type: a list of the horizontal and vertical alignment or one of topLeft, top, topRight, left, center, right, bottomLeft, bottom, or bottomRight (default: center)
This option influences only the widget given by -children. Alignment of of the widgets given by the -children option in the space allocated in the box.
type: integer or one of small, normal or big
Space in pixel between the children and the border of the widget.
type: boolean (default: false)
Whether the box has button type. This cannot be changed after creation.
type: list-of-widget-IDs (default: "")
List of IDs of widgets which are placed inside the box. All existing children are removed from the box.
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: boolean (default: 0)
This option influences only the widget given by -children. Whether the widgets allocate the free space in packing direction (vertical for vertical boxes, horizontal for horizontal boxes ).
type: float or list of two floats ( 0 lt fill tl 1) (default: {0 1} (horizontal), {1 0} vertical)
This option influences only the widget given by -children. Determines whether the allocated space is actually used. The values can range from 0 (meaning the child uses its minimum size) to 1 (meaning the child fills all of the available space). If fill is a list, the first value is for the horizontal and the second for the vertical expansion.
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: boolean (default: 1)
Whether all children of the box are given equal space. This is only useful if the children are not scaled, i.e. a fill factor other than 0 or 1.
type: string (default: "")
Label of the frame.
type: float (0 lt xAlign lt 1) or one of left, center or right (default: 0)
Alignment of the label.
type: ONEOF default, spread, edge, start or end (default: default)
Layout of the buttons in a button box. This option is only valid for boxes of buttonType.
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 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 "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: ONEOF vertical, horizontal (default: horizontal)
Orientation of the box, i.e. the placement of its children. This cannot be changed after creation.
type: integer or one of small, normal or big (default: 0)
This option influences only the widget given by -children. Space in pixel between the children. This is added to the global -spacing option.
type: boolean (default: 1)
Whether or not the item is sensitve to user input.
type: ONEOF none, in, out, etchedIn, etchedOut (default: none)
Shadow type of the frame.
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: integer or one of small, normal or big (default: normal)
Space in pixel between the children of the box. This is added to the -padding option, which can be set for each child individually.
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.
The Gnocl box widget is a combination of the GtkBox (or button box) and, if necessary, the GtkFrame widget. The frame options can only changed via configure if at least one frame option was given on creation of the box. If the children are scaled with the fill option by a factor different then the default or 1, or aligned each child is embedded in a GtkAlignment widget.
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 addBegin list-of-widget-Ids [-option value...]
Add widgets at the left, respectively top side of the box.
Options
type: boolean (default: 0)
Whether the widgets allocate the free space in packing direction (vertical for vertical boxes, horizontal for horizontal boxes ).
type: float or list of two floats ( 0 lt fill tl 1) (default: {0 1} (horizontal), {1 0} vertical)
Determines whether the allocated space is actually used. The values can range from 0 (meaning the child uses its minimum size) to 1 (meaning the child fills all of the available space). If fill is a list, the first value is for the horizontal and the second for the vertical expansion.
type: integer or one of small, normal or big (default: 0)
Space in pixel between the widgets. This is added to the global -spacing option.
type: a list of the horizontal and vertical alignment or one of topLeft, top, topRight, left, center, right, bottomLeft, bottom, or bottomRight (default: center)
Alignment of of the widgets in the space allocated in the box.
id add list-of-widget-Ids [-option value...]
Synonym for addBegin.
id addEnd list-of-widget-Ids [-option value...]
Add widgets at the right, respectively bottom side of the box. The same options as in the add command are valid.
set box1 [gnocl::box -label "horizontal" -children [gnocl::button -text "1"]] set box2 [gnocl::box -label "vertical" -orientation vertical] $box1 add $box2 $box2 add [list [gnocl::button -text "2"] [gnocl::button -text "3"]] gnocl::window -title "Box" -child $box1 -defaultWidth 100 -defaultHeight 100
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