NAME

box - Create and manipulate a box (frame) widget

SYNOPSIS

box ?-option optionVal ...?

OPTIONS

-orientation
orientation of the child widgets
type: horizontal, vertical
default: horizontal
-homogeneous
Whether or not all children of box are given equal space in the box
type: boolean
default: true
-spacing
how many pixel beween the children
type: integer
default: 0
-buttonType
Whether box is a button box.
type: boolean
default: false
-children

type: list, ""
default: list of widget ids
-expand
Whether the children is to be given extra space allocated to box. The extra space will be divided evenly between all children of box
type: boolean
default: true
-fill
Whether space given to the children by the expand option is actually allocated to the children, rather than just padding them. This parameter has no effect if expand is set to false. If horizontal is true, this effects only the width, else it effects only the height of the children.
type: boolean
default: true
-label
label of the frame
type: string
default: ""
-shadow
type of shadow of the frame
type: none, in, out, etchedIn, etchedOut
default: none
-xAlign
alignement of label
type: double (0 <= xAlign <= 1)
default: 0
-layout
Layout of box, only valid if the box is a button box.
type: default, spread, edge, start, end
default: default

DESCRIPTION

The gnocl box widget is a combination of the gtk box (or button box) and the gtk frame. If necessary gtk alignment widgets are used when adding children.

WIDGET COMMANDS

The box command creates a new Tcl command whose name is an ID returned on widget creation. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general form:

ID option ?arg arg ...?

option and arg determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for box widgets:
ID add widgetList ?-option optionVal ...?
Add widgets to the box. Valid options are -homogeneous, -spacing, -expand, -fill, -scale and .
ID addBegin widgetList ?-option optionVal ...?
Synonym for add.
ID addEnd widgetList ?-option optionVal ...?
Same as add but adds widgets at the end.

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