The Frame Widget

Create a frame for enclosing other widgets using the Frame method. For example:

$parent->Frame( options )

The standard configuration options that apply to Frame are: -background, -bg, -borderwidth, -bw, -cursor, -height, -highlightbackground, -highlightcolor, -highlightthickness, -relief, -takefocus, and -width.

Other options are:

  • -class => name
  • The class associated with the frame.
  • -colormap => $window
  • Specifies another window to share the colormap with. You can point to another window or use the value new to specify a new colormap. Default is undef.
  • -label => string
  • The string to use as a label for the frame.
  • -labelPack
  • Specifies options for the pack command.
  • -labelVariable => $variable
  • Specifies a variable containing the text for the label.
  • -visual => type n
  • For the X Window System, changes the depth of colors.