NAME

       Tk::Frame - Create and manipulate Frame widgets

SYNOPSIS

           $frame = $parent->Frame(?options?);

STANDARD OPTIONS

       -borderwidth   -highlightbackground     -highlightthickness -takefocus
       -class    -highlightcolor     -relief -cursor

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

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       Name:     background
       Class:    Background
       Switch:   -background
           This option is the same as the standard background option except that its value may
           also be specified as an undefined value.  In this case, the widget will display no
           background or border, and no colors will be consumed from its colormap for its
           background and border.

       Name:     colormap
       Class:    Colormap
       Switch:   -colormap
           Specifies a colormap to use for the window.  The value may be either new, in which
           case a new colormap is created for the window and its children, or the name of another
           window (which must be on the same screen and have the same visual as $widget), in
           which case the new window will use the colormap from the specified window.  If the
           colormap option is not specified, the new window uses the same colormap as its parent.
           This option may not be changed with the configure method.

       Name:     container
       Class:    Container
       Switch:   -container
           The value must be a boolean.  If true, it means that this window will be used as a
           container in which some other application will be embedded (for example, a Tk toplevel
           can be embedded using the -use option).  The window will support the appropriate
           window manager protocols for things like geometry requests.  The window should not
           have any children of its own in this application.  This option may not be changed with
           the configure method.

       Name:     height
       Class:    Height
       Switch:   -height
           Specifies the desired height for the window in any of the forms acceptable to
           Tk_GetPixels.  If this option is less than or equal to zero then the window will not
           request any size at all.

       Name:     visual
       Class:    Visual
       Switch:   -visual
           Specifies visual information for the new window in any of the forms accepted by
           Tk_GetVisual.  If this option is not specified, the new window will use the same
           visual as its parent.  The visual option may not be modified with the configure
           method.

       Name:     width
       Class:    Width
       Switch:   -width
           Specifies the desired width for the window in any of the forms acceptable to
           Tk_GetPixels.  If this option is less than or equal to zero then the window will not
           request any size at all.

DESCRIPTION

       The Frame method creates a new window (given by the $widget argument) and makes it into a
       frame widget.  Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command line
       or in the option database to configure aspects of the frame such as its background color
       and relief.  The frame command returns the path name of the new window.

       A frame is a simple widget.  Its primary purpose is to act as a spacer or container for
       complex window layouts.  The only features of a frame are its background color and an
       optional 3-D border to make the frame appear raised or sunken.

WIDGET METHODS

       The Frame 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 frame is created, it has no default event bindings: frames are not intended to
       be interactive.

KEYWORDS

       frame, widget