NAME

       Tk::Label - Create and manipulate Label widgets

SYNOPSIS

       $label = $parent->Label(?options?);

STANDARD OPTIONS

       -activebackground -activeforeground -anchor -background -bitmap -borderwidth -compound -cursor
       -disabledforeground -font -foreground -highlightbackground -highlightcolor -highlightthickness -image
       -justify -padx -pady -relief -takefocus -text -textvariable -underline -wraplength

       See Tk::options for details of the standard options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       Name:     height
       Class:    Height
       Switch:   -height
           Specifies a desired height for the label.  If an image or bitmap is being displayed in the label then
           the value is in screen units (i.e. any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels); for text it is in
           lines of text.  If this option isn't specified, the label's desired height is computed from the size
           of the image or bitmap or text being displayed in it.

       Name:     state
       Class:    State
       Switch:   -state
           Specifies one of three states for the label: normal, active, or disabled. In normal state the label
           is displayed using the foreground and background options. In active state the label is displayed
           using the activeForeground and activeBackground options. In the disabled state the disabledForeground
           and background options determine how the button is displayed.

       Name:     width
       Class:    Width
       Switch:   -width
           Specifies a desired width for the label.  If an image or bitmap is being displayed in the label then
           the value is in screen units (i.e. any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels); for text it is in
           characters.  If this option isn't specified, the label's desired width is computed from the size of
           the image or bitmap or text being displayed in it.

DESCRIPTION

       The Label method creates a new window (given by the $widget argument) and makes it into a label widget.
       Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command line or in the option database to
       configure aspects of the label such as its colors, font, text, and initial relief.  The label command
       returns its $widget argument.  At the time this command is invoked, there must not exist a window named
       $widget, but $widget's parent must exist.

       A label is a widget that displays a textual string, bitmap or image.  If text is displayed, it must all
       be in a single font, but it can occupy multiple lines on the screen (if it contains newlines or if
       wrapping occurs because of the wrapLength option) and one of the characters may optionally be underlined
       using the underline option.  The label can be manipulated in a few simple ways, such as changing its
       relief or text, using the commands described below.

WIDGET METHODS

       The Label method creates a widget object.  This object supports the configure and cget methods described
       in Tk::options which can be used to enquire and modify the options described above.  The widget also
       inherits all the methods provided by the generic Tk::Widget class.

BINDINGS

       When a new label is created, it has no default event bindings: labels are not intended to be interactive.

KEYWORDS

       label, widget