Tk Manual

Tk built-in commands · General · Resources and Options · Widgets · Themed Widgets · Dialogs and toplevels · Geometry management · Events and bindings · Inter-client Communication · Tk C Procedures · Initialization · Widget Implementation · Themed Widget Implementation · Events and Bindings · Resources and Options · Images · Canvas Widgets · Graphics Routines · System-specific · Selection and Clipboard

Tk built-in commands

General

console - Control the console on systems without a real console

destroy - Destroy one or more windows

tk - Manipulate Tk internal state

tkerror - Command invoked to process background errors

tkvars - Variables used or set by Tk

tkwait - Wait for variable to change or window to be destroyed

winfo - Return window-related information

wish - Simple windowing shell

wm - Communicate with window manager

Resources and Options

bitmap - Images that display two colors

colors - symbolic color names recognized by Tk

cursors - mouse cursors available in Tk

font - Create and inspect fonts.

image - Create and manipulate images

keysyms - keysyms recognized by Tk

option - Add/retrieve window options to/from the option database

options - Standard options supported by widgets

tk_setPalette - Modify the Tk color palette

photo - Full-color images

Widgets

button - Create and manipulate button widgets

canvas - Create and manipulate canvas widgets

checkbutton - Create and manipulate checkbutton widgets

entry - Create and manipulate entry widgets

frame - Create and manipulate frame widgets

label - Create and manipulate label widgets

labelframe - Create and manipulate labelframe widgets

listbox - Create and manipulate listbox widgets

menu - Create and manipulate menu widgets

menubutton - Create and manipulate menubutton widgets

message - Create and manipulate message widgets

tk_optionMenu - Create an option menubutton and its menu

panedwindow - Create and manipulate panedwindow widgets

radiobutton - Create and manipulate radiobutton widgets

scale - Create and manipulate scale widgets

scrollbar - Create and manipulate scrollbar widgets

spinbox - Create and manipulate spinbox widgets

text - Create and manipulate text widgets

Themed Widgets

ttk_button - Widget that issues a command when pressed

ttk_checkbutton - On/off widget

ttk_combobox - text field with popdown selection list

ttk_entry - Editable text field widget

ttk_frame - Simple container widget

ttk_image - Define an element based on an image

ttk_intro - Introduction to the Tk theme engine

ttk_label - Display a text string and/or image

ttk_labelframe - Container widget with optional label

ttk_menubutton - Widget that pops down a menu when pressed

ttk_notebook - Multi-paned container widget

ttk_panedwindow - Multi-pane container window

ttk_progressbar - Provide progress feedback

ttk_radiobutton - Mutually exclusive option widget

ttk_scrollbar - Control the viewport of a scrollable widget

ttk_separator - Separator bar

ttk_sizegrip - Bottom-right corner resize widget

ttk_spinbox - Selecting text field widget

ttk_style - Manipulate style database

ttk_treeview - hierarchical multicolumn data display widget

ttk_widget - Standard options and commands supported by Tk themed widgets

Dialogs and toplevels

tk_chooseColor - pops up a dialog box for the user to select a color.

tk_chooseDirectory - pops up a dialog box for the user to select a directory.

tk_dialog - Create modal dialog and wait for response

tk_getOpenFile - pop up a dialog box for the user to select a file to open or save.

tk_messageBox - pops up a message window and waits for user response.

tk_popup - Post a popup menu

toplevel - Create and manipulate toplevel widgets

Geometry management

grid - Geometry manager that arranges widgets in a grid

lower - Change a window's position in the stacking order

pack - Geometry manager that packs around edges of cavity

place - Geometry manager for fixed or rubber-sheet placement

raise - Change a window's position in the stacking order

Events and bindings

bind - Arrange for X events to invoke Tcl scripts

bindtags - Determine which bindings apply to a window, and order of evaluation

event - Miscellaneous event facilities: define virtual events and generate events

focus - Manage the input focus

tk_focusNext - Utility procedures for managing the input focus.

grab - Confine pointer and keyboard events to a window sub-tree

Inter-client Communication

bell - Ring a display's bell

clipboard - Manipulate Tk clipboard

selection - Manipulate the X selection

send - Execute a command in a different application

Tk C Procedures

Initialization

Tk_InitConsoleChannels - Install the console channels as standard channels

Tk_CreateErrorHandler - handle X protocol errors

Tk_MainLoop - loop for events until all windows are deleted

Tk_MainWindow - functions for querying main

Tk_ParseArgv - process command-line options

Tk_SetAppName - Set the name of an application for 'send' commands

Tk_StrictMotif - Return value of tk_strictMotif variable

Tk_InitStubs - initialize the Tk stubs mechanism

Tk_Init - add Tk to an interpreter and make a new Tk application.

Tk_Main - main program for Tk-based applications

Widget Implementation

Tk_CoordsToWindow - Find window containing a point

Tk_GeometryRequest - specify desired geometry or internal border for a window

Tk_GetAnchorFromObj - translate between strings and anchor positions

Tk_GetScrollInfo - parse arguments for scrolling commands

Tk_GetUid - convert from string to unique identifier

Tk_MaintainGeometry - maintain geometry of one window relative to another

Tk_ManageGeometry - arrange to handle geometry requests for a window

Tk_MapWindow - map or unmap a window

Tk_MoveToplevelWindow - Adjust the position of a top-level window

Tk_Name - convert between names and window tokens

Tk_RestackWindow - Change a window's position in the stacking order

Tk_SetClass - set or retrieve a window's class

Tk_SetClassProcs - register widget specific procedures

Tk_SetGrid - control the grid for interactive resizing

Tk_SetWindowVisual - change visual characteristics of window

Tk_WindowId - retrieve information from Tk's local data structure

Themed Widget Implementation

Ttk_MakeBox - Tk themed geometry utilities

Ttk_CreateTheme - create and use Tk themes.

Events and Bindings

Tk_CreateBindingTable - invoke scripts in response to X events

Tk_CreateEventHandler - associate procedure callback with an X event

Tk_Grab - manipulate grab state in an application

Tk_HandleEvent - invoke event handlers for window system events

Tk_GetUserInactiveTime - discover user inactivity time

Tk_QueueWindowEvent - Add a window event to the Tcl event queue

Tk_RestrictEvents - filter and selectively delay X events

Tk_SetCaretPos - set the display caret location

Resources and Options

Tk_AddOption - Add an option to the option database

Tk_ConfigureWidget - process configuration options for widgets

Tk_ConfigureWindow - change window configuration or attributes

Tk_CreateWindow - create or delete window

Tk_FontId - accessor functions for

Tk_GetOption - retrieve an option from the option database

Tk_SetOptions - process configuration options

Images

Tk_CreateImageType - define new kind of image

Tk_CreateItemType - define new kind of canvas item

Tk_CreatePhotoImageFormat - define new file format for photo images

Tk_DeleteImage - Destroy an image.

Tk_FindPhoto - manipulate the image data stored in a photo image.

Tk_AllocBitmapFromObj - maintain database of single-plane pixmaps

Tk_ImageChanged - notify widgets that image needs to be redrawn

Tk_NameOfImage - Return name of image.

Canvas Widgets

Tk_CanvasPs - utility procedures for generating Postscript for canvases

Tk_CanvasTkwin - utility procedures for canvas type managers

Tk_CanvasTextInfo - additional information for managing text items in canvases

Graphics Routines

Tk_Alloc3DBorderFromObj - draw borders with three-dimensional appearance

Tk_DrawFocusHighlight - draw the traversal highlight ring for a widget

Tk_GetCapStyle - translate between strings and cap styles

Tk_GetColormap - allocate and free colormaps

Tk_AllocColorFromObj - maintain database of colors

Tk_AllocCursorFromObj - maintain database of cursors

Tk_GetDash - convert from string to valid dash structure.

Tk_AllocFontFromObj - maintain database of fonts

Tk_GetGC - maintain database of read-only graphics contexts

Tk_GetImage - use an image in a widget

Tk_GetJoinStyle - translate between strings and join styles

Tk_GetJustifyFromObj - translate between strings and justification styles

Tk_GetPixelsFromObj - translate between strings and screen units

Tk_GetPixmap - allocate and free pixmaps

Tk_GetReliefFromObj - translate between strings and relief values

Tk_GetRootCoords - Compute root-window coordinates of window

Tk_MeasureChars - routines to measure and display simple single-line strings.

Tk_ComputeTextLayout - routines to measure and display single-font, multi-line, justified text.

System-specific

Tk_CreateClientMessageHandler - associate procedure callback with ClientMessage type X events

Tk_CreateGenericHandler - associate procedure callback with all X events

Tk_FreeXId - make X resource identifier available for reuse

Tk_GetHINSTANCE - retrieve the global application instance handle

Tk_GetHWND - manage interactions between the Windows handle and an X window

Tk_GetVRootGeometry - Get location and size of virtual root for window

Tk_GetVisual - translate from string to visual

Tk_HWNDToWindow - Find Tk's window information for a Windows window

Tk_IdToWindow - Find Tk's window information for an X window

Tk_InternAtom - manage cache of X atoms

Selection and Clipboard

Tk_ClipboardClear - Manage the clipboard

Tk_ClearSelection - Deselect a selection

Tk_CreateSelHandler - arrange to handle requests for a selection

Tk_GetSelection - retrieve the contents of a selection

Tk_OwnSelection - make a window the owner of the primary selection

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