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- '" Copyright (c) 1992 The Regents of the University of California.
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- .so man.macros
- .TH place n "" Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
- .BS
- '" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
- .SH NAME
- place - Geometry manager for fixed or rubber-sheet placement
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- fBplace fIoption arg fR?fIarg ...fR?
- .BE
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- The placer is a geometry manager for Tk.
- It provides simple fixed placement of windows, where you specify
- the exact size and location of one window, called the fIslavefR,
- within another window, called the fImasterfR.
- The placer also provides rubber-sheet placement, where you specify the
- size and location of the slave in terms of the dimensions of
- the master, so that the slave changes size and location
- in response to changes in the size of the master.
- Lastly, the placer allows you to mix these styles of placement so
- that, for example, the slave has a fixed width and height but is
- centered inside the master.
- .PP
- .TP
- fBplace fIwindow option value fR?fIoption value ...fR?
- Arrange for the placer to manage the geometry of a slave whose
- pathName is fIwindowfR. The remaining arguments consist of one or
- more fIoption-valuefR pairs that specify the way in which
- fIwindowfR's geometry is managed. fIOptionfR may have any of the
- values accepted by the fBplace configurefR command.
- .TP
- fBplace configure fIwindow fR?fIoptionfR? ?fIvalue option value ...fR?
- Query or modify the geometry options of the slave given by
- fIwindowfR. If no fIoptionfR is specified, this command returns a
- list describing the available options (see fBTk_ConfigureInfofR for
- information on the format of this list). If fIoptionfR is specified
- with no fIvaluefR, 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 fIoptionfR is specified). If
- one or more fIoption-valuefR pairs are specified, then the command
- modifies the given option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case
- the command returns an empty string.
- The following fIoption-valuefR pairs are supported:
- .RS
- .TP
- fB-anchor fIwherefR
- fIWherefR specifies which point of fIwindowfR is to be positioned
- at the (x,y) location selected by the fB-xfR, fB-yfR,
- fB-relxfR, and fB-relyfR options.
- The anchor point is in terms of the outer area of fIwindowfR
- including its border, if any.
- Thus if fIwherefR is fBsefR then the lower-right corner of
- fIwindowfR's border will appear at the given (x,y) location
- in the master.
- The anchor position defaults to fBnwfR.
- .TP
- fB-bordermode fImodefR
- fIModefR determines the degree to which borders within the
- master are used in determining the placement of the slave.
- The default and most common value is fBinsidefR.
- In this case the placer considers the area of the master to
- be the innermost area of the master, inside any border:
- an option of fB-x 0fR corresponds to an x-coordinate just
- inside the border and an option of fB-relwidth 1.0fR
- means fIwindowfR will fill the area inside the master's
- border.
- If fImodefR is fBoutsidefR then the placer considers
- the area of the master to include its border;
- this mode is typically used when placing fIwindowfR
- outside its master, as with the options fB-x 0 -y 0 -anchor nefR.
- Lastly, fImodefR may be specified as fBignorefR, in which
- case borders are ignored: the area of the master is considered
- to be its official X area, which includes any internal border but
- no external border. A bordermode of fBignorefR is probably
- not very useful.
- .TP
- fB-height fIsizefR
- fISizefR specifies the height for fIwindowfR in screen units
- (i.e. any of the forms accepted by fBTk_GetPixelsfR).
- The height will be the outer dimension of fIwindowfR including its
- border, if any.
- If fIsizefR is an empty string, or if no fB-heightfR or
- fB-relheightfR option is specified, then the height requested
- internally by the window will be used.
- .TP
- fB-in fImasterfR
- fIMasterfR specifies the path name of the window relative
- to which fIwindowfR is to be placed.
- fIMasterfR must either be fIwindowfR's parent or a descendant
- of fIwindowfR's parent.
- In addition, fImasterfR and fIwindowfR must both be descendants
- of the same top-level window.
- These restrictions are necessary to guarantee
- that fIwindowfR is visible whenever fImasterfR is visible.
- If this option isn't specified then the master defaults to
- fIwindowfR's parent.
- .TP
- fB-relheight fIsizefR
- fISizefR specifies the height for fIwindowfR.
- In this case the height is specified as a floating-point number
- relative to the height of the master: 0.5 means fIwindowfR will
- be half as high as the master, 1.0 means fIwindowfR will have
- the same height as the master, and so on.
- If both fB-heightfR and fB-relheightfR are specified for a slave,
- their values are summed. For example, fB-relheight 1.0 -height -2fR
- makes the slave 2 pixels shorter than the master.
- .TP
- fB-relwidth fIsizefR
- fISizefR specifies the width for fIwindowfR.
- In this case the width is specified as a floating-point number
- relative to the width of the master: 0.5 means fIwindowfR will
- be half as wide as the master, 1.0 means fIwindowfR will have
- the same width as the master, and so on.
- If both fB-widthfR and fB-relwidthfR are specified for a slave,
- their values are summed. For example, fB-relwidth 1.0 -width 5fR
- makes the slave 5 pixels wider than the master.
- .TP
- fB-relx fIlocationfR
- fILocationfR specifies the x-coordinate within the master window
- of the anchor point for fIwindowfR.
- In this case the location is specified in a relative fashion
- as a floating-point number: 0.0 corresponds to the left edge
- of the master and 1.0 corresponds to the right edge of the master.
- fILocationfR need not be in the range 0.0-1.0.
- If both fB-xfR and fB-relxfR are specified for a slave
- then their values are summed. For example, fB-relx 0.5 -x -2fR
- positions the left edge of the slave 2 pixels to the left of the
- center of its master.
- .TP
- fB-rely fIlocationfR
- fILocationfR specifies the y-coordinate within the master window
- of the anchor point for fIwindowfR.
- In this case the value is specified in a relative fashion
- as a floating-point number: 0.0 corresponds to the top edge
- of the master and 1.0 corresponds to the bottom edge of the master.
- fILocationfR need not be in the range 0.0-1.0.
- If both fB-yfR and fB-relyfR are specified for a slave
- then their values are summed. For example, fB-rely 0.5 -x 3fR
- positions the top edge of the slave 3 pixels below the
- center of its master.
- .TP
- fB-width fIsizefR
- fISizefR specifies the width for fIwindowfR in screen units
- (i.e. any of the forms accepted by fBTk_GetPixelsfR).
- The width will be the outer width of fIwindowfR including its
- border, if any.
- If fIsizefR is an empty string, or if no fB-widthfR
- or fB-relwidthfR option is specified, then the width requested
- internally by the window will be used.
- .TP
- fB-x fIlocationfR
- fILocationfR specifies the x-coordinate within the master window
- of the anchor point for fIwindowfR.
- The location is specified in screen units (i.e. any of the forms
- accepted by fBTk_GetPixelsfR) and need not lie within the bounds
- of the master window.
- .TP
- fB-y fIlocationfR
- fILocationfR specifies the y-coordinate within the master window
- of the anchor point for fIwindowfR.
- The location is specified in screen units (i.e. any of the forms
- accepted by fBTk_GetPixelsfR) and need not lie within the bounds
- of the master window.
- .PP
- If the same value is specified separately with
- two different options, such as fB-xfR and fB-relxfR, then
- the most recent option is used and the older one is ignored.
- .RE
- .TP
- fBplace forget fIwindowfR
- Causes the placer to stop managing the geometry of fIwindowfR. As a
- side effect of this command fIwindowfR will be unmapped so that it
- doesn't appear on the screen. If fIwindowfR isn't currently managed
- by the placer then the command has no effect. This command returns an
- empty string.
- .TP
- fBplace info fIwindowfR
- Returns a list giving the current configuration of fIwindowfR.
- The list consists of fIoption-valuefR pairs in exactly the
- same form as might be specified to the fBplace configurefR
- command.
- .TP
- fBplace slaves fIwindowfR
- Returns a list of all the slave windows for which fIwindowfR is the master.
- If there are no slaves for fIwindowfR then an empty string is returned.
- .PP
- If the configuration of a window has been retrieved with
- fBplace infofR, that configuration can be restored later by
- first using fBplace forgetfR to erase any existing information
- for the window and then invoking fBplace configurefR with
- the saved information.
- .SH "FINE POINTS"
- .PP
- It is not necessary for the master window to be the parent
- of the slave window.
- This feature is useful in at least two situations.
- First, for complex window layouts it means you can create a
- hierarchy of subwindows whose only purpose
- is to assist in the layout of the parent.
- The ``real children'' of the parent (i.e. the windows that
- are significant for the application's user interface) can be
- children of the parent yet be placed inside the windows
- of the geometry-management hierarchy.
- This means that the path names of the ``real children''
- don't reflect the geometry-management hierarchy and users
- can specify options for the real children
- without being aware of the structure of the geometry-management
- hierarchy.
- .PP
- A second reason for having a master different than the slave's
- parent is to tie two siblings together.
- For example, the placer can be used to force a window always to
- be positioned centered just below one of its
- siblings by specifying the configuration
- .CS
- fB-in fIsiblingfB -relx 0.5 -rely 1.0 -anchor n -bordermode outsidefR
- .CE
- Whenever the sibling is repositioned in the future, the slave
- will be repositioned as well.
- .PP
- Unlike many other geometry managers (such as the packer)
- the placer does not make any attempt to manipulate the geometry of
- the master windows or the parents of slave windows (i.e. it doesn't
- set their requested sizes).
- To control the sizes of these windows, make them windows like
- frames and canvases that provide configuration options for this purpose.
- .SH EXAMPLE
- Make the label occupy the middle bit of the toplevel, no matter how it
- is resized:
- .CS
- label .l -text "In the\nMiddle!" -bg black -fg white
- fBplacefR .l -relwidth .3 -relx .35 -relheight .3 -rely .35
- .CE
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- grid(n), pack(n)
- .SH KEYWORDS
- geometry manager, height, location, master, place, rubber sheet, slave, width