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NAME
tabset - Create and manipulate tabset widgets
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SYNOPSIS
tabset pathName ?options?
DESCRIPTION
The tabset widget displays a series of overlapping folders. Only the contents of one
folder at a time is displayed. By clicking on the tab's of a folder, you can view other
folders. Each folder may contain any Tk widget that can be automatically positioned and
resized in the folder.
There's no limit to the number of folders. Tabs can be tiered or scrolled. Pages (i.e.
embedded widgets) can be torn off and displayed in another toplevel widget, and also
restored. A tabset can also be used as just a set of tabs, without a displaying any
pages. You can bind events to individual tabs, so it's easy to add features like "balloon
help".
INTRODUCTION
Notebooks are a popular graphical paradigm. They allow you to organize several windows
that are too big to display at the same time as pages of a notebook. For example, your
application may display several X-Y graphs at the same time. The graphs are too big to
pack into the same frame. Managing them in several toplevel widgets is also cumbersome
and clutters the screen. Instead, the tabset widget organizes the graphs as folders in a
notebook.
Only one page is visible at a time. When you click on a tab, the folder corresponding to
the tab is displayed in the tabset widget. The tabset also lets you temporarily tear
pages out of the notebook into a separate toplevel widget, and put them back in the tabset
later. For example, you could compare two graphs side-by-side by tearing them out, and
then replace them when you are finished.
A tabset can contain any number of folders. If there are too many tabs to view, you can
arrange them as multiple tiers or scroll the tabs. You can also attach Tk scrollbars to
the tabset to scroll the tabs.
SYNTAX
The tabset command creates a new window using the pathName argument and makes it into a
tabset widget. tabset pathName ?option value?... Additional options may be specified on
the command line or in the option database to configure aspects of the tabset such as its
colors, font, text, and relief. The tabset command returns its pathName argument. At the
time this command is invoked, there must not exist a window named pathName, but pathName's
parent must exist.
When first created, a new tabset contains no tabs. Tabs are added or deleted using widget
operations described below. It is not necessary for all the tabs to be displayed in the
tabset window at once; commands described below may be used to change the view in the
window. Tabsets allow scrolling of tabs using the -scrollcommand option. They also
support scanning (see the scan operation). Tabs may be arranged along any side of the
tabset window using the -side option.
The size of the tabset window is determined the number of tiers of tabs and the sizes of
the Tk widgets embedded inside each folder. The widest widget determines the width of the
folder. The tallest determines the height. If no folders contain an embedded widget, the
size is detemined solely by the size of the tabs.
You can override either dimension with the tabset's -width and -height options.
INDICES
Indices refer to individual tabs/folders in the tabset. Many of the operations for tabset
widgets take one or more indices as arguments. An index may take several forms:
number Unique node id of the tab.
@x,y Tab that covers the point in the tabset window specified by x and y (in screen
coordinates). If no tab covers that point, then the index is ignored.
select The currently selected tab. The select index is typically changed by either
clicking on the tab with the left mouse button or using the widget's invoke
operation.
active The tab where the mouse pointer is currently located. The label is drawn
using its active colors (see the -activebackground and -activeforeground
options). The active index is typically changed by moving the mouse pointer
over a tab or using the widget's activate operation. There can be only one
active tab at a time. If there is no tab located under the mouse pointer, the
index is ignored.
focus Tab that currently has the widget's focus. This tab is displayed with a
dashed line around its label. You can change this using the focus operation.
If no tab has focus, then the index is ignored.
down Tab immediately below the tab that currently has focus, if there is one. If
there is no tab below, the current tab is returned.
left Tab immediately to the left the tab that currently has focus, if there is one.
If there is no tab to the left, the current tab is returned.
right Tab immediately to the right the tab that currently has focus, if there is
one. If there is no tab to the right, the current tab is returned.
up Tab immediately above, if there is one, to the tab that currently has focus.
If there is no tab above, the current tab is returned.
end Last tab in the tabset. If there are no tabs in the tabset then the index is
ignored.
Some indices may not always be available. For example, if the mouse is not over any tab,
"active" does not have an index. For most tabset operations this is harmless and ignored.
OPERATIONS
All tabset operations are invoked by specifying the widget's pathname, the operation, and
any arguments that pertain to that operation. The general form is:
pathName operation ?arg arg ...?
Operation and the args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following
operations are available for tabset widgets:
pathName activate index
Sets the active tab to the one indicated by index. The active tab is drawn with
its active colors (see the -activebackground and -activeforeground options) and may
be retrieved with the index active. Only one tab may be active at a time. If
index is the empty string, then all tabs will be drawn with their normal foreground
and background colors.
pathName bind tagName ?sequence? ?command?
Associates command with tagName such that whenever the event sequence given by
sequence occurs for a tab with this tag, command will be invoked. The syntax is
similar to the bind command except that it operates on tabs, rather than widgets.
See the bind manual entry for complete details on sequence and the substitutions
performed on command.
If all arguments are specified then a new binding is created, replacing any
existing binding for the same sequence and tagName. If the first character of
command is + then command augments an existing binding rather than replacing it.
If no command argument is provided then the command currently associated with
tagName and sequence (it's an error occurs if there's no such binding) is returned.
If both command and sequence are missing then a list of all the event sequences for
which bindings have been defined for tagName.
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may
have any of the values accepted by the configure operation described in the section
WIDGET OPTIONS below.
pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no option is
specified, returns a list describing all the available options for pathName (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 widget option(s) to have the given
value(s); in this case the command returns an empty string. Option and value are
described in the section WIDGET OPTIONS below.
pathName delete first ?last?
Deletes one or more tabs from the tabset. First and last are the first and last
indices, defining a range of tabs to be deleted. If last isn't specified, then
only the tab at first is deleted.
pathName focus index
Designates a tab to get the widget's focus. This tab is displayed with a dashed
line around its label.
pathName get index
Returns the name of the tab. The value of index may be in any form described in
the section INDICES .
pathName index ?flag? string
Returns the node id of the tab specified by string. If flag is -name, then string
is the name of a tab. If flag is -index, string is an index such as "active" or
"focus". If flag isn't specified, it defaults to -index.
pathName insert position name ?option value?...
Inserts new tabs into the tabset. Tabs are inserted just before the tab given by
position. Position may be either a number, indicating where in the list the new
tab should be added, or end, indicating that the new tab is to be added the end of
the list. Name is the symbolic name of the tab. Be careful not to use a number.
Otherwise the tabset will confuse it with tab indices. Returns a list of indices
for all the new tabs.
pathName invoke index
Selects the tab given by index, maps the tab's embedded widget, and invokes the Tcl
command associated with the tab, if there is one. The return value is the
return value from the Tcl command, or an empty string if there is no command
associated with the tab. This command is ignored if the tab's state (see the
-state option) is disabled.
pathName move index before|after index
Moves the tab index to a new position in the tabset.
pathName nearest x y
Returns the name of the tab nearest to given X-Y screen coordinate.
pathName perforation operation ?args?
This operation controls the perforation on the tab label.
pathName perforation highlight index boolean
pathName perforation invoke index
Invokes the command specified for perforations (see the -perforationcommand
widget option). Typically this command places the page into a top level
widget. The name of the toplevel is the concatonation of the pathName, "-",
and the tabName. The return value is the return value from the Tcl command,
or an empty string if there is no command associated with the tab.
This command is ignored if the tab's state (see the -state option) is
disabled.
pathName scan option args
This command implements scanning on tabsets. It has two forms, depending on
option:
pathName scan mark x y
Records x and y and the current view in the tabset window; used with later
scan dragto commands. Typically this command is associated with a mouse
button press in the widget. It returns an empty string.
pathName scan dragto x y.
This command computes the difference between its x and y arguments and the x
and y arguments to the last scan mark command for the widget. It then
adjusts the view by 10 times the difference in coordinates. This command is
typically associated with mouse motion events in the widget, to produce the
effect of dragging the list at high speed through the window. The return
value is an empty string.
pathName see index
Scrolls the tabset so that the tab index is visible in the widget's window.
pathName size
Returns the number of tabs in the tabset.
pathName tab operation ?args?
pathName tab cget nameOrIndex option
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option.
Option may have any of the values accepted by the tab configure operation
described in the section TAB OPTIONS below.
pathName tab configure nameOrIndex ?nameOrIndex...? option? ?value option value
...?
Query or modify the configuration options of one or more tabs. If no option
is specified, this operation returns a list describing all the available
options for nameOrIndex. NameOrIndex can be either the name of a tab or its
index. Names of tabs take precedence over their indices. That means a tab
named focus is picked over the "focus" tab.
If option is specified, but not value, then a list describing the one named
option is returned. If one or more option-value pairs are specified, then
each named tab (specified by nameOrIndex) will have its configurations
option(s) set the given value(s). In this last case, the empty string is
returned. Option and value are described in the section TAB OPTIONS below.
pathName tab names ?pattern?
Returns the names of all the tabs matching the given pattern. If no pattern
argument is provided, then all tab names are returned.
pathName tab tearoff index ?newName?
Reparents the widget embedded into index, placing it inside of newName.
NewName is either the name of an new widget that will contain the embedded
widget or the name of the tabset widget. It the last case, the embedded
widget is put back into the folder.
If no newName argument is provided, then the name of the current parent of
the embedded widget is returned.
pathName view args
This command queries or changes the position of the tabset in the widget's window.
It can take any of the following forms:
pathName view
Returns a list of two numbers between 0.0 and 1.0 that describe the amount
and position of the tabset that is visible in the window. For example, if
view is "0.2 0.6", 20% of the tabset's text is off-screen to the left, 40%
is visible in the window, and 40% of the tabset is off-screen to the right.
These are the same values passed to scrollbars via the -scrollcommand
option.
pathName view moveto fraction
Adjusts the view in the window so that fraction of the total width of the
tabset text is off-screen to the left. fraction must be a number between
0.0 and 1.0.
pathName view scroll number what
This command shifts the view in the window (left/top or right/bottom)
according to number and what. Number must be an integer. What must be
either units or pages or an abbreviation of these. If what is units, the
view adjusts left or right by number scroll units (see the -scrollincrement
option). ; if it is pages then the view adjusts by number widget windows.
If number is negative then tabs farther to the left become visible; if it is
positive then tabs farther to the right become visible.
WIDGET OPTIONS
Widget configuration options may be set either by the configure operation or the Tk option
command. The resource class is Tabset. The resource name is the name of the widget.
option add *Tabset.Foreground white
option add *Tabset.Background blue
The following widget options are available:
-activebackground color
Sets the default active background color for tabs. A tab is active when the mouse
is positioned over it or set by the activate operation. Individual tabs may
override this option by setting the tab's -activebackground option.
-activeforeground color
Sets the default active foreground color for tabs. A tab is active when the mouse
is positioned over it or set by the activate operation. Individual tabs may
override this option by setting the tab's -activeforeground option.
-background color
Sets the background color of the tabset.
-borderwidth pixels
Sets the width of the 3-D border around the outside edge of the widget. The
-relief option determines how the border is to be drawn. The default is 2.
-cursor cursor
Specifies the widget's cursor. The default cursor is "".
-dashes dashList
Sets the dash style of the focus outline. When a tab has the widget's focus, it is
drawn with a dashed outline around its label. DashList is a list of up to 11
numbers that alternately represent the lengths of the dashes and gaps on the cross
hair lines. Each number must be between 1 and 255. If dashList is "", the outline
will be a solid line. The default value is 5 2.
-font fontName
Sets the default font for the text in tab labels. Individual tabs may override
this by setting the tab's -font option. The default value is *-Helvetica-Bold-R-
Normal-*-12-120-*.
-foreground color
Sets the default color of tab labels. Individual tabs may override this option by
setting the tab's -foreground option. The default value is black.
-gap size
Sets the gap (in pixels) between tabs. The default value is 2.
-height pixels
Specifies the requested height of widget. If pixels is 0, then the height of the
widget will be calculated based on the size the tabs and their pages. The default
is 0.
-highlightbackground color
Sets the color to display in the traversal highlight region when the tabset does
not have the input focus.
-highlightcolor color
Sets the color to use for the traversal highlight rectangle that is drawn around
the widget when it has the input focus. The default is black.
-highlightthickness pixels
Sets the width of the highlight rectangle to draw around the outside of the widget
when it has the input focus. Pixels is a non-negative value and may have any of the
forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. If the value is zero, no focus highlight is
drawn around the widget. The default is 2.
-outerpad pixels
Padding around the exterior of the tabset and folder.
-pageheight pixels
Sets the requested height of the page. The page is the area under the tab used to
display the page contents. If pixels is 0, the maximum height of all embedded tab
windows is used. The default is 0.
-pagewidth pixels
Sets the requested width of the page. The page is the area under the tab used to
display the page contents. If pixels is 0, the maximum width of all embedded tab
windows is used. The default is 0.
-perforationcommand string
Specifies a Tcl script to be invoked to tear off the current page in the tabset.
This command is typically invoked when left mouse button is released over the tab
perforation. The default action is to tear-off the page and place it into a new
toplevel window.
-relief relief
Specifies the 3-D effect for the tabset widget. Relief specifies how the tabset
should appear relative to widget that it is packed into; for example, raised means
the tabset should appear to protrude. The default is sunken.
-rotate theta
Specifies the degrees to rotate text in tab labels. Theta is a real value
representing the number of degrees to rotate the tick labels. The default is 0.0
degrees.
-samewidth boolean
Indicates if each tab should be the same width. If true, each tab will be as wide
as the widest tab. The default is no.
-scrollcommand string
Specifies the prefix for a command for communicating with scrollbars. Whenever the
view in the widget's window changes, the widget will generate a Tcl command by
concatenating the scroll command and two numbers. If this option is not specified,
then no command will be executed.
-scrollincrement pixels
Sets the smallest number of pixels to scroll the tabs. If pixels is greater than
0, this sets the units for scrolling (e.g., when you the change the view by
clicking on the left and right arrows of a scrollbar).
-selectbackground color
Sets the color to use when displaying background of the selected tab. Individual
tabs can override this option by setting the tab's -selectbackground option.
-selectcommand string
Specifies a default Tcl script to be associated with tabs. This command is
typically invoked when left mouse button is released over the tab. Individual tabs
may override this with the tab's -command option. The default value is "".
-selectforeground color
Sets the default color of the selected tab's text label. Individual tabs can
override this option by setting the tab's -selectforeground option. The default
value is black.
-selectpad pixels
Specifies extra padding to be displayed around the selected tab. The default value
is 3.
-side side
Specifies the side of the widget to place tabs. The following values are valid for
side. The default value is top.
top Tabs are drawn along the top.
left Tabs are drawn along the left side.
right Tabs are drawn along the right side.
both Tabs are drawn along the bottom side.
-slant slant
Specifies if the tabs should be slanted 45 degrees on the left and/or right sides.
The following values are valid for slant. The default is none.
none Tabs are drawn as a rectangle.
left The left side of the tab is slanted.
right The right side of the tab is slanted.
both Boths sides of the tab are slanted.
-tabbackground color
Sets the default background color of tabs. Individual tabs can override this
option by setting the tab's -background option.
-tabborderwidth pixels
Sets the width of the 3-D border around the outside edge of the tab. The
-tabrelief option determines how the border is to be drawn. The default is 2.
-tabforeground color
Specifies the color to use when displaying a tab's label. Individual tabs can
override this option by setting the tab's -foreground option.
-tabrelief relief
Specifies the 3-D effect for both tabs and folders. Relief specifies how the tabs
should appear relative to background of the widget; for example, raised means the
tab should appear to protrude. The default is raised.
-takefocus focus
Provides information used when moving the focus from window to window via keyboard
traversal (e.g., Tab and Shift-Tab). If focus is 0, this means that this window
should be skipped entirely during keyboard traversal. 1 means that the this window
should always receive the input focus. An empty value means that the traversal
scripts decide whether to focus on the window. The default is 1.
-tearoff boolean
-textside side
If both images and text are specified for a tab, this option determines on which
side of the tab the text is to be displayed. The valid sides are left, right, top,
and bottom. The default value is left.
-tiers number
Specifies the maximum number of tiers to use to display the tabs. The default
value is 1.
-tile image
Specifies a tiled background for the widget. If image isn't "", the background is
tiled using image. Otherwise, the normal background color is drawn (see the
-background option). Image must be an image created using the Tk image command.
The default is "".
-width pixels
Specifies the requested width of the widget. If pixels is 0, then the width of the
widget will be calculated based on the size the tabs and their pages. The default
is 0.
TAB OPTIONS
In addition to the configure operation, widget configuration options may also be set by
the Tk option command. The class resource name is Tab.
option add *Tabset.Tab.Foreground white
option add *Tabset.name.Background blue
The following widget options are available:
-activebackground color
Sets the active background color for nameOrIndex. A tab is active when the mouse
is positioned over it or set by the activate operation. This overrides the
widget's -activebackground option.
-activeforeground color
Sets the default active foreground color nameOrIndex. A tab is "active" when the
mouse is positioned over it or set by the activate operation. Individual tabs may
override this option by setting the tab's -activeforeground option.
-anchor anchor
Anchors the tab's embedded widget to a particular edge of the folder. This option
has effect only if the space in the folder surrounding the embedded widget is
larger than the widget itself. Anchor specifies how the widget will be positioned
in the extra space. For example, if anchor is center then the window is centered
in the folder ; if anchor is w then the window will be aligned with the leftmost
edge of the folder. The default value is center.
-background color
Sets the background color for nameOrIndex. Setting this option overides the
widget's -tabbackground option.
-bindtags tagList
Specifies the binding tags for this tab. TagList is a list of binding tag names.
The tags and their order will determine how commands for events in tabs are
invoked. Each tag in the list matching the event sequence will have its Tcl
command executed. Implicitly the name of the tab is always the first tag in the
list. The default value is all.
-command string
Specifies a Tcl script to be associated with nameOrIndex. This command is
typically invoked when left mouse button is released over the tab. Setting this
option overrides the widget's -selectcommand option.
-data string
Specifies a string to be associated with nameOrIndex. This value isn't used in the
widget code. It may be used in Tcl bindings to associate extra data (other than
the image or text) with the tab. The default value is "".
-fill fill
If the space in the folder surrounding the tab's embedded widget is larger than the
widget, then fill indicates if the embedded widget should be stretched to occupy
the extra space. Fill is either none, x, y, both. For example, if fill is x, then
the widget is stretched horizontally. If fill is y, the widget is stretched
vertically. The default is none.
-font fontName
Sets the font for the text in tab labels. If fontName is not the empty string,
this overrides the tabset's -font option. The default value is "".
-foreground color
Sets the color of the label for nameOrIndex. If color is not the empty string,
this overrides the widget's -tabforeground option. The default value is "".
-image imageName
Specifies the image to be drawn in label for nameOrIndex. If image is "", no image
will be drawn. Both text and images may be displayed at the same time in tab
labels. The default value is "".
-ipadx pad
Sets the padding to the left and right of the label. Pad can be a list of one or
two screen distances. If pad has two elements, the left side of the label is
padded by the first distance and the right side by the second. If pad has just one
distance, both the left and right sides are padded evenly. The default value is 0.
-ipady pad
Sets the padding to the top and bottom of the label. Pad can be a list of one or
two screen distances. If pad has two elements, the top of the label is padded by
the first distance and the bottom by the second. If pad has just one distance,
both the top and bottom sides are padded evenly. The default value is 0.
-padx pad
Sets the padding around the left and right of the embedded widget, if one exists.
Pad can be a list of one or two screen distances. If pad has two elements, the
left side of the widget is padded by the first distance and the right side by the
second. If pad has just one distance, both the left and right sides are padded
evenly. The default value is 0.
-pady pad
Sets the padding around the top and bottom of the embedded widget, if one exists.
Pad can be a list of one or two screen distances. If pad has two elements, the top
of the widget is padded by the first distance and the bottom by the second. If pad
has just one distance, both the top and bottom sides are padded evenly. The
default value is 0.
-selectbackground color
Sets the color to use when displaying background of the selected tab. If color is
not the empty string, this overrides the widget's -selectbackground option. The
default value is "".
-shadow color
Sets the shadow color for the text in the tab's label. Drop shadows are useful when
both the foreground and background of the tab have similar color intensities. If
color is the empty string, no shadow is drawn. The default value is "".
-state state
Sets the state of the tab. If state is disable the text of the tab is drawn as
engraved and operations on the tab (such as invoke and tab tearoff) are ignored.
The default is normal.
-stipple bitmap
Specifies a stipple pattern to use for the background of the folder when the window
is torn off. Bitmap specifies a bitmap to use as the stipple pattern. The default
is BLT.
-text text
Specifies the text of the tab's label. The exact way the text is drawn may be
affected by other options such as -state or -rotate.
-window pathName
Specifies the widget to be embedded into the tab. PathName must be a child of the
tabset widget. The tabset will "pack" and manage the size and placement of
pathName. The default value is "".
-windowheight pixels
Sets the requested height of the page. The page is the area under the tab used to
display the page contents. If pixels is 0, the maximum height of all embedded tab
windows is used. The default is 0.
-windowwidth pixels
Sets the requested width of the page. The page is the area under the tab used to
display the page contents. If pixels is 0, the maximum width of all embedded tab
windows is used. The default is 0.
DEFAULT BINDINGS
BLT automatically generates class bindings that supply tabsets their default behaviors.
The following event sequences are set by default for tabsets (via the class bind tag
Tabset):
<ButtonPress-2>
<B2-Motion>
<ButtonRelease-2>
Mouse button 2 may be used for scanning. If it is pressed and dragged over the
tabset, the contents of the tabset drag at high speed in the direction the mouse
moves.
<KeyPress-Up>
<KeyPress-Down>
The up and down arrow keys move the focus to the tab immediately above or below the
current focus tab. The tab with focus is drawn with the a dashed outline around
the tab label.
<KeyPress-Left>
<KeyPress-Right>
The left and right arrow keys move the focus to the tab immediately to the left or
right of the current focus tab. The tab with focus is drawn with the a dashed
outline around the tab label.
<KeyPress-space>
<KeyPress-Return>
The space and return keys select the current tab given focus. When a folder is
selected, it's command is invoked and the embedded widget is mapped.
Each tab, by default, also has a set of bindings (via the tag all). These bindings may be
reset using the tabset's bind operation.
<Enter>
<Leave>
When the mouse pointer enters a tab, it is activated (i.e. drawn in its active
colors) and when the pointer leaves, it is redrawn in its normal colors.
<ButtonRelease-1>
Clicking with the left mouse button on a tab causes the tab to be selected and its
Tcl script (see the -command or -selectcommand options) to be invoked. The folder
and any embedded widget (if one is specified) is automatically mapped.
<ButtonRelease-3>
<Control-ButtonRelease-1>
Clicking on the right mouse button (or the left mouse button with the Control key
held down) tears off the current page into its own toplevel widget. The embedded
widget is re-packed into a new toplevel and an outline of the widget is drawn in
the folder. Clicking again (toggling) will reverse this operation and replace the
page back in the folder.
BIND TAGS
You can bind commands to tabs that are triggered when a particular event sequence occurs
in them, much like canvas items in Tk's canvas widget. Not all event sequences are valid.
The only binding events that may be specified are those related to the mouse and keyboard
(such as Enter, Leave, ButtonPress, Motion, and KeyPress).
It is possible for multiple bindings to match a particular event. This could occur, for
example, if one binding is associated with the tab name and another is associated with the
tab's tags (see the -bindtags option). When this occurs, all the matching bindings are
invoked. A binding associated with the tab name is invoked first, followed by one binding
for each of the tab's bindtags. If there are multiple matching bindings for a single tag,
then only the most specific binding is invoked. A continue command in a binding script
terminates that script, and a break command terminates that script and skips any remaining
scripts for the event, just as for the bind command.
The -bindtags option for tabs controls addition tag names that can be matched. Implicitly
the first tag for each tab is its name. Setting the value of the -bindtags option doesn't
change this.
EXAMPLE
You create a tabset widget with the tabset command.
# Create a new tabset
tabset .ts -relief sunken -borderwidth 2
A new Tcl command .ts is also created. This command can be used to query and modify the
tabset. For example, to change the default font used by all the tab labels, you use the
new command and the tabset's configure operation.
# Change the default font.
.ts configure -font "fixed"
You can then add folders using the insert operation.
# Create a new folder "f1"
.ts insert 0 "f1"
This inserts the new tab named "f1" into the tabset. The index 0 indicates location to
insert the new tab. You can also use the index end to append a tab to the end of the
tabset. By default, the text of the tab is the name of the tab. You can change this by
configuring the -text option.
# Change the label of "f1"
.ts tab configure "f1" -text "Tab #1"
The insert operation lets you add one or more folders at a time.
.ts insert end "f2" -text "Tab #2" "f3" "f4"
The tab on each folder contains a label. A label may display both an image and a text
string. You can reconfigure the tab's attributes (foreground/background colors, font,
rotation, etc) using the tab configure operation.
# Add an image to the label of "f1"
set image [image create photo -file stopsign.gif]
.ts tab configure "f1" -image $image
.ts tab configure "f2" -rotate 90
Each folder may contain an embedded widget to represent its contents. The widget to be
embedded must be a child of the tabset widget. Using the -window option, you specify the
name of widget to be embedded. But don't pack the widget, the tabset takes care of
placing and arranging the widget for you.
graph .ts.graph
.ts tab configure "f1" -window ".ts.graph" \
-fill both -padx 0.25i -pady 0.25i
The size of the folder is determined the sizes of the Tk widgets embedded inside each
folder. The folder will be as wide as the widest widget in any folder. The tallest
determines the height. You can use the tab's -pagewidth and -pageheight options override
this.
Other options control how the widget appears in the folder. The -fill option says that
you wish to have the widget stretch to fill the available space in the folder.
.ts tab configure "f1" -fill both -padx 0.25i -pady 0.25i
Now when you click the left mouse button on "f1", the graph will be displayed in the
folder. It will be automatically hidden when another folder is selected. If you click on
the right mouse button, the embedded widget will be moved into a toplevel widget of its
own. Clicking again on the right mouse button puts it back into the folder.
If you want to share a page between two different folders, the -command option lets you
specify a Tcl command to be invoked whenever the folder is selected. You can reset the
-window option for the tab whenever it's clicked.
.ts tab configure "f2" -command {
.ts tab configure "f2" -window ".ts.graph"
}
.ts tab configure "f1" -command {
.ts tab configure "f1" -window ".ts.graph"
}
If you have many folders, you may wish to stack tabs in multiple tiers. The tabset's
-tiers option requests a maximum number of tiers. The default is one tier.
.ts configure -tiers 2
If the tabs can fit in less tiers, the widget will use that many. Whenever there are more
tabs than can be displayed in the maximum number of tiers, the tabset will automatically
let you scroll the tabs. You can even attach a scrollbar to the tabset.
.ts configure -scrollcommand { .sbar set } -scrollincrement 20
.sbar configure -orient horizontal -command { .ts view }
By default tabs are along the top of the tabset from left to right. But tabs can be
placed on any side of the tabset using the -side option.
# Arrange tabs along the right side of the tabset.
.ts configure -side right -rotate 270
KEYWORDS
tabset, widget