Tk Reference Manual: Contents

Tk built-in commands

• General
  • tk - Manipulate Tk internal state
  • Safe Tk - Load Tk into a safe interpreter.
  • tkerror - Command invoked to process background errors
  • tkvars - Variables used or set by Tk
  • winfo - Return window-related information
  • wm - Communicate with window manager
  • busy - confine pointer and keyboard events to a window sub-tree
  • tkwait - Wait for variable to change or window to be destroyed
  • destroy - Destroy one or more windows
  • console - Control the console on systems without a real console
  • wish - Simple windowing shell
• Resources and Options
  • option - Add/retrieve window options to/from the option database
  • options - Standard options supported by widgets
  • colors - symbolic color names recognized by Tk
  • cursors - mouse cursors available in Tk
  • keysyms - keysyms recognized by Tk
  • font - Create and inspect fonts.
  • image - Create and manipulate images
  • bitmap - Images that display two colors
  • photo - Full-color images
  • tk_setPalette - Modify the Tk color palette
• 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::widget - Standard options and commands supported by Tk 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::labelframe - Container widget with optional label
  • ttk::label - Display a text string and/or image
  • 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::scale - Create and manipulate a scale 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::treeview - hierarchical multicolumn data display widget
  • ttk::style - Manipulate style database
  • ttk_vsapi - Define a Microsoft Visual Styles element
• Dialogs and toplevels
  • toplevel - Create and manipulate toplevel widgets
  • tk_messageBox - pops up a message window and waits for user response.
  • 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_chooseDirectory - pops up a dialog box for the user to select a directory.
  • tk_chooseColor - pops up a dialog box for the user to select a color.
  • fontchooser - control font selection dialog
  • tk_popup - Post a popup menu
• Geometry management
  • grid - Geometry manager that arranges widgets in a grid
  • pack - Geometry manager that packs around edges of cavity
  • place - Geometry manager for fixed or rubber-sheet placement
  • lower - Change a window's position in the stacking order
  • 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
  • grab - Confine pointer and keyboard events to a window sub-tree
  • focus - Manage the input focus
  • tk_focusNext - Utility procedures for managing the input focus.
• Inter-client Communication
  • bell - Ring a display's bell
  • selection - Manipulate the X selection
  • clipboard - Manipulate Tk clipboard
  • send - Execute a command in a different application

Tk C Procedures

• Initialization
  • Tk_Main - main program for Tk-based applications
  • Tk_Init - add Tk to an interpreter and make a new Tk application.
  • Tk_InitStubs - initialize the Tk stubs mechanism
  • Tk_ParseArgv - process command-line options
  • Tk_MainWindow - functions for querying main window information
  • Tk_MainLoop - loop for events until all windows are deleted
  • Tk_SetAppName - Set the name of an application for 'send' commands
  • Tk_CreateErrorHandler - handle X protocol errors
  • Tk_InitConsoleChannels - Install the console channels as standard channels
  • Tk_StrictMotif - Return value of tk_strictMotif variable
• Widget Implementation
  • Tk_CreateWindow - create or delete window
  • Tk_ConfigureWindow - change window configuration or attributes
  • Tk_SetClass - set or retrieve a window's class
  • Tk_SetClassProcs - register widget specific procedures
  • Tk_CreateEventHandler - associate procedure callback with an X event
  • Tk_GeometryRequest - specify desired geometry or internal border for a window
  • Tk_WindowId - retrieve information from Tk's local data structure
  • Tk_MaintainGeometry - maintain geometry of one window relative to another
  • Tk_ManageGeometry - arrange to handle geometry requests for a window
  • Tk_SetGrid - control the grid for interactive resizing
  • Tk_CoordsToWindow - Find window containing a point
  • Tk_SetWindowVisual - change visual characteristics of window
  • Tk_MapWindow - map or unmap a window
  • Tk_MoveToplevelWindow - Adjust the position of a top-level window
  • Tk_RestackWindow - Change a window's position in the stacking order
  • Tk_Name - convert between names and window tokens
  • Tk_GetAnchorFromObj - translate between strings and anchor positions
  • Tk_GetScrollInfo - parse arguments for scrolling commands
  • Tk_GetUid - convert from string to unique identifier
• Events and Bindings
  • Tk_CreateBindingTable - invoke scripts in response to X events
  • Tk_Grab - manipulate grab state in an application
  • Tk_HandleEvent - invoke event handlers for window system events
  • Tk_RestrictEvents - filter and selectively delay X events
  • Tk_QueueWindowEvent - Add a window event to the Tcl event queue
  • Tk_SetCaretPos - set the display caret location
  • Tk_GetUserInactiveTime - discover user inactivity time
• Resources and Options
  • Tk_AddOption - Add an option to the option database
  • Tk_GetOption - retrieve an option from the option database
  • Tk_SetOptions - process configuration options
  • Tk_ConfigureWidget - process configuration options for widgets
  • Tk_FontId - accessor functions for fonts
• Images
  • Tk_GetImage - use an image in a widget
  • Tk_CreateImageType - define new kind of image
  • 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
  • Tk_CreateItemType - define new kind of canvas item
• Graphics Routines
  • Tk_GetGC - maintain database of read-only graphics contexts
  • 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_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_DrawFocusHighlight - draw the traversal highlight ring for a widget
  • Tk_Alloc3DBorderFromObj - draw borders with three-dimensional appearance
  • Tk_ComputeTextLayout - routines to measure and display single-font, multi-line, justified text.
  • Tk_MeasureChars - routines to measure and display simple single-line strings.
• System-specific
  • Tk_GetHISTANCE - retrieve the global application instance handle
  • HWND - manage interactions between the Windows handle and an X window
  • Tk_HWNDToWindow - Find Tk's window information for a Windows window
  • Tk_IdToWindow - Find Tk's window information for an X window
  • Tk_GetVRootGeometry - Get location and size of virtual root for window
  • Tk_GetVisual - translate from string to visual
  • Tk_FreeXId - make X resource identifier available for reuse
  • Tk_CreateClientMessageHandler - associate procedure callback with ClientMessage type X events
  • Tk_CreateGenericHandler - associate procedure callback with all X events
  • 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