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NAME

ttk::labelframe — Container widget with optional label

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

STANDARD OPTIONS

-class, undefined, undefined

-cursor, cursor, Cursor

-padding, padding, Padding

-style, style, Style

-takefocus, takeFocus, TakeFocus

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-height, height, Height

-labelanchor, labelAnchor, LabelAnchor

-labelwidget, labelWidget, LabelWidget

-text, text, Text

-underline, underline, Underline

-width, width, Width

WIDGET COMMAND

STYLING OPTIONS

SEE ALSO

KEYWORDS

NAME

ttk::labelframe — Container widget with optional label

SYNOPSIS

ttk::labelframe pathName ?options?

DESCRIPTION

A ttk::labelframe widget is a container used to group other widgets together. It has an optional label, which may be a plain text string or another widget.

STANDARD OPTIONS

-class, undefined, undefined

-cursor, cursor, Cursor

-padding, padding, Padding

-style, style, Style

-takefocus, takeFocus, TakeFocus

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

Command-Line Name: -height

Database Name: height

Database Class: Height

If specified, the widget's requested height in pixels. (See ttk::frame(n) for further notes on -width and -height).

Command-Line Name: -labelanchor

Database Name: labelAnchor

Database Class: LabelAnchor

Specifies where to place the label. Allowed values are (clockwise from the top upper left corner): nw, n, ne, en, e, es, se, s,sw, ws, w and wn. The default value is theme-dependent.

Command-Line Name: -labelwidget

Database Name: labelWidget

Database Class: LabelWidget

The name of a widget to use for the label. If set, overrides the -text option. The -labelwidget must be a child of the labelframe widget or one of the labelframe's ancestors, and must belong to the same top-level widget as the labelframe.

Command-Line Name: -text

Database Name: text

Database Class: Text

Specifies the text of the label.

Command-Line Name: -underline

Database Name: underline

Database Class: Underline

If set, specifies the integer index (0-based) of a character to underline in the text string. The underlined character is used for mnemonic activation. Mnemonic activation for a ttk::labelframe sets the keyboard focus to the first child of the ttk::labelframe widget.

Command-Line Name: -width

Database Name: width

Database Class: Width

If specified, the widget's requested width in pixels.

WIDGET COMMAND

Labelframe widgets support the standard commands cget, configure, identify element, instate, state and style (see ttk::widget).

STYLING OPTIONS

The class name for a ttk::labelframe is TLabelframe. The text label has a class of TLabelframe.Label.

Dynamic states: disabled, readonly.

TLabelframe styling options configurable with ttk::style are:

-background color
-bordercolor color
-borderwidth amount
-darkcolor color
-labelmargins amount
-labeloutside boolean
-lightcolor color
-relief relief

TLabelframe.Label styling options configurable with ttk::style are:

-background color
-font font
-foreground color

Some options are only available for specific themes.

See the ttk::style manual page for information on how to configure ttk styles.

SEE ALSO

ttk::widget, ttk::frame, labelframe

KEYWORDS

widget, frame, container, label, groupbox