| ActiveTcl User Guide |

# scrolledframe - Create and manipulate scrolled frame widgets

## SYNOPSIS

scrolledframe pathName ?options?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Widget <- Labeledwidget <-Scrolledwidget <- Scrolledframe

## STANDARD OPTIONS

activeBackground font relief | background foreground selectBackground | borderWidth highlightColor selectBorderWidth | cursor highlightThickness selectForeground

See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

## ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

activeRelief | elementBorderWidth | jump | troughColor

See the "scrollbar" manual entry for details on the associated options.

## INHERITED OPTIONS

LabelBitmap labelPos | labelFont labelText | labelImage labelVariable | labelMargin

See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details on the inherited options.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

    Name:                   height
    Class:                  Height
    Command-Line Switch:    -height

Specifies the height of the scrolled frame widget in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default height is 100 pixels.

    Name:                   hscrollMode
    Class:                  ScrollMode
    Command-Line Switch:    -hscrollmode

Specifies the the display mode to be used for the horizontal scrollbar: static, dynamic, or none. In static mode, the scroll bar is displayed at all times. Dynamic mode displays the scroll bar as required, and none disables the scroll bar display. The default is static.

    Name:                   sbWidth
    Class:                  Width
    Command-Line Switch:    -sbwidth

Specifies the width of the scrollbar in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default width is 15 pixels.

    Name:                   scrollMargin
    Class:                  Margin
    Command-Line Switch:    -scrollmargin

Specifies the distance between the frame and scrollbar in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.

    Name:                   vscrollMode
    Class:                  ScrollMode
    Command-Line Switch:    -vscrollmode

Specifies the the display mode to be used for the vertical scrollbar: static, dynamic, or none. In static mode, the scroll bar is displayed at all times. Dynamic mode displays the scroll bar as required, and none disables the scroll bar display. The default is static.

    Name:                   width
    Class:                  Width
    Command-Line Switch:    -width

Specifies the width of the scrolled frame widget in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default height is 100 pixels.

## DESCRIPTION

The scrolledframe combines the functionallity of scrolling with that of a typical frame widget to implement a clipable viewing area whose visible region may be modified with the scroll bars. This enables the contruction of visually larger areas than which could normally be displayed, containing a heterogenous mix of other widgets. Options exist which allow full control over which scrollbars are displayed and the method, i.e. statically or dynamically. The frame itself may be accessed by the childsite method and then filled with other widget combinations.

## METHODS

The scrolledframe command creates a new Tcl command whose name is pathName. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general form:

    pathName option ?arg arg ...?

Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for scrolledframe widgets:

## ASSOCIATED METHODS

xview | yview |  |

See the "canvas" manual entry for details on the associated methods.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

pathName cget option
  Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the scrolledframe command.

pathName childsite
  Return the path name of the child site.

pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
  Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no option is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of this list). If option is specified with no value, then the command 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 command modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case the command returns an empty string. Option may have any of the values accepted by the scrolledframe command.

pathName justify direction
  Justifies the frame contents via the scroll bars in one of four directions: left, right, top, or bottom.

## COMPONENTS

    Name:                   horizsb
    Class:                  Scrollbar

The horizsb component is the horizontal scroll bar. See the "ScrollBar" widget manual entry for details on the horizsb component item.

    Name:                   vertsb
    Class:                  Scrollbar

The vertsb component is the vertical scroll bar. See the "ScrollBar" widget manual entry for details on the vertsb component item.

## EXAMPLE

    scrolledframe .sf -width 150 -height 180 -labelon yes -labeltext scrolledframe

    set cs [.sf childsite]
    pack [button $cs.b1 -text Hello] -pady 10
    pack [button $cs.b2 -text World] -pady 10
    pack [button $cs.b3 -text "This is a test"] -pady 10
    pack [button $cs.b4 -text "This is a really big button"] -pady 10
    pack [button $cs.b5 -text "This is another really big button"] -pady 10
    pack [button $cs.b6 -text "This is the last really big button"] -pady 10

    pack .sf -expand yes -fill both -padx 10 -pady 10

## AUTHORS

Mark L. Ulferts

Sue Yockey

## KEYWORDS

scrolledframe, frame, widget