window

Name

window -- A standard top level window.

Synopsis

windows [-option value...]

Screenshot

Options

-allowGrow

type: boolean

Whether the window may be greater than its children require.

-allowShrink

type: boolean

Whether the window can be made smaller than the place that its children require.

-borderWidth

type: integer or one of small, normal or big

Space in pixel between the children and the border of the widget.

-child

type: widget-ID

Widget ID of the child.

-data

type: string

User defined data which can be retrieved via the cget subcommand.

-decorated

type: boolean

Whether the window should be decorated or not.

-defaultHeight

type: integer

Default height of the window.

-defaultWidth

type: integer

Default width of the window.

-dragTargets

type: list of strings

List of source targets (e.g. text/plain or application/x-color) which are supported.

-dropTargets

type: list of strings

List of destination targets (e.g. text/plain or application/x-color) which are supported.

-height

type: integer

Height of the window.

-heightRequest

type: integer

Requested height of the window.

-icon

type: percent-string (default: "")

Sets the icon of the window which is shown, depending on the window manager, in the window decoration, the window list, and/or if the window is iconified. This must be either a file name (prefix "%/") or empty.

-name

type: string

Name of the widget, can be used to set options in an rc file.

-onDelete

type: string (default: "")

Tcl command which is executed if the widget shall be deleted. If the command returns 0, the widget is not deleted. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name. TABLE

-onDestroy

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

-onDragData

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

-onDropData

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

-onKeyPress

type: string (default: "")

Tcl command which is executed if a key is pressed while the widget is having the focus. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name %k | key code as integer %K | key code as symbol %a | unicode unicode character, or the empty string if there is no corresponding character. %s | state of the buttons and modifiers (bitmask) TABLE

-onKeyRelease

type: string (default: "")

Tcl command which is executed if a key is released while the widget is having the focus. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name %k | key code as integer %K | key code as symbol %a | unicode unicode character, or the empty string if there is no corresponding character. %s | state of the buttons and modifiers (bitmask) TABLE

-onPopupMenu

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.

-onRealize

type: string (default: "")

Tcl command whih is executed in the global scope if the widget has been realized. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituated: TABLE %% | % %w | widget name. TABLE

-onShowHelp

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

-resizable

type: boolean (default: 1)

Whether the user can change the size of the window.

-sensitive

type: boolean (default: 1)

Whether or not the item is sensitve to user input.

-title

type: string (default: "")

Title of the window.

-tooltip

type: string

Message that appear next to this widget when the mouse pointer is held over it for a short amount of time.

-modal

type: boolean (default: 0)

Whether the window is modal, i.e. it grabs all GTK+ events.

-visible

type: boolean (default: 1)

Whether or not the item is visible.

-width

type: integer

Width of the window.

-widthRequest

type: integer

Requested width of the window.

-x

type: integer

X position of the window.

-y

type: integer

Y position of the window.

Description

To be visible each widget must be a direct or indirect children of a top level window. The window widget is the standard top level window. Its appearance is dependent of the window manager.

Commands

id cget option

Returns the value for one option. The option may have any of the values accepted by configure.

id configure [-option value...]

Configures the widget. Option may have any of the values accepted on creation of the widget.

id delete

Deletes the widget and the associated tcl command.

id iconify ?state?

Iconifies or deiconifies the window dependent on the value of state. The default value for state is true.

Example

set label [gnocl::label -text "Simple Window"]
gnocl::window -title "Window" -child $label -defaultWidth 200

results in

See also

dialog, GtkWindow