Tk >> Tk built-in commands


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

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