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- <span id="tkinter-tix-extension-widgets-for-tk"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a> — Extension widgets for Tk<a class="headerlink" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
- <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.12/Lib/tkinter/tix.py">Lib/tkinter/tix.py</a></p>
- <div class="deprecated" id="index-0">
- <p><span class="versionmodified deprecated">Deprecated since version 3.6: </span>This Tk extension is unmaintained and should not be used in new code. Use
- <a class="reference internal" href="tkinter.ttk.html#module-tkinter.ttk" title="tkinter.ttk: Tk themed widget set"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.ttk</span></code></a> instead.</p>
- </div>
- <hr class="docutils" />
- <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a> (Tk Interface Extension) module provides an additional
- rich set of widgets. Although the standard Tk library has many useful widgets,
- they are far from complete. The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a> library provides most of the
- commonly needed widgets that are missing from standard Tk: <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.HList" title="tkinter.tix.HList"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HList</span></code></a>,
- <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.ComboBox" title="tkinter.tix.ComboBox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ComboBox</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.Control" title="tkinter.tix.Control"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Control</span></code></a> (a.k.a. SpinBox) and an assortment of
- scrollable widgets.
- <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a> also includes many more widgets that are generally useful in
- a wide range of applications: <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.NoteBook" title="tkinter.tix.NoteBook"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoteBook</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.FileEntry" title="tkinter.tix.FileEntry"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FileEntry</span></code></a>,
- <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.PanedWindow" title="tkinter.tix.PanedWindow"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PanedWindow</span></code></a>, etc; there are more than 40 of them.</p>
- <p>With all these new widgets, you can introduce new interaction techniques into
- applications, creating more useful and more intuitive user interfaces. You can
- design your application by choosing the most appropriate widgets to match the
- special needs of your application and users.</p>
- <div class="admonition seealso">
- <p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
- <dl class="simple">
- <dt><a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/">Tix Homepage</a></dt><dd><p>The home page for <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tix</span></code>. This includes links to additional documentation
- and downloads.</p>
- </dd>
- <dt><a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/">Tix Man Pages</a></dt><dd><p>On-line version of the man pages and reference material.</p>
- </dd>
- <dt><a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/docs/tix-book/tix.book.html">Tix Programming Guide</a></dt><dd><p>On-line version of the programmer’s reference material.</p>
- </dd>
- <dt><a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/Tixapps/src/Tide.html">Tix Development Applications</a></dt><dd><p>Tix applications for development of Tix and Tkinter programs. Tide applications
- work under Tk or Tkinter, and include <strong class="program">TixInspect</strong>, an inspector to
- remotely modify and debug Tix/Tk/Tkinter applications.</p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
- <section id="using-tix">
- <h2>Using Tix<a class="headerlink" href="#using-tix" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.Tk">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Tk</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">screenName</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">baseName</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">className</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'Tix'</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.Tk" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Toplevel widget of Tix which represents mostly the main window of an
- application. It has an associated Tcl interpreter.</p>
- <p>Classes in the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a> module subclasses the classes in the
- <a class="reference internal" href="tkinter.html#module-tkinter" title="tkinter: Interface to Tcl/Tk for graphical user interfaces"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter</span></code></a>. The former imports the latter, so to use <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a>
- with Tkinter, all you need to do is to import one module. In general, you
- can just import <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a>, and replace the toplevel call to
- <a class="reference internal" href="tkinter.html#tkinter.Tk" title="tkinter.Tk"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.Tk</span></code></a> with <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix.Tk</span></code>:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">tkinter</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">tix</span>
- <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">tkinter.constants</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="o">*</span>
- <span class="n">root</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">tix</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Tk</span><span class="p">()</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p>To use <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a>, you must have the Tix widgets installed, usually
- alongside your installation of the Tk widgets. To test your installation, try
- the following:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">tkinter</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">tix</span>
- <span class="n">root</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">tix</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Tk</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="n">root</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tk</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">eval</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'package require Tix'</span><span class="p">)</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- </section>
- <section id="tix-widgets">
- <h2>Tix Widgets<a class="headerlink" href="#tix-widgets" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p><a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/TixIntro.htm">Tix</a>
- introduces over 40 widget classes to the <a class="reference internal" href="tkinter.html#module-tkinter" title="tkinter: Interface to Tcl/Tk for graphical user interfaces"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter</span></code></a> repertoire.</p>
- <section id="basic-widgets">
- <h3>Basic Widgets<a class="headerlink" href="#basic-widgets" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.Balloon">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Balloon</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.Balloon" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>A <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixBalloon.htm">Balloon</a> that
- pops up over a widget to provide help. When the user moves the cursor inside a
- widget to which a Balloon widget has been bound, a small pop-up window with a
- descriptive message will be shown on the screen.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.ButtonBox">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ButtonBox</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.ButtonBox" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixButtonBox.htm">ButtonBox</a>
- widget creates a box of buttons, such as is commonly used for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Ok</span> <span class="pre">Cancel</span></code>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.ComboBox">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ComboBox</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.ComboBox" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixComboBox.htm">ComboBox</a>
- widget is similar to the combo box control in MS Windows. The user can select a
- choice by either typing in the entry subwidget or selecting from the listbox
- subwidget.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.Control">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Control</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.Control" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixControl.htm">Control</a>
- widget is also known as the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SpinBox</span></code> widget. The user can adjust the
- value by pressing the two arrow buttons or by entering the value directly into
- the entry. The new value will be checked against the user-defined upper and
- lower limits.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.LabelEntry">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">LabelEntry</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.LabelEntry" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixLabelEntry.htm">LabelEntry</a>
- widget packages an entry widget and a label into one mega widget. It can
- be used to simplify the creation of “entry-form” type of interface.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.LabelFrame">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">LabelFrame</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.LabelFrame" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixLabelFrame.htm">LabelFrame</a>
- widget packages a frame widget and a label into one mega widget. To create
- widgets inside a LabelFrame widget, one creates the new widgets relative to the
- <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">frame</span></code> subwidget and manage them inside the <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">frame</span></code> subwidget.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.Meter">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Meter</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.Meter" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixMeter.htm">Meter</a> widget
- can be used to show the progress of a background job which may take a long time
- to execute.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.OptionMenu">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">OptionMenu</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.OptionMenu" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixOptionMenu.htm">OptionMenu</a>
- creates a menu button of options.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.PopupMenu">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">PopupMenu</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.PopupMenu" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixPopupMenu.htm">PopupMenu</a>
- widget can be used as a replacement of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tk_popup</span></code> command. The advantage
- of the <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tix</span></code> <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.PopupMenu" title="tkinter.tix.PopupMenu"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PopupMenu</span></code></a> widget is it requires less application code
- to manipulate.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.Select">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Select</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.Select" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixSelect.htm">Select</a> widget
- is a container of button subwidgets. It can be used to provide radio-box or
- check-box style of selection options for the user.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.StdButtonBox">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">StdButtonBox</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.StdButtonBox" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixStdButtonBox.htm">StdButtonBox</a>
- widget is a group of standard buttons for Motif-like dialog boxes.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="file-selectors">
- <h3>File Selectors<a class="headerlink" href="#file-selectors" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.DirList">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">DirList</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.DirList" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixDirList.htm">DirList</a>
- widget displays a list view of a directory, its previous directories and its
- sub-directories. The user can choose one of the directories displayed in the
- list or change to another directory.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.DirTree">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">DirTree</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.DirTree" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixDirTree.htm">DirTree</a>
- widget displays a tree view of a directory, its previous directories and its
- sub-directories. The user can choose one of the directories displayed in the
- list or change to another directory.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.DirSelectDialog">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">DirSelectDialog</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.DirSelectDialog" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixDirSelectDialog.htm">DirSelectDialog</a>
- widget presents the directories in the file system in a dialog window. The user
- can use this dialog window to navigate through the file system to select the
- desired directory.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.DirSelectBox">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">DirSelectBox</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.DirSelectBox" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.DirSelectBox" title="tkinter.tix.DirSelectBox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">DirSelectBox</span></code></a> is similar to the standard Motif(TM)
- directory-selection box. It is generally used for the user to choose a
- directory. DirSelectBox stores the directories mostly recently selected into
- a ComboBox widget so that they can be quickly selected again.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.ExFileSelectBox">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ExFileSelectBox</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.ExFileSelectBox" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixExFileSelectBox.htm">ExFileSelectBox</a>
- widget is usually embedded in a tixExFileSelectDialog widget. It provides a
- convenient method for the user to select files. The style of the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.ExFileSelectBox" title="tkinter.tix.ExFileSelectBox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ExFileSelectBox</span></code></a> widget is very similar to the standard file dialog on
- MS Windows 3.1.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.FileSelectBox">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">FileSelectBox</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.FileSelectBox" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixFileSelectBox.htm">FileSelectBox</a>
- is similar to the standard Motif(TM) file-selection box. It is generally used
- for the user to choose a file. FileSelectBox stores the files mostly recently
- selected into a <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.ComboBox" title="tkinter.tix.ComboBox"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ComboBox</span></code></a> widget so that they can be quickly selected
- again.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.FileEntry">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">FileEntry</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.FileEntry" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixFileEntry.htm">FileEntry</a>
- widget can be used to input a filename. The user can type in the filename
- manually. Alternatively, the user can press the button widget that sits next to
- the entry, which will bring up a file selection dialog.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="hierarchical-listbox">
- <h3>Hierarchical ListBox<a class="headerlink" href="#hierarchical-listbox" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.HList">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">HList</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.HList" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixHList.htm">HList</a> widget
- can be used to display any data that have a hierarchical structure, for example,
- file system directory trees. The list entries are indented and connected by
- branch lines according to their places in the hierarchy.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.CheckList">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">CheckList</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.CheckList" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixCheckList.htm">CheckList</a>
- widget displays a list of items to be selected by the user. CheckList acts
- similarly to the Tk checkbutton or radiobutton widgets, except it is capable of
- handling many more items than checkbuttons or radiobuttons.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.Tree">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Tree</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.Tree" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixTree.htm">Tree</a> widget
- can be used to display hierarchical data in a tree form. The user can adjust the
- view of the tree by opening or closing parts of the tree.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="tabular-listbox">
- <h3>Tabular ListBox<a class="headerlink" href="#tabular-listbox" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.TList">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">TList</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.TList" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixTList.htm">TList</a> widget
- can be used to display data in a tabular format. The list entries of a
- <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.TList" title="tkinter.tix.TList"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TList</span></code></a> widget are similar to the entries in the Tk listbox widget. The
- main differences are (1) the <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.TList" title="tkinter.tix.TList"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TList</span></code></a> widget can display the list entries
- in a two dimensional format and (2) you can use graphical images as well as
- multiple colors and fonts for the list entries.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="manager-widgets">
- <h3>Manager Widgets<a class="headerlink" href="#manager-widgets" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.PanedWindow">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">PanedWindow</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.PanedWindow" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixPanedWindow.htm">PanedWindow</a>
- widget allows the user to interactively manipulate the sizes of several panes.
- The panes can be arranged either vertically or horizontally. The user changes
- the sizes of the panes by dragging the resize handle between two panes.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.ListNoteBook">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ListNoteBook</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.ListNoteBook" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixListNoteBook.htm">ListNoteBook</a>
- widget is very similar to the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TixNoteBook</span></code> widget: it can be used to
- display many windows in a limited space using a notebook metaphor. The notebook
- is divided into a stack of pages (windows). At one time only one of these pages
- can be shown. The user can navigate through these pages by choosing the name of
- the desired page in the <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">hlist</span></code> subwidget.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.NoteBook">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">NoteBook</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.NoteBook" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixNoteBook.htm">NoteBook</a>
- widget can be used to display many windows in a limited space using a notebook
- metaphor. The notebook is divided into a stack of pages. At one time only one of
- these pages can be shown. The user can navigate through these pages by choosing
- the visual “tabs” at the top of the NoteBook widget.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="image-types">
- <h3>Image Types<a class="headerlink" href="#image-types" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
- <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a> module adds:</p>
- <ul class="simple">
- <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/pixmap.htm">pixmap</a>
- capabilities to all <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="tkinter.html#module-tkinter" title="tkinter: Interface to Tcl/Tk for graphical user interfaces"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter</span></code></a> widgets to create
- color images from XPM files.</p>
- </li>
- <li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/compound.htm">Compound</a> image
- types can be used to create images that consists of multiple horizontal lines;
- each line is composed of a series of items (texts, bitmaps, images or spaces)
- arranged from left to right. For example, a compound image can be used to
- display a bitmap and a text string simultaneously in a Tk <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Button</span></code>
- widget.</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </section>
- <section id="miscellaneous-widgets">
- <h3>Miscellaneous Widgets<a class="headerlink" href="#miscellaneous-widgets" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.InputOnly">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">InputOnly</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.InputOnly" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixInputOnly.htm">InputOnly</a>
- widgets are to accept inputs from the user, which can be done with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bind</span></code>
- command (Unix only).</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="form-geometry-manager">
- <h3>Form Geometry Manager<a class="headerlink" href="#form-geometry-manager" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
- <p>In addition, <a class="reference internal" href="#module-tkinter.tix" title="tkinter.tix: Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix</span></code></a> augments <a class="reference internal" href="tkinter.html#module-tkinter" title="tkinter: Interface to Tcl/Tk for graphical user interfaces"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tkinter</span></code></a> by providing:</p>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.Form">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Form</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.Form" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixForm.htm">Form</a> geometry
- manager based on attachment rules for all Tk widgets.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- </section>
- <section id="tix-commands">
- <h2>Tix Commands<a class="headerlink" href="#tix-commands" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.tixCommand">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tkinter.tix.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tixCommand</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The <a class="reference external" href="https://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tix.htm">tix commands</a> provide
- access to miscellaneous elements of <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tix</span></code>’s internal state and the
- <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tix</span></code> application context. Most of the information manipulated by these
- methods pertains to the application as a whole, or to a screen or display,
- rather than to a particular window.</p>
- <p>To view the current settings, the common usage is:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">tkinter</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">tix</span>
- <span class="n">root</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">tix</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Tk</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">root</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tix_configure</span><span class="p">())</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_configure">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tixCommand.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tix_configure</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">cnf</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kw</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_configure" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Query or modify the configuration options of the Tix application context. If no
- option is specified, returns a dictionary all of the available options. If
- option is specified with no value, then the method 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 method modifies the given option(s) to have the
- given value(s); in this case the method returns an empty string. Option may be
- any of the configuration options.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_cget">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tixCommand.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tix_cget</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">option</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_cget" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Returns the current value of the configuration option given by <em>option</em>. Option
- may be any of the configuration options.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getbitmap">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tixCommand.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tix_getbitmap</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getbitmap" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Locates a bitmap file of the name <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name.xpm</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name</span></code> in one of the bitmap
- directories (see the <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_addbitmapdir" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_addbitmapdir"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_addbitmapdir()</span></code></a> method). By using
- <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getbitmap" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getbitmap"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_getbitmap()</span></code></a>, you can avoid hard coding the pathnames of the bitmap
- files in your application. When successful, it returns the complete pathname of
- the bitmap file, prefixed with the character <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">@</span></code>. The returned value can be
- used to configure the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bitmap</span></code> option of the Tk and Tix widgets.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_addbitmapdir">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tixCommand.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tix_addbitmapdir</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">directory</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_addbitmapdir" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Tix maintains a list of directories under which the <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getimage" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getimage"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_getimage()</span></code></a> and
- <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getbitmap" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getbitmap"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_getbitmap()</span></code></a> methods will search for image files. The standard bitmap
- directory is <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$TIX_LIBRARY/bitmaps</span></code>. The <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_addbitmapdir" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_addbitmapdir"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_addbitmapdir()</span></code></a> method
- adds <em>directory</em> into this list. By using this method, the image files of an
- applications can also be located using the <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getimage" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getimage"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_getimage()</span></code></a> or
- <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getbitmap" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getbitmap"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_getbitmap()</span></code></a> method.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_filedialog">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tixCommand.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tix_filedialog</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">dlgclass</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_filedialog" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Returns the file selection dialog that may be shared among different calls from
- this application. This method will create a file selection dialog widget when
- it is called the first time. This dialog will be returned by all subsequent
- calls to <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_filedialog" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_filedialog"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_filedialog()</span></code></a>. An optional dlgclass parameter can be passed
- as a string to specified what type of file selection dialog widget is desired.
- Possible options are <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FileSelectDialog</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tixExFileSelectDialog</span></code>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getimage">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tixCommand.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tix_getimage</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">self</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getimage" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Locates an image file of the name <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name.xpm</span></code>, <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name.xbm</span></code> or
- <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name.ppm</span></code> in one of the bitmap directories (see the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_addbitmapdir" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_addbitmapdir"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_addbitmapdir()</span></code></a> method above). If more than one file with the same name
- (but different extensions) exist, then the image type is chosen according to the
- depth of the X display: xbm images are chosen on monochrome displays and color
- images are chosen on color displays. By using <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getimage" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_getimage"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_getimage()</span></code></a>, you can
- avoid hard coding the pathnames of the image files in your application. When
- successful, this method returns the name of the newly created image, which can
- be used to configure the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">image</span></code> option of the Tk and Tix widgets.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_option_get">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tixCommand.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tix_option_get</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_option_get" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Gets the options maintained by the Tix scheme mechanism.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_resetoptions">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">tixCommand.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tix_resetoptions</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">newScheme</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">newFontSet</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">newScmPrio</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_resetoptions" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Resets the scheme and fontset of the Tix application to <em>newScheme</em> and
- <em>newFontSet</em>, respectively. This affects only those widgets created after this
- call. Therefore, it is best to call the resetoptions method before the creation
- of any widgets in a Tix application.</p>
- <p>The optional parameter <em>newScmPrio</em> can be given to reset the priority level of
- the Tk options set by the Tix schemes.</p>
- <p>Because of the way Tk handles the X option database, after Tix has been has
- imported and inited, it is not possible to reset the color schemes and font sets
- using the <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_config()</span></code> method. Instead, the <a class="reference internal" href="#tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_resetoptions" title="tkinter.tix.tixCommand.tix_resetoptions"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tix_resetoptions()</span></code></a>
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