NAME¶
Tk::tixWm - Tix's addition to the standard TK wm command.
SYNOPSIS¶
$widget->
wmCapture
$widget->
wmRelease
DESCRIPTION¶
The
wmCapture and the
wmRelease methods change the toplevel
attribute of Tk widgets.
METHODS¶
- $widget->wmCapture
- Converts the toplevel window specified by $widget
into a non-toplevel widget. Normally this command is called to convert a
Toplevel widget into a Frame widget. The newly-converted frame widget is
un-mapped from the screen. To make it appear inside its parent, you must
call a geometry manager (e.g. grid or pack) explicitly.
- $widget->wmRelease
- Makes the non-toplevel window specified by $widget
into a toplevel widget. Normally this command is called to convert a Frame
widget into a Toplevel widget, but it can also be used on any non-toplevel
widget (e.g, label). The newly-converted toplevel window is in a
withdrawn state. To make it appear on the screen, you must call
deiconify after calling wmRelease.
Any data associated with $widget via wm methods
(icon, protocol, command etc.) are released, and must be re-established if
window is later re-captured.
BUGS¶
wmCapture does not exist in the Win32 window manager code.
How these methods interact with perl/Tk's class hierarchy is not yet clear. In
particular a
wmReleased window will not automatically
``
inherit'' the
Tk::Wm methods, however a
wmCaptured
window still will. (A
released
Label might make a good candidate
for an
Icon.)
AUTHORS¶
Ioi Kim Lam - ioi@graphics.cis.upenn.edu wrote original Tix version. Updated for
tk8.0, Win32 and perl by Nick Ing-Simmons.
SEE ALSO¶
Tk::Wm Tk::Mwm Tk::Frame Tk::Toplevel
KEYWORDS¶
window manager, wm, TIX