toplevel(n)						       Tk Built-In Commands						       toplevel(n)

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NAME

       toplevel - Create and manipulate toplevel widgets

SYNOPSIS

       toplevel pathName ?options?

STANDARD OPTIONS

       -borderwidth	     -highlightcolor	  -pady
       -cursor		     -highlightthickness  -relief
       -highlightbackground  -padx		  -takefocus

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

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       [-background 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.   [-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.   [-colormap 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 default colormap of its screen.  This option may not be changed with the configure  widget  command.   [-container con-
       tainer]	The  value must be a boolean.  If true, it means that this window will be used as a container in which some other application will
       be embedded (for example, a Tk toplevel can be embedded using the -use option).	The window will support  the  appropriate  window  manager
       protocols  for things like geometry requests.  The window should not have any children of its own in this application.  This option may not
       be changed with the configure widget command.  [-height 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 window will not request any size at all.  [-menu menu] Specifies a
       menu widget to be used as a menubar. On the Macintosh, the menubar will be displayed across the top of the main monitor. On Microsoft  Win-
       dows  and  all UNIX platforms, the menu will appear across the toplevel window as part of the window dressing maintained by the window man-
       ager.  [-screen ] Specifies the screen on which to place the new window.  Any valid screen name may be used, even  one  associated  with  a
       different display.  Defaults to the same screen as its parent.  This option is special in that it may not be specified via the option data-
       base, and it may not be modified with the configure widget command.  [-use use] This option is used for embedding. If the value is  not	an
       empty string, it must be the window identifier of a container window, specified as a hexadecimal string like the ones returned by the winfo
       id command. The toplevel widget will be created as a child of the given container instead of the root window for the screen.  If  the  con-
       tainer window is in a Tk application, it must be a frame or toplevel widget for which the -container option was specified.  This option may
       not be changed with the configure widget command.  [-visual 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 default visual for its screen.  The visual option
       may not be modified with the configure widget command.  [-width 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 window will not request any size at all.
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DESCRIPTION

       The toplevel command creates a new toplevel widget (given by the pathName argument).  Additional options, described above, may be specified
       on the command line or in the option database to configure aspects of the toplevel such as its background color and relief.   The  toplevel
       command returns the path name of the new window.

       A  toplevel is similar to a frame except that it is created as a top-level window:  its X parent is the root window of a screen rather than
       the logical parent from its path name.  The primary purpose of a toplevel is to serve as a container for dialog boxes and other collections
       of widgets.  The only visible features of a toplevel are its background color and an optional 3-D border to make the toplevel appear raised
       or sunken.

WIDGET COMMAND

       The toplevel command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the path name of the toplevel'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 toplevel widget's path name.  Option and the args determine the exact behav-
       ior of the command.  The following commands are possible for toplevel 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  toplevel
	      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 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 toplevel command.

BINDINGS

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

SEE ALSO

       frame(n)

KEYWORDS

       toplevel, widget

Tk									8.4							       toplevel(n)