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diff --git a/tk8.6/doc/wm.n b/tk8.6/doc/wm.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7aedf7 --- /dev/null +++ b/tk8.6/doc/wm.n @@ -0,0 +1,859 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1991-1994 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +.TH wm n 8.5 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands" +.so man.macros +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +wm \- Communicate with window manager +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBwm\fR \fIoption window \fR?\fIargs\fR? +.BE +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +The \fBwm\fR command is used to interact with window managers in +order to control such things as the title for a window, its geometry, +or the increments in terms of which it may be resized. The \fBwm\fR +command can take any of a number of different forms, depending on +the \fIoption\fR argument. All of the forms expect at least one +additional argument, \fIwindow\fR, which must be the path name of a +top-level window. +.PP +The legal forms for the \fBwm\fR command are: +.TP +\fBwm aspect \fIwindow\fR ?\fIminNumer minDenom maxNumer maxDenom\fR? +. +If \fIminNumer\fR, \fIminDenom\fR, \fImaxNumer\fR, and \fImaxDenom\fR +are all specified, then they will be passed to the window manager +and the window manager should use them to enforce a range of +acceptable aspect ratios for \fIwindow\fR. The aspect ratio of +\fIwindow\fR (width/length) will be constrained to lie +between \fIminNumer\fR/\fIminDenom\fR and \fImaxNumer\fR/\fImaxDenom\fR. +If \fIminNumer\fR etc. are all specified as empty strings, then +any existing aspect ratio restrictions are removed. +If \fIminNumer\fR etc. are specified, then the command returns an +empty string. Otherwise, it returns +a Tcl list containing four elements, which are the current values +of \fIminNumer\fR, \fIminDenom\fR, \fImaxNumer\fR, and \fImaxDenom\fR +(if no aspect restrictions are in effect, then an empty string is +returned). +.TP +\fBwm attributes \fIwindow\fR +.TP +\fBwm attributes \fIwindow\fR ?\fBoption\fR? +.TP +\fBwm attributes \fIwindow\fR ?\fBoption value option value...\fR? +. +This subcommand returns or sets platform specific attributes associated +with a window. The first form returns a list of the platform specific +flags and their values. The second form returns the value for the +specific option. The third form sets one or more of the values. The +values are as follows: +.RS +.PP +All platforms support the following attributes (though X11 users +should see the notes below): +.TP +\fB\-alpha\fR +. +Specifies the alpha transparency level of the toplevel. It accepts a value +from \fB0.0\fR (fully transparent) to \fB1.0\fR (opaque). Values outside that +range will be constrained. Where not supported, the \fB\-alpha\fR value +remains at \fB1.0\fR. +.TP +\fB\-fullscreen\fR +. +Places the window in a mode that takes up the entire screen, has no +borders, and covers the general use area (i.e. Start menu and taskbar on +Windows, dock and menubar on OSX, general window decorations on X11). +.TP +\fB\-topmost\fR +. +Specifies whether this is a topmost window (displays above all other windows). +.PP +On Windows, the following attributes may be set. +.TP +\fB\-disabled\fR +. +Specifies whether the window is in a disabled state. +.TP +\fB\-toolwindow\fR +. +Specifies a toolwindow style window (as defined in the MSDN). +.TP +\fB\-transparentcolor\fR +. +Specifies the transparent color index of the toplevel. It takes any color +value accepted by \fBTk_GetColor\fR. If the empty string is specified +(default), no transparent color is used. This is supported on Windows +2000/XP+. Where not supported, the \fB\-transparentcolor\fR value remains +at \fB{}\fR. +.PP +On Mac OS X, the following attributes may be set. +.TP +\fB\-modified\fR +. +Specifies the modification state of the window (determines whether the +window close widget contains the modification indicator and whether the +proxy icon is draggable). +.TP +\fB\-notify\fR +. +Specifies process notification state (bouncing of the application dock icon). +.TP +\fB\-titlepath\fR +. +Specifies the path of the file referenced as the window proxy icon (which +can be dragged and dropped in lieu of the file's finder icon). +.TP +\fB\-transparent\fR +. +Makes the window content area transparent and turns off the window shadow. For +the transparency to be effective, the toplevel background needs to be set to a +color with some alpha, e.g. +.QW systemTransparent . +.PP +On X11, the following attributes may be set. These are not supported by all +window managers, and will have no effect under older WMs. +.\" See http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/wm-spec +.TP +\fB\-type\fR +.VS 8.6 +Requests that the window should be interpreted by the window manager as being +of the specified type(s). This may cause the window to be decorated in a +different way or otherwise managed differently, though exactly what happens is +entirely up to the window manager. A list of types may be used, in order of +preference. The following values are mapped to constants defined in the EWMH +specification (using others is possible, but not advised): +.RS +.TP +\fBdesktop\fR +. +indicates a desktop feature, +.TP +\fBdock\fR +. +indicates a dock/panel feature, +.TP +\fBtoolbar\fR +. +indicates a toolbar window that should be acting on behalf of another window, +as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fBmenu\fR +. +indicates a torn-off menu that should be acting on behalf of another window, +as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fButility\fR +. +indicates a utility window (e.g., palette or toolbox) that should be acting on +behalf of another window, as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fBsplash\fR +. +indicates a splash screen, displayed during application start up, +.TP +\fBdialog\fR +. +indicates a general dialog window, that should be acting on behalf of another +window, as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fBdropdown_menu\fR +. +indicates a menu summoned from a menu bar, which should usually also be set to +be override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBpopup_menu\fR +. +indicates a popup menu, which should usually also be set to be +override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBtooltip\fR +. +indicates a tooltip window, which should usually also be set to be +override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBnotification\fR +. +indicates a window that provides a background notification of some event, +which should usually also be set to be override-redirected (with \fBwm +overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBcombo\fR +. +indicates the drop-down list of a combobox widget, which should usually also +be set to be override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBdnd\fR +. +indicates a window that represents something being dragged, which should +usually also be set to be override-redirected (with +\fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBnormal\fR +. +indicates a window that has no special interpretation. +.RE +.VE 8.6 +.TP +\fB\-zoomed\fR +. +Requests that the window should be maximized. This is the same as \fBwm state +zoomed\fR on Windows and Mac OS X. +.PP +On X11, changes to window attributes are performed asynchronously. Querying +the value of an attribute returns the current state, which will not be the +same as the value most recently set if the window manager has not yet +processed the request or if it does not support the attribute. +.RE +.TP +\fBwm client \fIwindow\fR ?\fIname\fR? +. +If \fIname\fR is specified, this command stores \fIname\fR (which +should be the name of +the host on which the application is executing) in \fIwindow\fR's +\fBWM_CLIENT_MACHINE\fR property for use by the window manager or +session manager. +The command returns an empty string in this case. +If \fIname\fR is not specified, the command returns the last name +set in a \fBwm client\fR command for \fIwindow\fR. +If \fIname\fR is specified as an empty string, the command deletes the +\fBWM_CLIENT_MACHINE\fR property from \fIwindow\fR. +.TP +\fBwm colormapwindows \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwindowList\fR? +. +This command is used to manipulate the \fBWM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS\fR +property, which provides information to the window managers about +windows that have private colormaps. +.RS +.PP +If \fIwindowList\fR is not specified, the command returns a list +whose elements are the names of the windows in the \fBWM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS\fR +property. +If \fIwindowList\fR is specified, it consists of a list of window +path names; the command overwrites the \fBWM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS\fR +property with the given windows and returns an empty string. +The \fBWM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS\fR property should normally contain a +list of the internal windows within \fIwindow\fR whose colormaps differ +from their parents. +.PP +The order of the windows in the property indicates a priority order: +the window manager will attempt to install as many colormaps as possible +from the head of this list when \fIwindow\fR gets the colormap focus. +If \fIwindow\fR is not included among the windows in \fIwindowList\fR, +Tk implicitly adds it at the end of the \fBWM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS\fR +property, so that its colormap is lowest in priority. +If \fBwm colormapwindows\fR is not invoked, Tk will automatically set +the property for each top-level window to all the internal windows +whose colormaps differ from their parents, followed by the top-level +itself; the order of the internal windows is undefined. +See the ICCCM documentation for more information on the +\fBWM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS\fR property. +.RE +.TP +\fBwm command \fIwindow\fR ?\fIvalue\fR? +. +If \fIvalue\fR is specified, this command stores \fIvalue\fR in \fIwindow\fR's +\fBWM_COMMAND\fR property for use by the window manager or +session manager and returns an empty string. +\fIValue\fR must have proper list structure; the elements should +contain the words of the command used to invoke the application. +If \fIvalue\fR is not specified then the command returns the last value +set in a \fBwm command\fR command for \fIwindow\fR. +If \fIvalue\fR is specified as an empty string, the command +deletes the \fBWM_COMMAND\fR property from \fIwindow\fR. +.TP +\fBwm deiconify \fIwindow\fR +. +Arrange for \fIwindow\fR to be displayed in normal (non-iconified) form. +This is done by mapping the window. If the window has never been +mapped then this command will not map the window, but it will ensure +that when the window is first mapped it will be displayed +in de-iconified form. On Windows, a deiconified window will also be +raised and be given the focus (made the active window). +Returns an empty string. +.TP +\fBwm focusmodel \fIwindow\fR ?\fBactive\fR|\fBpassive\fR? +. +If \fBactive\fR or \fBpassive\fR is supplied as an optional argument +to the command, then it specifies the focus model for \fIwindow\fR. +In this case the command returns an empty string. If no additional +argument is supplied, then the command returns the current focus +model for \fIwindow\fR. +.RS +.PP +An \fBactive\fR focus model means that \fIwindow\fR will claim the +input focus for itself or its descendants, even at times when +the focus is currently in some other application. \fBPassive\fR means that +\fIwindow\fR will never claim the focus for itself: the window manager +should give the focus to \fIwindow\fR at appropriate times. However, +once the focus has been given to \fIwindow\fR or one of its descendants, +the application may re-assign the focus among \fIwindow\fR's descendants. +The focus model defaults to \fBpassive\fR, and Tk's \fBfocus\fR command +assumes a passive model of focusing. +.RE +.TP +\fBwm forget \fIwindow\fR +. +The \fIwindow\fR will be unmapped from the screen and will no longer +be managed by \fBwm\fR. Windows created with the \fBtoplevel\fR +command will be treated like \fBframe\fR windows once they are no +longer managed by \fBwm\fR, however, the \fB\-menu\fR configuration will be +remembered and the menus will return once the widget is managed again. +.TP +\fBwm frame \fIwindow\fR +. +If \fIwindow\fR has been reparented by the window manager into a +decorative frame, the command returns the platform specific window +identifier for the outermost frame that contains \fIwindow\fR (the +window whose parent is the root or virtual root). If \fIwindow\fR +has not been reparented by the window manager then the command returns +the platform specific window identifier for \fIwindow\fR. +.TP +\fBwm geometry \fIwindow\fR ?\fInewGeometry\fR? +. +If \fInewGeometry\fR is specified, then the geometry of \fIwindow\fR +is changed and an empty string is returned. Otherwise the current +geometry for \fIwindow\fR is returned (this is the most recent +geometry specified either by manual resizing or +in a \fBwm geometry\fR command). \fINewGeometry\fR has +the form \fB=\fIwidth\fBx\fIheight\fB\(+-\fIx\fB\(+-\fIy\fR, where +any of \fB=\fR, \fIwidth\fBx\fIheight\fR, or \fB\(+-\fIx\fB\(+-\fIy\fR +may be omitted. \fIWidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are positive integers +specifying the desired dimensions of \fIwindow\fR. If \fIwindow\fR +is gridded (see \fBGRIDDED GEOMETRY MANAGEMENT\fR below) then the dimensions +are specified in grid units; otherwise they are specified in pixel +units. +.RS +.PP +\fIX\fR and \fIy\fR specify the desired location of +\fIwindow\fR on the screen, in pixels. +If \fIx\fR is preceded by \fB+\fR, it specifies +the number of pixels between the left edge of the screen and the left +edge of \fIwindow\fR's border; if preceded by \fB\-\fR then +\fIx\fR specifies the number of pixels +between the right edge of the screen and the right edge of \fIwindow\fR's +border. If \fIy\fR is preceded by \fB+\fR then it specifies the +number of pixels between the top of the screen and the top +of \fIwindow\fR's border; if \fIy\fR is preceded by \fB\-\fR then +it specifies the number of pixels between the bottom of \fIwindow\fR's +border and the bottom of the screen. +.PP +If \fInewGeometry\fR is specified as an empty string then any +existing user-specified geometry for \fIwindow\fR is cancelled, and +the window will revert to the size requested internally by its +widgets. +.PP +Note that this is related to \fBwinfo geometry\fR, but not the same. That can +only query the geometry, and always reflects Tk's current understanding of the +actual size and location of \fIwindow\fR, whereas \fBwm geometry\fR allows +both setting and querying of the \fIwindow manager\fR's understanding of the +size and location of the window. This can vary significantly, for example to +reflect the addition of decorative elements to \fIwindow\fR such as title +bars, and window managers are not required to precisely follow the requests +made through this command. +.RE +.TP +\fBwm grid \fIwindow\fR ?\fIbaseWidth baseHeight widthInc heightInc\fR? +. +This command indicates that \fIwindow\fR is to be managed as a +gridded window. +It also specifies the relationship between grid units and pixel units. +\fIBaseWidth\fR and \fIbaseHeight\fR specify the number of grid +units corresponding to the pixel dimensions requested internally +by \fIwindow\fR using \fBTk_GeometryRequest\fR. \fIWidthInc\fR +and \fIheightInc\fR specify the number of pixels in each horizontal +and vertical grid unit. +These four values determine a range of acceptable sizes for +\fIwindow\fR, corresponding to grid-based widths and heights +that are non-negative integers. +Tk will pass this information to the window manager; during +manual resizing, the window manager will restrict the window's size +to one of these acceptable sizes. +.RS +.PP +Furthermore, during manual resizing the window manager will display +the window's current size in terms of grid units rather than pixels. +If \fIbaseWidth\fR etc. are all specified as empty strings, then +\fIwindow\fR will no longer be managed as a gridded window. If +\fIbaseWidth\fR etc. are specified then the return value is an +empty string. +.PP +Otherwise the return value is a Tcl list containing +four elements corresponding to the current \fIbaseWidth\fR, +\fIbaseHeight\fR, \fIwidthInc\fR, and \fIheightInc\fR; if +\fIwindow\fR is not currently gridded, then an empty string +is returned. +.PP +Note: this command should not be needed very often, since the +\fBTk_SetGrid\fR library procedure and the \fBsetGrid\fR option +provide easier access to the same functionality. +.RE +.TP +\fBwm group \fIwindow\fR ?\fIpathName\fR? +. +If \fIpathName\fR is specified, it gives the path name for the leader of +a group of related windows. The window manager may use this information, +for example, to unmap all of the windows in a group when the group's +leader is iconified. \fIPathName\fR may be specified as an empty string to +remove \fIwindow\fR from any group association. If \fIpathName\fR is +specified then the command returns an empty string; otherwise it +returns the path name of \fIwindow\fR's current group leader, or an empty +string if \fIwindow\fR is not part of any group. +.TP +\fBwm iconbitmap \fIwindow\fR ?\fIbitmap\fR? +. +If \fIbitmap\fR is specified, then it names a bitmap in the standard +forms accepted by Tk (see the \fBTk_GetBitmap\fR manual entry for details). +This bitmap is passed to the window manager to be displayed in +\fIwindow\fR's icon, and the command returns an empty string. If +an empty string is specified for \fIbitmap\fR, then any current icon +bitmap is cancelled for \fIwindow\fR. +If \fIbitmap\fR is specified then the command returns an empty string. +Otherwise it returns the name of +the current icon bitmap associated with \fIwindow\fR, or an empty +string if \fIwindow\fR has no icon bitmap. On the Windows operating +system, an additional flag is supported: +.RS +.TP +\fBwm iconbitmap \fIwindow\fR ?\fB\-default\fR? ?\fIimage\fR? +. +If the \fB\-default\fR +flag is given, the icon is applied to all toplevel windows (existing +and future) to which no other specific icon has yet been applied. +In addition to bitmap image types, a full path specification to +any file which contains a valid +Windows icon is also accepted (usually .ico or .icr files), or any +file for which the shell has assigned an icon. Tcl will +first test if the file contains an icon, then if it has an assigned +icon, and finally, if that fails, test for +a bitmap. +.RE +.TP +\fBwm iconify \fIwindow\fR +. +Arrange for \fIwindow\fR to be iconified. It \fIwindow\fR has not +yet been mapped for the first time, this command will arrange for +it to appear in the iconified state when it is eventually mapped. +.TP +\fBwm iconmask \fIwindow\fR ?\fIbitmap\fR? +. +If \fIbitmap\fR is specified, then it names a bitmap in the standard +forms accepted by Tk (see the \fBTk_GetBitmap\fR manual entry for details). +This bitmap is passed to the window manager to be used as a mask +in conjunction with the \fBiconbitmap\fR option: where the mask +has zeroes no icon will be displayed; where it has ones, the bits +from the icon bitmap will be displayed. If +an empty string is specified for \fIbitmap\fR then any current icon +mask is cancelled for \fIwindow\fR (this is equivalent to specifying +a bitmap of all ones). If \fIbitmap\fR is specified +then the command returns an empty string. Otherwise it +returns the name of the current icon mask associated with +\fIwindow\fR, or an empty string if no mask is in effect. +.TP +\fBwm iconname \fIwindow\fR ?\fInewName\fR? +. +If \fInewName\fR is specified, then it is passed to the window +manager; the window manager should display \fInewName\fR inside +the icon associated with \fIwindow\fR. In this case an empty +string is returned as result. If \fInewName\fR is not specified +then the command returns the current icon name for \fIwindow\fR, +or an empty string if no icon name has been specified (in this +case the window manager will normally display the window's title, +as specified with the \fBwm title\fR command). +.TP +\fBwm iconphoto \fIwindow\fR ?\fB\-default\fR? \fIimage1\fR ?\fIimage2 ...\fR? +. +Sets the titlebar icon for \fIwindow\fR based on the named photo images. +If \fB\-default\fR is specified, this is applied to all future created +toplevels as well. The data in the images is taken as a snapshot at the +time of invocation. If the images are later changed, this is not +reflected to the titlebar icons. Multiple images are accepted to allow +different images sizes (e.g., 16x16 and 32x32) to be provided. The window +manager may scale provided icons to an appropriate size. +.RS +.PP +On Windows, the images are packed into a Windows icon structure. +This will override an ico specified to \fBwm iconbitmap\fR, and +vice versa. +.PP +On X, the images are arranged into the _NET_WM_ICON X property, which +most modern window managers support. A \fBwm iconbitmap\fR may exist +simultaneously. It is recommended to use not more than 2 icons, placing +the larger icon first. +.PP +On Macintosh, the first image called is loaded into an OSX-native icon +format, and becomes the application icon in dialogs, the Dock, and +other contexts. At the +script level the command will accept only the first image passed in the +parameters as support for multiple sizes/resolutions on macOS is outside Tk's +scope. Developers should use the largest icon they can support +(preferably 512 pixels) to ensure smooth rendering on the Mac. +.RE +.TP +\fBwm iconposition \fIwindow\fR ?\fIx y\fR? +. +If \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR are specified, they are passed to the window +manager as a hint about where to position the icon for \fIwindow\fR. +In this case an empty string is returned. If \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR are +specified as empty strings then any existing icon position hint is cancelled. +If neither \fIx\fR nor \fIy\fR is specified, then the command returns +a Tcl list containing two values, which are the current icon position +hints (if no hints are in effect then an empty string is returned). +.TP +\fBwm iconwindow \fIwindow\fR ?\fIpathName\fR? +. +If \fIpathName\fR is specified, it is the path name for a window to +use as icon for \fIwindow\fR: when \fIwindow\fR is iconified then +\fIpathName\fR will be mapped to serve as icon, and when \fIwindow\fR +is de-iconified then \fIpathName\fR will be unmapped again. If +\fIpathName\fR is specified as an empty string then any existing +icon window association for \fIwindow\fR will be cancelled. If +the \fIpathName\fR argument is specified then an empty string is +returned. Otherwise the command returns the path name of the +current icon window for \fIwindow\fR, or an empty string if there +is no icon window currently specified for \fIwindow\fR. +Button press events are disabled for \fIwindow\fR as long as it is +an icon window; this is needed in order to allow window managers to +.QW own +those events. +Note: not all window managers support the notion of an icon window. +.TP +\fBwm manage \fIwidget\fR +. +The \fIwidget\fR specified will become a stand alone top-level window. The +window will be decorated with the window managers title bar, etc. Only +\fIframe\fR, \fIlabelframe\fR and \fItoplevel\fR widgets can be used +with this command. Attempting to pass any other widget type will raise +an error. Attempting to manage a \fItoplevel\fR widget is benign and +achieves nothing. See also \fBGEOMETRY MANAGEMENT\fR. +.TP +\fBwm maxsize \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwidth height\fR? +. +If \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are specified, they give +the maximum permissible dimensions for \fIwindow\fR. +For gridded windows the dimensions are specified in +grid units; otherwise they are specified in pixel units. +The window manager will restrict the window's dimensions to be +less than or equal to \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR. +If \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are +specified, then the command returns an empty string. Otherwise +it returns a Tcl list with two elements, which are the +maximum width and height currently in effect. +The maximum size defaults to the size of the screen. +See the sections on geometry management below for more information. +.TP +\fBwm minsize \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwidth height\fR? +. +If \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are specified, they give the +minimum permissible dimensions for \fIwindow\fR. +For gridded windows the dimensions are specified in +grid units; otherwise they are specified in pixel units. +The window manager will restrict the window's dimensions to be +greater than or equal to \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR. +If \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are +specified, then the command returns an empty string. Otherwise +it returns a Tcl list with two elements, which are the +minimum width and height currently in effect. +The minimum size defaults to one pixel in each dimension. +See the sections on geometry management below for more information. +.TP +\fBwm overrideredirect \fIwindow\fR ?\fIboolean\fR? +. +If \fIboolean\fR is specified, it must have a proper boolean form and +the override-redirect flag for \fIwindow\fR is set to that value. +If \fIboolean\fR is not specified then \fB1\fR or \fB0\fR is +returned to indicate whether or not the override-redirect flag +is currently set for \fIwindow\fR. +Setting the override-redirect flag for a window causes +it to be ignored by the window manager; among other things, this means +that the window will not be reparented from the root window into a +decorative frame and the user will not be able to manipulate the +window using the normal window manager mechanisms. +.RS +.PP +Note that the override-redirect flag is only guaranteed to be taken notice of +when the window is first mapped or when mapped after the state is changed from +withdrawn to normal. Some, but not all, platforms will take notice at +additional times. +.RE +.TP +\fBwm positionfrom \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwho\fR? +. +If \fIwho\fR is specified, it must be either \fBprogram\fR or +\fBuser\fR, or an abbreviation of one of these two. It indicates +whether \fIwindow\fR's current position was requested by the +program or by the user. Many window managers ignore program-requested +initial positions and ask the user to manually position the window; if +\fBuser\fR is specified then the window manager should position the +window at the given place without asking the user for assistance. +If \fIwho\fR is specified as an empty string, then the current position +source is cancelled. +If \fIwho\fR is specified, then the command returns an empty string. +Otherwise it returns \fBuser\fR or \fBprogram\fR to indicate the +source of the window's current position, or an empty string if +no source has been specified yet. Most window managers interpret +.QW "no source" +as equivalent to \fBprogram\fR. +Tk will automatically set the position source to \fBuser\fR +when a \fBwm geometry\fR command is invoked, unless the source has +been set explicitly to \fBprogram\fR. +.TP +\fBwm protocol \fIwindow\fR ?\fIname\fR? ?\fIcommand\fR? +. +This command is used to manage window manager protocols such as +\fBWM_DELETE_WINDOW\fR. +\fIName\fR is the name of an atom corresponding to a window manager +protocol, such as \fBWM_DELETE_WINDOW\fR or \fBWM_SAVE_YOURSELF\fR +or \fBWM_TAKE_FOCUS\fR. +If both \fIname\fR and \fIcommand\fR are specified, then \fIcommand\fR +is associated with the protocol specified by \fIname\fR. +\fIName\fR will be added to \fIwindow\fR's \fBWM_PROTOCOLS\fR +property to tell the window manager that the application has a +protocol handler for \fIname\fR, and \fIcommand\fR will +be invoked in the future whenever the window manager sends a +message to the client for that protocol. +In this case the command returns an empty string. +If \fIname\fR is specified but \fIcommand\fR is not, then the current +command for \fIname\fR is returned, or an empty string if there +is no handler defined for \fIname\fR. +If \fIcommand\fR is specified as an empty string then the current +handler for \fIname\fR is deleted and it is removed from the +\fBWM_PROTOCOLS\fR property on \fIwindow\fR; an empty string is +returned. +Lastly, if neither \fIname\fR nor \fIcommand\fR is specified, the +command returns a list of all the protocols for which handlers +are currently defined for \fIwindow\fR. +.RS +.PP +Tk always defines a protocol handler for \fBWM_DELETE_WINDOW\fR, even if +you have not asked for one with \fBwm protocol\fR. +If a \fBWM_DELETE_WINDOW\fR message arrives when you have not defined +a handler, then Tk handles the message by destroying the window for +which it was received. +.RE +.TP +\fBwm resizable \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwidth height\fR? +. +This command controls whether or not the user may interactively +resize a top-level window. If \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are +specified, they are boolean values that determine whether the +width and height of \fIwindow\fR may be modified by the user. +In this case the command returns an empty string. +If \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are omitted then the command +returns a list with two 0/1 elements that indicate whether the +width and height of \fIwindow\fR are currently resizable. +By default, windows are resizable in both dimensions. +If resizing is disabled, then the window's size will be the size +from the most recent interactive resize or \fBwm geometry\fR +command. If there has been no such operation then +the window's natural size will be used. +.TP +\fBwm sizefrom \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwho\fR? +. +If \fIwho\fR is specified, it must be either \fBprogram\fR or +\fBuser\fR, or an abbreviation of one of these two. It indicates +whether \fIwindow\fR's current size was requested by the +program or by the user. Some window managers ignore program-requested +sizes and ask the user to manually size the window; if +\fBuser\fR is specified then the window manager should give the +window its specified size without asking the user for assistance. +If \fIwho\fR is specified as an empty string, then the current size +source is cancelled. +If \fIwho\fR is specified, then the command returns an empty string. +Otherwise it returns \fBuser\fR or \fBwindow\fR to indicate the +source of the window's current size, or an empty string if +no source has been specified yet. Most window managers interpret +.QW "no source" +as equivalent to \fBprogram\fR. +.TP +\fBwm stackorder \fIwindow\fR ?\fBisabove\fR|\fBisbelow \fIwindow\fR? +. +The \fBstackorder\fR command returns a list of toplevel windows +in stacking order, from lowest to highest. When a single toplevel +window is passed, the returned list recursively includes all of the +window's children that are toplevels. Only those toplevels +that are currently mapped to the screen are returned. +The \fBstackorder\fR command can also be used to determine if one +toplevel is positioned above or below a second toplevel. +When two window arguments separated by either \fBisabove\fR or +\fBisbelow\fR are passed, a boolean result indicates whether +or not the first window is currently above or below the second +window in the stacking order. +.TP +\fBwm state \fIwindow\fR ?newstate? +. +If \fInewstate\fR is specified, the window will be set to the new state, +otherwise it returns the current state of \fIwindow\fR: either +\fBnormal\fR, \fBiconic\fR, \fBwithdrawn\fR, \fBicon\fR, or (Windows and Mac +OS X only) \fBzoomed\fR. +The difference between \fBiconic\fR and \fBicon\fR is that +\fBiconic\fR refers to a window that has been iconified (e.g., with the +\fBwm iconify\fR command) while \fBicon\fR refers to a window whose only +purpose is to serve as the icon for some other window (via the \fBwm +iconwindow\fR command). The \fBicon\fR state cannot be set. +.TP +\fBwm title \fIwindow\fR ?\fIstring\fR? +. +If \fIstring\fR is specified, then it will be passed to the window +manager for use as the title for \fIwindow\fR (the window manager +should display this string in \fIwindow\fR's title bar). In this +case the command returns an empty string. If \fIstring\fR is not +specified then the command returns the current title for the +\fIwindow\fR. The title for a window defaults to its name. +.TP +\fBwm transient \fIwindow\fR ?\fImaster\fR? +. +If \fImaster\fR is specified, then the window manager is informed +that \fIwindow\fR is a transient window (e.g. pull-down menu) working +on behalf of \fImaster\fR (where \fImaster\fR is the +path name for a top-level window). If \fImaster\fR +is specified as an empty string then \fIwindow\fR is marked as not +being a transient window any more. Otherwise the command +returns the path name of \fIwindow\fR's current master, or an +empty string if \fIwindow\fR is not currently a transient window. +A transient window will mirror state changes in the master and +inherit the state of the master when initially mapped. It is an +error to attempt to make a window a transient of itself. +The window manager may also decorate a transient window differently, removing +some features normally present (e.g., minimize and maximize buttons) though +this is entirely at the discretion of the window manager. +.TP +\fBwm withdraw \fIwindow\fR +. +Arranges for \fIwindow\fR to be withdrawn from the screen. This +causes the window to be unmapped and forgotten about by the window +manager. If the window +has never been mapped, then this command +causes the window to be mapped in the withdrawn state. Not all +window managers appear to know how to handle windows that are +mapped in the withdrawn state. +Note: it sometimes seems to be necessary to withdraw a +window and then re-map it (e.g. with \fBwm deiconify\fR) to get some +window managers to pay attention to changes in window attributes +such as group. +.SH "GEOMETRY MANAGEMENT" +.PP +By default a top-level window appears on the screen in its +\fInatural size\fR, which is the one determined internally by its +widgets and geometry managers. +If the natural size of a top-level window changes, then the window's size +changes to match. +A top-level window can be given a size other than its natural size in two ways. +First, the user can resize the window manually using the facilities +of the window manager, such as resize handles. +Second, the application can request a particular size for a +top-level window using the \fBwm geometry\fR command. +These two cases are handled identically by Tk; in either case, +the requested size overrides the natural size. +You can return the window to its natural by invoking \fBwm geometry\fR +with an empty \fIgeometry\fR string. +.PP +Normally a top-level window can have any size from one pixel in each +dimension up to the size of its screen. +However, you can use the \fBwm minsize\fR and \fBwm maxsize\fR commands +to limit the range of allowable sizes. +The range set by \fBwm minsize\fR and \fBwm maxsize\fR applies to +all forms of resizing, including the window's natural size as +well as manual resizes and the \fBwm geometry\fR command. +You can also use the command \fBwm resizable\fR to completely +disable interactive resizing in one or both dimensions. +.PP +The \fBwm manage\fR and \fBwm forget\fR commands may be used to +perform undocking and docking of windows. After a widget is managed +by \fBwm manage\fR command, all other \fBwm\fR subcommands may be used +with the widget. Only widgets created using the toplevel command may +have an attached menu via the \fB\-menu\fR configure option. A toplevel +widget may be used as a frame and managed with any of the other +geometry managers after using the \fBwm forget\fR command. Any menu +associated with a toplevel widget will be hidden when managed by +another geometry managers. The menus will reappear once the window is +managed by \fBwm\fR. All custom bindtags for widgets in a subtree +that have their top-level widget changed via a \fBwm manage\fR or +\fBwm forget\fR command, must be redone to adjust any top-level widget +path in the bindtags. Bindtags that have not been customized do not +have to be redone. +.SH "GRIDDED GEOMETRY MANAGEMENT" +.PP +Gridded geometry management occurs when one of the widgets of an +application supports a range of useful sizes. +This occurs, for example, in a text editor where the scrollbars, +menus, and other adornments are fixed in size but the edit widget +can support any number of lines of text or characters per line. +In this case, it is usually desirable to let the user specify the +number of lines or characters-per-line, either with the +\fBwm geometry\fR command or by interactively resizing the window. +In the case of text, and in other interesting cases also, only +discrete sizes of the window make sense, such as integral numbers +of lines and characters-per-line; arbitrary pixel sizes are not useful. +.PP +Gridded geometry management provides support for this kind of +application. +Tk (and the window manager) assume that there is a grid of some +sort within the application and that the application should be +resized in terms of \fIgrid units\fR rather than pixels. +Gridded geometry management is typically invoked by turning on +the \fBsetGrid\fR option for a widget; it can also be invoked +with the \fBwm grid\fR command or by calling \fBTk_SetGrid\fR. +In each of these approaches the particular widget (or sometimes +code in the application as a whole) specifies the relationship between +integral grid sizes for the window and pixel sizes. +To return to non-gridded geometry management, invoke +\fBwm grid\fR with empty argument strings. +.PP +When gridded geometry management is enabled then all the dimensions specified +in \fBwm minsize\fR, \fBwm maxsize\fR, and \fBwm geometry\fR commands +are treated as grid units rather than pixel units. +Interactive resizing is also carried out in even numbers of grid units +rather than pixels. +.SH BUGS +.PP +Most existing window managers appear to have bugs that affect the +operation of the \fBwm\fR command. For example, some changes will not +take effect if the window is already active: the window will have +to be withdrawn and de-iconified in order to make the change happen. +.SH EXAMPLES +.PP +A fixed-size window that says that it is fixed-size too: +.CS +toplevel .fixed +\fBwm title\fR .fixed "Fixed-size Window" +\fBwm resizable\fR .fixed 0 0 +.CE +.PP +A simple dialog-like window, centred on the screen: +.CS +# Create and arrange the dialog contents. +toplevel .msg +label .msg.l \-text "This is a very simple dialog demo." +button .msg.ok \-text OK \-default active \-command {destroy .msg} +pack .msg.ok \-side bottom \-fill x +pack .msg.l \-expand 1 \-fill both + +# Now set the widget up as a centred dialog. + +# But first, we need the geometry managers to finish setting +# up the interior of the dialog, for which we need to run the +# event loop with the widget hidden completely... +\fBwm withdraw\fR .msg +update +set x [expr {([winfo screenwidth .]\-[winfo width .msg])/2}] +set y [expr {([winfo screenheight .]\-[winfo height .msg])/2}] +\fBwm geometry\fR .msg +$x+$y +\fBwm transient\fR .msg . +\fBwm title\fR .msg "Dialog demo" +\fBwm deiconify\fR .msg +.CE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +toplevel(n), winfo(n) +.SH KEYWORDS +aspect ratio, deiconify, focus model, geometry, grid, group, icon, iconify, increments, position, size, title, top-level window, units, window manager +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" End: |