NAME

PanedWindow - Tiled layout manager widget

CREATION

PanedWindow pathName ?option value...?

STANDARD OPTIONS

-background or -bg

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-pad

-side

-width

WIDGET COMMAND

pathName add ?option value...?

pathName cget option

pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?

pathName getframe index

PanedWindow is a widget that lays out children in a vertically or horizontally tiled format. The user can adjust the size of the panes, with a pane control sash created between children.

-pad (read-only)

Specifies additional space between the button of the sash and children.

-side (read-only)

Specifies the side of the sash, which implies the layout: top or bottom (horizontal layout), left or right (vertical layout).

-width (read-only)

Specifies the width of the button of the sash.

pathName add ?option value...?

This command add a new pane. The new pane is placed below the previous pane for vertical layout or at right for horizontal layout. This command returns a frame where user can place its widget. Valid options are:

-minsize

Specifies the minimum size requested for the pane. See the grid command for more information.

-weight

Specifies the relative weight for apportioning any extra spaces among panes. See the grid command for more information.

pathName cget option

Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the creation command.

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 available options for pathName. 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 have any of the values accepted by the creation command. Read-only options are not be modified.

pathName getframe index

Returns the pathname of the indexth added pane.