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diff --git a/doc/frame.n b/doc/frame.n index ac03de9..208e414 100644 --- a/doc/frame.n +++ b/doc/frame.n @@ -52,11 +52,16 @@ 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 \fBconfigure\fR widget command. +Note that \fB-borderwidth\fR, \fB-padx\fR and \fB-pady\fR are ignored when +configured as a container since a container has no border. .OP \-height height Height Specifies the desired height for the window in any of the forms -acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR. -If this option is less than or equal to zero then the window will -not request any size at all. +acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR. If this option is less than or equal +to zero then the window will not request any size at all. Note that this +sets the total height of the frame, any \fB\-borderwidth\fR or similar is +not added. Normally \fB\-height\fR should not be used if a propagating +geometry manager, such as \fBgrid\fR or \fBpack\fR, is used within the +frame since the geometry manager will override the height of the frame. .OP \-visual visual Visual Specifies visual information for the new window in any of the forms accepted by \fBTk_GetVisual\fR. @@ -66,11 +71,13 @@ The \fBvisual\fR option may not be modified with the \fBconfigure\fR widget command. .OP \-width width Width Specifies the desired width for the window in any of the forms -acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR. -If this option is less than or equal to zero then the window will -not request any size at all. +acceptable to \fBTk_GetPixels\fR. If this option is less than or equal +to zero then the window will not request any size at all. Note that this +sets the total width of the frame, any \fB\-borderwidth\fR or similar is +not added. Normally \fB\-width\fR should not be used if a propagating +geometry manager, such as \fBgrid\fR or \fBpack\fR, is used within the +frame since the geometry manager will override the width of the frame. .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The \fBframe\fR command creates a new window (given by the @@ -86,7 +93,6 @@ 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. - .SH "WIDGET COMMAND" .PP The \fBframe\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose @@ -120,14 +126,11 @@ modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case the command returns an empty string. \fIOption\fR may have any of the values accepted by the \fBframe\fR command. - .SH BINDINGS .PP When a new frame is created, it has no default event bindings: frames are not intended to be interactive. - .SH "SEE ALSO" -labelframe(n), toplevel(n) - +labelframe(n), toplevel(n), ttk::frame(n) .SH KEYWORDS frame, widget |