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NAME

       place - Geometry manager for fixed or rubber-sheet placement

SYNOPSIS

       place option arg ?arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION

       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  slave,  within
       another window, called the master.  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.

       place window option value ?option value ...?
              Arrange  for the placer to manage the geometry of a slave whose pathName is window.
              The remaining arguments consist of one or more option-value pairs that specify  the
              way  in  which  window's  geometry  is  managed.  Option may have any of the values
              accepted by the place configure command.

       place configure window ?option? ?value option value ...?
              Query or modify the geometry options of the slave given by window.  If no option is
              specified,  this  command  returns  a  list  describing  the available options (see
              Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on  the  format  of  this  list).   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  option(s)  to  have  the  given
              value(s); in this case the command returns an empty string.

              The following option-value pairs are supported:

              -anchor where
                     Where  specifies  which  point  of  window  is to be positioned at the (x,y)
                     location selected by the -x, -y, -relx, and -rely options.  The anchor point
                     is  in terms of the outer area of window including its border, if any.  Thus
                     if where is se then the lower-right corner of window's border will appear at
                     the given (x,y) location in the master.  The anchor position defaults to nw.

              -bordermode mode
                     Mode  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  inside.   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  -x  0
                     corresponds  to  an  x-coordinate  just  inside  the border and an option of
                     -relwidth 1.0 means window will fill the area inside the master's border.

                     If mode is outside then the placer considers  the  area  of  the  master  to
                     include  its border; this mode is typically used when placing window outside
                     its master, as with the options -x 0 -y 0 -anchor ne.  Lastly, mode  may  be
                     specified  as  ignore,  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 ignore is probably not very
                     useful.

              -height size
                     Size specifies the height for window in screen units (i.e. any of the  forms
                     accepted by Tk_GetPixels).  The height will be the outer dimension of window
                     including its border, if any.  If size is an empty string, or if no  -height
                     or  -relheight  option is specified, then the height requested internally by
                     the window will be used.

              -in master
                     Master specifies the path name of the window relative to which window is  to
                     be  placed.   Master  must  either  be  window's  parent  or a descendant of
                     window's parent.  In addition, master and window must both be descendants of
                     the  same  top-level  window.  These restrictions are necessary to guarantee
                     that window is visible whenever master is visible.  If this  option  is  not
                     specified then the master defaults to window's parent.

              -relheight size
                     Size  specifies the height for window.  In this case the height is specified
                     as a floating-point number relative to the height of the master:  0.5  means
                     window  will  be  half as high as the master, 1.0 means window will have the
                     same height as the master, and so on.  If both -height  and  -relheight  are
                     specified for a slave, their values are summed.  For example, -relheight 1.0
                     -height -2 makes the slave 2 pixels shorter than the master.

              -relwidth size
                     Size specifies the width for window.  In this case the width is specified as
                     a  floating-point  number  relative  to  the  width of the master: 0.5 means
                     window will be half as wide as the master, 1.0 means window  will  have  the
                     same  width  as  the  master,  and  so on.  If both -width and -relwidth are
                     specified for a slave, their values are summed.  For example, -relwidth  1.0
                     -width 5 makes the slave 5 pixels wider than the master.

              -relx location
                     Location  specifies  the x-coordinate within the master window of the anchor
                     point for window.  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.   Location  need
                     not be in the range 0.0-1.0.  If both -x and -relx are specified for a slave
                     then their values are summed.  For example, -relx 0.5 -x  -2  positions  the
                     left edge of the slave 2 pixels to the left of the center of its master.

              -rely location
                     Location  specifies  the y-coordinate within the master window of the anchor
                     point for window.  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.  Location need not  be
                     in  the  range 0.0-1.0.  If both -y and -rely are specified for a slave then
                     their values are summed.  For example, -rely 0.5 -x 3 positions the top edge
                     of the slave 3 pixels below the center of its master.

              -width size
                     Size  specifies  the width for window in screen units (i.e. any of the forms
                     accepted by Tk_GetPixels).  The width will be  the  outer  width  of  window
                     including  its  border, if any.  If size is an empty string, or if no -width
                     or -relwidth option is specified, then the width requested internally by the
                     window will be used.

              -x location
                     Location  specifies  the x-coordinate within the master window of the anchor
                     point for window.  The location is specified in screen units  (i.e.  any  of
                     the  forms  accepted  by Tk_GetPixels) and need not lie within the bounds of
                     the master window.

              -y location
                     Location specifies the y-coordinate within the master window of  the  anchor
                     point  for  window.   The location is specified in screen units (i.e. any of
                     the forms accepted by Tk_GetPixels) and need not lie within  the  bounds  of
                     the master window.

              If  the  same  value is specified separately with two different options, such as -x
              and -relx, then the most recent option is used and the older one is ignored.

       place forget window
              Causes the placer to stop managing the geometry of window.  As  a  side  effect  of
              this  command window will be unmapped so that it does not appear on the screen.  If
              window is not currently managed by the placer then the command has no effect.  This
              command returns an empty string.

       place info window
              Returns  a  list  giving the current configuration of window.  The list consists of
              option-value pairs in exactly the same form as might  be  specified  to  the  place
              configure command.

       place slaves window
              Returns  a  list of all the slave windows for which window is the master.  If there
              are no slaves for window then an empty string is returned.

       If the configuration of a window has been retrieved with place  info,  that  configuration
       can  be  restored  later by first using place forget to erase any existing information for
       the window and then invoking place configure with the saved information.

FINE POINTS

       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” do not 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.

       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
              -in sibling -relx 0.5 -rely 1.0 -anchor n -bordermode outside
       Whenever the sibling is repositioned in the future, the  slave  will  be  repositioned  as
       well.

       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 does not 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.

EXAMPLE

       Make the label occupy the middle bit of the toplevel, no matter how it is resized:
              label .l -text "In the\nMiddle!" -bg black -fg white
              place .l -relwidth .3 -relx .35 -relheight .3 -rely .35

SEE ALSO

       grid(3tk), pack(3tk)

KEYWORDS

       geometry manager, height, location, master, place, rubber sheet, slave, width