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authorpatthoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>2008-05-11 00:12:01 (GMT)
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Note negative widths for button
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: button.n,v 1.16 2008/04/20 19:19:23 patthoyts Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: button.n,v 1.17 2008/05/11 00:12:02 patthoyts Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH button n 4.4 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ In this state the \fBdisabledForeground\fR and
.OP \-width width Width
Specifies a desired width for the button.
If an image or bitmap is being displayed in the button then the value is in
-screen units (i.e. any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR);
-for text it is in characters.
+screen units (i.e. any of the forms acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR).
+For a text button (no image or with \fB\-compound none\fR) then the width
+specifies how much space in characters to allocate for the text label.
+If the width is negative then this specifies a minimum width.
If this option is not specified, the button's desired width is computed
from the size of the image or bitmap or text being displayed in it.
.BE