NAME
       frame - Create and manipulate frame widgets

SYNOPSIS
       frame pathName ?options?

STANDARD OPTIONS
       -borderwidth    -highlightbackground           -highlightthickness-takefocus
       -cursor         -highlightcolor                -relief

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

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       Command-Line Name:-background
       Database Name:  background
       Database Class: Background

              This option is the same as the standard  background
              option  except that its value may also be specified
              as an empty string.  In this case, the widget  will
              display no background or border, and no colors will
              be consumed from its colormap  for  its  background
              and border.

       Command-Line Name:-class
       Database Name:  class
       Database Class: Class

              Specifies  a class for the window.  This class will
              be used when querying the option database  for  the
              window's  other  options,  and it will also be used
              later for other purposes  such  as  bindings.   The
              class  option may not be changed with the configure
              widget command.

       Command-Line Name:-colormap
       Database Name:  colormap
       Database Class: Colormap

              Specifies a colormap to use for  the  window.   The
              value  may  be either new, in which case a new col-
              ormap is created for the window and  its  children,
              or the name of another window (which must be on the
              same screen and have the same visual as  pathName),
              in  which case the new window will use the colormap
              from the specified window.  If the colormap  option
              is not specified, the new window uses the same col-
              ormap as  its  parent.   This  option  may  not  be
              changed with the configure widget command.

       Command-Line Name:-height
       Database Name:  height
       Database Class: Height
              Specifies  the desired height for the window in any
              of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.   If  this
              option  is less than or equal to zero then the win-
              dow will not request any size at all.

       Command-Line Name:-visual
       Database Name:  visual
       Database Class: Visual

              Specifies visual information for the new window  in
              any of the forms accepted by Tk_GetVisual.  If this
              option is not specified, the new  window  will  use
              the  same  visual as its parent.  The visual option
              may not be modified with the configure widget  com-
              mand.

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

              Specifies  the  desired width for the window in any
              of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.   If  this
              option  is less than or equal to zero then the win-
              dow will not request any size at all.


DESCRIPTION
       The frame command creates a new window (given by the path-
       Name  argument)  and  makes it into a frame widget.  Addi-
       tional options, described above, may be specified  on  the
       command  line  or  in  the  option  database  to configure
       aspects of the frame such  as  its  background  color  and
       relief.   The  frame  command returns the path name of the
       new window.

       A frame is a simple widget.  Its primary purpose is to act
       as  a spacer or container for complex window layouts.  The
       only features of a frame are its background color  and  an
       optional  3-D  border  to  make the frame appear raised or
       sunken.


WIDGET COMMAND
       The frame command creates a new Tcl command whose name  is
       the  same  as  the  path name of the frame's window.  This
       command may be used to invoke various  operations  on  the
       widget.  It has the following general form:
              pathName option ?arg arg ...?
       PathName  is the name of the command, which is the same as
       the frame widget's path name.  Option and the args  deter-
       mine  the  exact  behavior  of the command.  The following
       commands are possible for frame widgets:
       pathName cget option
              Returns the  current  value  of  the  configuration
              option given by option.  Option may have any of the
              values accepted by the frame command.

       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  path-
              Name  (see  Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the
              format of this list).  If option is specified  with
              no  value, then the command returns a list describ-
              ing the one named option (this list will be identi-
              cal  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 frame command.


BINDINGS
       When a new frame is created, it has no default event bind-
       ings: frames are not intended to be interactive.


KEYWORDS
       frame, widget
