summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc/ttk_intro.n
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorhobbs <hobbs>2006-10-31 01:42:25 (GMT)
committerhobbs <hobbs>2006-10-31 01:42:25 (GMT)
commit68d670bcf4084b9b910f9a94115271a454e20d49 (patch)
tree61d5e957eccfcba57b0dd27ebc73db085385834e /doc/ttk_intro.n
parent6c14c5897ab231a04b7e4edae08cb6f2cccbf7a1 (diff)
downloadtk-68d670bcf4084b9b910f9a94115271a454e20d49.zip
tk-68d670bcf4084b9b910f9a94115271a454e20d49.tar.gz
tk-68d670bcf4084b9b910f9a94115271a454e20d49.tar.bz2
* doc/ttk_Geometry.3, doc/ttk_Theme.3, doc/ttk_button.n:
* doc/ttk_checkbutton.n, doc/ttk_combobox.n, doc/ttk_dialog.n: * doc/ttk_entry.n, doc/ttk_frame.n, doc/ttk_image.n: * doc/ttk_intro.n, doc/ttk_label.n, doc/ttk_labelframe.n: * doc/ttk_menubutton.n, doc/ttk_notebook.n, doc/ttk_panedwindow.n: * doc/ttk_progressbar.n, doc/ttk_radiobutton.n, doc/ttk_scrollbar.n: * doc/ttk_separator.n, doc/ttk_sizegrip.n, doc/ttk_style.n: * doc/ttk_treeview.n, doc/ttk_widget.n,: * generic/ttk/ttk.decls, generic/ttk/ttkBlink.c: * generic/ttk/ttkButton.c, generic/ttk/ttkCache.c: * generic/ttk/ttkClamTheme.c, generic/ttk/ttkClassicTheme.c: * generic/ttk/ttkDecls.h, generic/ttk/ttkDefaultTheme.c: * generic/ttk/ttkElements.c, generic/ttk/ttkEntry.c: * generic/ttk/ttkFrame.c, generic/ttk/ttkImage.c: * generic/ttk/ttkInit.c, generic/ttk/ttkLabel.c: * generic/ttk/ttkLayout.c, generic/ttk/ttkManager.c: * generic/ttk/ttkManager.h, generic/ttk/ttkNotebook.c: * generic/ttk/ttkPanedwindow.c, generic/ttk/ttkProgress.c: * generic/ttk/ttkScale.c, generic/ttk/ttkScroll.c: * generic/ttk/ttkScrollbar.c, generic/ttk/ttkSeparator.c: * generic/ttk/ttkSquare.c, generic/ttk/ttkState.c: * generic/ttk/ttkStubInit.c, generic/ttk/ttkStubLib.c: * generic/ttk/ttkTagSet.c, generic/ttk/ttkTheme.c: * generic/ttk/ttkTheme.h, generic/ttk/ttkThemeInt.h: * generic/ttk/ttkTrace.c, generic/ttk/ttkTrack.c: * generic/ttk/ttkTreeview.c, generic/ttk/ttkWidget.c: * generic/ttk/ttkWidget.h: * library/demos/ttk_demo.tcl, library/demos/ttk_iconlib.tcl: * library/demos/ttk_repeater.tcl: * library/ttk/altTheme.tcl, library/ttk/aquaTheme.tcl: * library/ttk/button.tcl, library/ttk/clamTheme.tcl: * library/ttk/classicTheme.tcl, library/ttk/combobox.tcl: * library/ttk/cursors.tcl, library/ttk/defaults.tcl: * library/ttk/dialog.tcl, library/ttk/entry.tcl: * library/ttk/fonts.tcl, library/ttk/icons.tcl: * library/ttk/keynav.tcl, library/ttk/menubutton.tcl: * library/ttk/notebook.tcl, library/ttk/panedwindow.tcl: * library/ttk/progress.tcl, library/ttk/scale.tcl: * library/ttk/scrollbar.tcl, library/ttk/sizegrip.tcl: * library/ttk/treeview.tcl, library/ttk/ttk.tcl: * library/ttk/utils.tcl, library/ttk/winTheme.tcl: * library/ttk/xpTheme.tcl: * macosx/ttkMacOSXTheme.c: * tests/ttk/all.tcl, tests/ttk/bwidget.test, tests/ttk/combobox.test: * tests/ttk/entry.test, tests/ttk/image.test: * tests/ttk/labelframe.test, tests/ttk/layout.test: * tests/ttk/misc.test, tests/ttk/notebook.test: * tests/ttk/panedwindow.test, tests/ttk/progressbar.test: * tests/ttk/scrollbar.test, tests/ttk/treetags.test: * tests/ttk/treeview.test, tests/ttk/ttk.test, tests/ttk/validate.test: * win/ttkWinMonitor.c, win/ttkWinTheme.c, win/ttkWinXPTheme.c: First import of Ttk themed Tk widgets as branched from tile 0.7.8 * generic/tkInt.h, generic/tkWindow.c: add Ttk_Init call, copy tk classic widgets to ::tk namespace. * library/tk.tcl: add source of ttk/ttk.tcl, define $::ttk::library. * unix/Makefile.in, win/Makefile.in: add Ttk build bits * win/configure, win/configure.in: check for uxtheme.h (XP theme).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/ttk_intro.n')
-rw-r--r--doc/ttk_intro.n160
1 files changed, 160 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ttk_intro.n b/doc/ttk_intro.n
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbe49b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/ttk_intro.n
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+'\"
+'\" Copyright (c) 2004 Joe English
+'\"
+.so man.macros
+.TH ttk_intro n 8.5 Tk "Tk Themed Widget"
+.BS
+.SH NAME
+ttk_intro \- Introduction to the Tk theme engine
+.BE
+.SH "OVERVIEW"
+The Tk themed widget set is based on a revised and enhanced version
+of TIP #48 (http://tip.tcl.tk/48) specified style engine.
+The main concepts are described below.
+The basic idea is to separate, to the extent possible,
+the code implementing a widget's behavior from
+the code implementing its appearance.
+Widget class bindings are primarily responsible for
+maintaining the widget state and invoking callbacks;
+all aspects of the widgets appearance is
+.SH "THEMES"
+A \fItheme\fR is a collection of elements and styles
+that determine the look and feel of the widget set.
+Themes can be used to:
+.IP \(bu
+Isolate platform differences (X11 vs. classic Windows vs. XP vs. Aqua ...)
+.IP \(bu
+Adapt to display limitations (low-color, grayscale, monochrome, tiny screens)
+.IP \(bu
+Accessibility (high contrast, large type)
+.IP \(bu
+Application suite "branding"
+.IP \(bu
+Blend in with the rest of the desktop (Gnome, KDE, Java)
+.IP \(bu
+And, of course: eye candy.
+
+.SH "ELEMENTS"
+An \fIelement\fR displays an individual part of a widget.
+For example, a vertical scrollbar widget contains \fBuparrow\fR,
+\fBdownarrow\fR, \fBtrough\fR and \fBslider\fR elements.
+.PP
+Element names use a recursive dotted notation.
+For example, \fBuparrow\fR identifies a generic arrow element,
+and \fBScrollbar.arrow\fR and \fBCombobox.uparrow\fR identify
+widget-specific elements.
+When looking for an element, the style engine looks for
+the specific name first, and if an element of that name is
+not found it looks for generic elements by stripping off
+successive leading components of the element name.
+.PP
+Like widgets, elements have \fIoptions\fR which
+specify what to display and how to display it.
+For example, the \fBtext\fR element
+(which displays a text string) has
+\fB-text\fR, \fB-font\fR, \fB-foreground\fR, \fB-background\fR,
+\fB-underline\fR, and \fB-width\fR options.
+The value of an element resource is taken from:
+.IP \(bu
+A dynamic setting specified by \fBstyle map\fR and the current state;
+.IP \(bu
+An option of the same name and type in the widget containing the element;
+.IP \(bu
+The default setting specified by \fBstyle default\fR; or
+.IP \(bu
+The element's built-in default value for the resource.
+.SH "LAYOUTS"
+A \fIlayout\fR specifies which elements make up a widget
+and how they are arranged.
+The layout engine uses a simplified version of the \fBpack\fR
+algorithm: starting with an initial cavity equal to the size
+of the widget, elements are allocated a parcel within the cavity along
+the side specified by the \fB-side\fR option,
+and placed within the parcel according to the \fB-sticky\fR
+option.
+For example, the layout for a horizontal scrollbar
+.CS
+style layout Horizontal.TScrollbar {
+ Scrollbar.trough -children {
+ Scrollbar.leftarrow -side left -sticky w
+ Scrollbar.rightarrow -side right -sticky e
+ Scrollbar.thumb -side left -expand true -sticky ew
+ }
+}
+.CE
+By default, the layout for a widget is the same as its class name.
+Some widgets may override this (for example, the \fBscrollbar\fR
+widget chooses different layouts based on the \fB-orient\fR option).
+
+.SH "STATES"
+In standard Tk, many widgets have a \fB-state\fR option
+which (in most cases) is either \fBnormal\fR or \fBdisabled\fR.
+Some widgets support additional states, such
+as the \fBentry\fR widget which has a \fBreadonly\fR state
+and the various flavors of buttons which have \fBactive\fR state.
+.PP
+The themed Tk widgets generalizes this idea:
+every widget has a bitmap of independent state flags.
+Widget state flags include \fBactive\fR, \fBdisabled\fR,
+\fBpressed\fR, \fBfocus\fR, etc.,
+(see \fIwidget(n)\fR for the full list of state flags).
+.PP
+Instead of a \fB-state\fR option, every widget now has
+a \fBstate\fR widget command which is used to set or query
+the state.
+A \fIstate specification\fR is a list of symbolic state names
+indicating which bits are set, each optionally prefixed with an
+exclamation point indicating that the bit is cleared instead.
+.PP
+For example, the class bindings for the \fBtbutton\fR
+widget are:
+.CS
+bind TButton <Enter> { %W state active }
+bind TButton <Leave> { %W state !active }
+bind TButton <ButtonPress-1> { %W state pressed }
+bind TButton <Button1-Leave> { %W state !pressed }
+bind TButton <Button1-Enter> { %W state pressed }
+bind TButton <ButtonRelease-1> \e
+ { %W instate {pressed} { %W state !pressed ; %W invoke } }
+.CE
+This specifies that the widget becomes \fBactive\fR when
+the pointer enters the widget, and inactive when it leaves.
+Similarly it becomes \fBpressed\fR when the mouse button is pressed,
+and \fB!pressed\fR on the ButtonRelease event.
+In addition, the button unpresses if
+pointer is dragged outside the widget while Button-1 is held down,
+and represses if it's dragged back in.
+Finally, when the mouse button is released, the widget's
+\fB-command\fR is invoked, but only if the button is currently
+in the \fBpressed\fR state.
+(The actual bindings are a little more complicated than the above,
+but not by much).
+.PP
+\fINote to self: rewrite that paragraph. It's horrible.\fR
+.SH "STYLES"
+Each widget is associated with a \fIstyle\fR,
+which specifies values for element resources.
+Style names use a recursive dotted notation like layouts and elements;
+by default, widgets use the class name to look up a style in the current theme.
+For example:
+.CS
+style default TButton \e
+ -background #d9d9d9 \e
+ -foreground black \e
+ -relief raised \e
+ ;
+.CE
+Many elements are displayed differently depending on the widget state.
+For example, buttons have a different background when they are active,
+a different foreground when disabled, and a different relief when pressed.
+The \fBstyle map\fP command specifies dynamic resources
+for a particular style:
+.CS
+style map TButton \e
+ -background [list disabled #d9d9d9 active #ececec] \e
+ -foreground [list disabled #a3a3a3] \e
+ -relief [list {pressed !disabled} sunken] \e
+ ;
+.CE
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+widget(n), style(n)