Tk non-widget commands

Description

These functions interface to Tk non-widget commands, such as the window manager interface commands and the geometry managers.

Usage

tkcmd(...)
tktitle(x)

tktitle(x) <- value

tkbell(...)
tkbind(...)
tkbindtags(...)
tkfocus(...)
tklower(...)
tkraise(...)

tkclipboard.append(...)
tkclipboard.clear(...)

tkevent.add(...)
tkevent.delete(...)
tkevent.generate(...)
tkevent.info(...)

tkfont.actual(...)
tkfont.configure(...)
tkfont.create(...)
tkfont.delete(...)
tkfont.families(...)
tkfont.measure(...)
tkfont.metrics(...)
tkfont.names(...)

tkgrab(...)
tkgrab.current(...)
tkgrab.release(...)
tkgrab.set(...)
tkgrab.status(...)

tkimage.cget(...)
tkimage.configure(...)
tkimage.create(...)
tkimage.names(...)

## NB: some widgets also have a selection.clear command, hence the "X".

tkXselection.clear(...)
tkXselection.get(...)
tkXselection.handle(...)
tkXselection.own(...)

tkwait.variable(...)
tkwait.visibility(...)
tkwait.window(...)

## winfo actually has a large number of subcommands, but it's rarely
## used, so use tkwinfo("atom", ...) etc. instead.

tkwinfo(...)

# Window manager interface

tkwm.aspect(...)
tkwm.client(...)
tkwm.colormapwindows(...)
tkwm.command(...)
tkwm.deiconify(...)
tkwm.focusmodel(...)
tkwm.frame(...)
tkwm.geometry(...)
tkwm.grid(...)
tkwm.group(...)
tkwm.iconbitmap(...)
tkwm.iconify(...)
tkwm.iconmask(...)
tkwm.iconname(...)
tkwm.iconposition(...)
tkwm.iconwindow(...)
tkwm.maxsize(...)
tkwm.minsize(...)
tkwm.overrideredirect(...)
tkwm.positionfrom(...)
tkwm.protocol(...)
tkwm.resizable(...)
tkwm.sizefrom(...)
tkwm.state(...)
tkwm.title(...)
tkwm.transient(...)
tkwm.withdraw(...)

### Geometry managers

tkgrid(...)
tkgrid.bbox(...)
tkgrid.columnconfigure(...)
tkgrid.configure(...)
tkgrid.forget(...)
tkgrid.info(...)
tkgrid.location(...)
tkgrid.propagate(...)
tkgrid.rowconfigure(...)
tkgrid.remove(...)
tkgrid.size(...)
tkgrid.slaves(...)

tkpack(...)
tkpack.configure(...)
tkpack.forget(...)
tkpack.info(...)
tkpack.propagate(...)
tkpack.slaves(...)

tkplace(...)
tkplace.configure(...)
tkplace.forget(...)
tkplace.info(...)
tkplace.slaves(...)

## Standard dialogs
tkgetOpenFile(...)
tkgetSaveFile(...)
tkchooseDirectory(...)
tkmessageBox(...)
tkdialog(...)
tkpopup(...)

## File handling functions
tkfile.tail(...)
tkfile.dir(...)
tkopen(...)
tkclose(...)
tkputs(...)
tkread(...)

Arguments

Details

tkcmd provides a generic interface to calling any Tk or Tcl command by simply running .Tcl.args.objv on the argument list and passing the result to .Tcl.objv. Most of the other commands simply call tkcmd with a particular first argument and sometimes also a second argument giving the subcommand.

tktitle and its assignment form provides an alternate interface to Tk's wm title

There are far too many of these commands to describe them and their arguments in full. Please refer to the Tcl/Tk documentation for details. Except for a few exceptions, the pattern is that Tcl subcommands like pack configure are converted to function names like tkpack.configure.

See Also

TclInterface, TkWidgets, TkWidgetcmds

Examples

## Not run: 
## These cannot be run by examples() but should be OK when pasted
## into an interactive R session with the tcltk package loaded

tt <- tktoplevel()
tkpack(l1<-tklabel(tt,text="Heave"),l2<-tklabel(tt,text="Ho"))
tkpack.configure(l1,side="left")

## Try stretching the window and then

tkdestroy(tt)
## End(Not run)