the mouse pointer is held over it for a short amount of time.
type: boolean (default: 1)
Whether or not the item is visible.
type: string (default: "")
widthGroup can be an arbitrary string. All widgets with the same widthGroup request the same width. If packed with the fill flag set, they will have nevertheless different widths.
Some widgets like label do not have an own window. This means that they cannot catch events and cannot set their background color. If put inside an eventBox the latter can handle all these tasks.
id delete
Deletes the widget and the associated tcl command.
id configure [-option value...]
Configures the widget. Option may have any of the values accepted on creation of the widget.
id cget option
Returns the value for one option. The option may have any of the values accepted by configure.