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label(3tk) Tk Built-In Commands label(3tk) 





NAME


label - Create and manipulate 'label' non-interactive text or
    image widgets






SYNOPSIS


label pathName ?options?






STANDARD OPTIONS


-activebackground	-disabledforeground	-padx
-activeforeground	-font	-pady
-anchor	-foreground	-relief
-background	-highlightbackground	-takefocus
-bitmap	-highlightcolor	-text
-borderwidth	-highlightthickness	-textvariable
-compound	-image	-underline
-cursor	-justify	-wraplength


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






WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS


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



  

  
Specifies a desired height for the label. If an image or bitmap is being
      displayed in the label then the value is in screen units (i.e. any of the
      forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels); for text it is in lines of text.
      If this option is not specified, the label's desired height is computed
      from the size of the image or bitmap or text being displayed in it.






Command-Line Name:	-state
Database Name:	state
Database Class:	State



  

  
Specifies one of three states for the label: normal, active,
      or disabled. In normal state the button is displayed using the
      -foreground and -background options. In active state the
      label is displayed using the -activeforeground and
      -activebackground options. In the disabled state the
      -disabledforeground and -background options determine how
      the button is displayed.






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



  

  
Specifies a desired width for the label. If an image or bitmap is being
      displayed in the label then the value is in screen units (i.e. any of the
      forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels); for text it is in characters. If
      this option is not specified, the label's desired width is computed from
      the size of the image or bitmap or text being displayed in it.
    
    

    

  








DESCRIPTION


The label command creates a new window (given by the
    pathName argument) and makes it into a label widget. Additional
    options, described above, may be specified on the command line or in the
    option database to configure aspects of the label such as its colors, font,
    text, and initial relief. The label command returns its
    pathName argument. At the time this command is invoked, there must
    not exist a window named pathName, but pathName's parent must
    exist.


A label is a widget that displays a textual string, bitmap or
    image. If text is displayed, it must all be in a single font, but it can
    occupy multiple lines on the screen (if it contains newlines or if wrapping
    occurs because of the -wraplength option) and one of the characters
    may optionally be underlined using the -underline option. The label
    can be manipulated in a few simple ways, such as changing its relief or
    text, using the commands described below.






WIDGET COMMAND


The label 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 ...?



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


  

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

  

  
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 label command.








BINDINGS


When a new label is created, it has no default event bindings:
    labels are not intended to be interactive.






EXAMPLE




# Make the widgets
label .t -text "This widget is at the top"    -bg red
label .b -text "This widget is at the bottom" -bg green
label .l -text "Left\nHand\nSide"
label .r -text "Right\nHand\nSide"
text .mid
.mid insert end "This layout is like Java's BorderLayout"
# Lay them out
pack .t   -side top    -fill x
pack .b   -side bottom -fill x
pack .l   -side left   -fill y
pack .r   -side right  -fill y
pack .mid -expand 1    -fill both








SEE ALSO


labelframe(3tk), button(3tk), ttk::label(3tk)






KEYWORDS


label, widget







  

    4.0
    Tk