tixPanedWindow(n) Tix Built-In Commands tixPanedWindow(n)NAMEtixPanedWindow - Create and manipulate tixPanedWindow widgets
SYNOPSIStixPanedWindow pathName ?options?
STANDARD OPTIONS
The PanedWindow widget supports all the standard options of a frame
widget. See the options(n) manual entry for details on the standard
options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: command
Class: Command
Switch: -command
Specifies the command to invoke when the panes change their
sizes. This command is called with a list of integers that
record the new sizes of the panes. The sizes of the panes are
listed in the order of the panes' creation. [-dynamicgeome‐
try dynamicGeometry] If set to true, the size of the PanedWindow
will dynamically change if the size of any of its panes changes.
Otherwise, the size of the PanedWindow will only increase when
size of any of its panes changes and will not decrease. The
default value is true. [-handleactivebg handleActiveBg] Speci‐
fies the active background color of the resize handles. When the
mouse cursor enters a resize handle, the resize handle will
adopt the active background color. [-handlebg handleBg] Speci‐
fies the normal background color of the resize handles.
[-height height] Specifies the desired height for the window.
[-orientation orientation] Specifies the orientation of the
panes. Must be either vertical or horizontal. [-paneborderwidth
or -panebd paneBorderWidth] Specifies the border width of the
panes. [-panerelief paneRelief] Specifies the border relief of
the panes. [-separatoractivebg separatorActiveBg] Specifies the
active background color of the separators. When the user grabs a
resize handle, the separators will adopt the active background
color. [-separatorbg separatorBg] Specifies the normal back‐
ground color of the separators. [-width width] Specifies the
desired width for the window.
SUBWIDGETS
All the pane subwidgets created as a result of the add command can be
accessed by the subwidget command. They are identified by the paneName
parameter to the add command.
DESCRIPTION
The tixPanedWindow command creates a new window (given by the pathName
argument) and makes it into a PanedWindow widget. Additional options,
described above, may be specified on the command line or in the option
database to configure aspects of the PanedWindow widget such as its
cursor and relief.
The PanedWindow widget allows the user to interactively manipulate the
sizes of several panes. The panes can be arranged either vertically or
horizontally. Each individual pane may have upper and lower limits of
its size. The user changes the sizes of the panes by dragging the
resize handle between two panes.
WIDGET COMMAND
The tixPanedWindow command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the
same as the path name of the PanedWindow widget's window. This command
may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the
following general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as the frame
widget's path name. Option and the args determine the exact behavior of
the command. The following commands are possible for PanedWindow wid‐
gets:
pathName add paneName ?option value ...?
Adds a new pane subwidget with the name paneName into the Paned‐
Window widget. Additional configuration options can be given to
configure the new button subwidget. Three configuration options
are supported:
-after pane
Specifies that the new pane should be placed after pane
in the list of panes in this PanedWindow widget.
-at integer
Specifies the position of the new pane in the list of
panes in this PanedWindow widget. 0 means the first posi‐
tion, 1 means the second, and so on. In addition, end
means the end of the list.
-before pane
Specifies that the new pane should be placed before pane
in the list of panes in this PanedWindow widget.
-expand factor
Specifies the expand/shrink factor of this pane. Factor
must be a non-negative floating point number. The default
value is 0.0. The expand/shrink factor is used to calcu‐
late how much each pane should grow or shrink when the
size of the PanedWindow main window is changed. When the
main window expands/shrinks by n pixels, then pane i will
grow/shrink by about n * factor(i) / summation(factors),
where factor(i) is the expand/shrink factor of pane i and
summation(factors) is the summation of the expand/shrink
factors of all the panes. If summation(factors) is 0.0,
however, only the last visible pane will be grown or
shrunk.
-min integer
Specifies the minimum size, in pixels, of the new pane;
the default is 0.
-max integer
Specifies the maximum size, in pixels, of the new pane;
the default is 10000.
-size integer
Specifies the size, in pixels, of the new pane; if the
-size option is not given, or set to the empty string,
the PanedWindow widget will use the natural size of the
pane subwidget.
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
option. Option may be -min, -max and/or -size, or any option
accepted by the Tk frame widget.
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 avail‐
able 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 be any of
the non-static options of the PanedWindow widget.
pathName delete paneName
Removes the pane given by paneName and deletes its contents.
pathName forget paneName
Removes the pane given by paneName but does not delete its con‐
tents. This pane can be later added back to the PanedWindow wid‐
get by the manage method.
pathName manage paneName ?option value ...?
Adds the pane given by paneName back to the PanedWindow widget.
PaneName must be already forgotten by the forget method. Addi‐
tional option-value pairs, same as those accepted by the add
method, can be given to control the appearance and position of
the pane.
pathName panecget paneName option
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
option in the pane given by paneName. Option may have any of the
values accepted by the add widget command.
pathName paneconfigure paneName ?option? ?value ...?
When no option is given, prints out the values of all options of
this pane. If option is specified with no value, then the com‐
mand returns the current value of that option. If one or more
option-value pairs are specified, then the command modifies the
given pane's option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case
the command returns an empty string. Option may be -min, -max
and/or -size, or any option accepted by the Tk frame widget. The
sizes of the panes may be changed as a result of calling the
paneconfigure command.
pathName panes
Returns a list of the names of all panes.
pathName setsize paneName newSize ?direction?
Sets the size of the pane specified by paneName to newSize. The
direction parameter specifies in which direction the pane should
grow/shrink. Possible values are next: the pane will grow or
shrink by moving the boundary between itself and the pane to its
right or bottom; prev: the pane will grow or shrink by moving
the boundary between itself and the pane to its left or top.
pathName subwidget name ?args?
When no options are given, returns the pathname of the subwidget
of the specified name.
When options are given, the widget command of the specified subwidget
will be called with these options.
BINDINGS
The panes' sizes will be changed when the user drags the handles. The
change in the panes' sizes may be subjected to the -min, -max and -size
options of the panes.
KEYWORDS
TIX, Container Widget
Tix 4.0 tixPanedWindow(n)
