compound(n)						       Tix Built-In Commands						       compound(n)

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NAME

       compound - multi-line compound image type.

SYNOPSIS

       image create compound ?name? ?options?
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DESCRIPTION

       Compound  image	types  can be used to create images that consists of multiple horizontal lines; each line is composed of a series of items
       (texts, bitmaps, images or spaces) arranged from left to right. Compound images are mainly used to embed complex drawings into widgets that
       support	the -image option. As shown in the EXAMPLE section below, a compound image can be used to display a bitmap and a text string simu-
       taneously in a TK button(n) widget.

CREATING COMPOUND IMAGES

       Like all images, compound images are created using the image create command. Compound images support the following options:

       -background color
	      Specifies the background color of the compound image. This color is also used as the default background color for the  bitmap  items
	      in the compound image.

       -borderwidth pixels
	      Specifies a non-negative value indicating the width of the 3-D border drawn around the compound image.

       -font font
	      Specifies the default font for the text items in the compound image.

       -foreground color
	      Specifies the default foreground color for the bitmap and text items in the compound image.

       -padx value
	      Specifies  a  non-negative value indicating how much extra space to request for the compound image in the X-direction. The value may
	      have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels(3).

       -pady value
	      Specifies a non-negative value indicating how much extra space to request for the compound image in the Y-direction.

       -relief value
	      Specifies the 3-D effect desired for the background of the compound image. Acceptable values are raised, sunken,	flat,  ridge,  and
	      groove.

       -showbackground value
	      Specifies  whether  the  background and the 3D borders should be drawn.  Must be a valid boolean value. By default the background is
	      not drawn and the compound image appears to have a transparent background.

       -window pathName
	      Specifies the window in which the compound image is displayed. One compound image can be displayed in only  one  window.	When  that
	      window  is  destroyed,  the compound image is automatically destroyed as well.  This option must be specified when calling the image
	      create compound command and cannot be changed by the configure image command.

IMAGE COMMAND

       When a compound image is created, Tk also creates a new command whose name is the same as the image. This command may  be  used	to  invoke
       various operations on the image. It has the following general form:
		     imageName option ?arg arg ...?
       Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for compound images:

       imageName add line ?option value ...?
	      Creates a new line at the bottom of the compound image. Lines support the following options:

	      -anchor value
		     Specifies	how the line should be aligned along the horizontal axis.  When the values are w, sw or nw, the line is aligned to
		     the left. When the values are c, s or n, the line is aligned to the middle.  When the values are e, se or	ne,  the  line	is
		     aligned to the right.

	      -padx value
		     Specifies a non-negative value indicating how much extra space to request for this line in the X-direction.

       imageName add item-type ?option value ...?
	      Creates a new item of the type item-type at the end of the last line of the compound image. All types of items support these follow-
	      ing common options:

	      -anchor value
		     Specifies how the item should be aligned along the vertical axis. When the values are n, nw or ne, the item is aligned to the
		     top  of the line. When the values are c, w or e, the item is aligned to the middle of the line.  When the values are s, se or
		     sw, the item is aligned to the bottom of the line.

	      -padx value
		     Specifies a non-negative value indicating how much extra space to request for this item in the X-direction.

	      -pady value
		     Specifies a non-negative value indicating how much extra space to request for this item in the Y-direction.

	      item-type can be any of the following:

       imageName add bitmap ?option value ...?
	      Creates a new bitmap item of at the end of the last line of the compound image. Additional options accepted by the bitmap type are:

	      -background color
		     Specifies the background color of the bitmap item.

	      -bitmap name
		     Specifies a bitmap to display in this item, in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetBitmap(3).

	      -foreground color
		     Specifies the foreground color of the bitmap item.

       imageName add image ?option value ...?
	      Creates a new image item of at the end of the last line of the compound image. Additional options accepted by the image type are:

	      -image name
		     Specifies an image to display in this item. name must have been created with the image create command.

       imageName add space ?option value ...?
	      Creates a new space item of at the end of the last line of the compound image. Space items do not display anything. They	just  acts
	      as  space  holders  that	add additional spaces between items inside a compound image. Additional options accepted by the image type
	      are:

	      -width value
		     Specifies the width of this space. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels(3).

	      -height value
		     Specifies the height of this space. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels(3).

       imageName add text ?option value ...?
	      Creates a new text item of at the end of the last line of the compound image. Additional options accepted by the text type are:

	      -background color
		     Specifies the background color of the text item.

	      -font name
		     Specifies the font to be used for this text item.

	      -foreground color
		     Specifies the foreground color of the text item.

	      -justify value
		     When there are multiple lines of text displayed in a text item, this option determines how the lines line up with each other.
		     value must be one of left, center, or right.  Left means that the lines' left edges all line up, center means that the lines'
		     centers are aligned, and right means that the lines' right edges line up.

	      -text string
		     Specifies a text string to display in this text item.

	      -underline value
		     Specifies the integer index of a character to underline in the text item. 0 corresponds to the first character  of  the  text
		     displayed in the text item, 1 to the next character, and so on.

	      -wraplength value
		     This  option  specifies the maximum line length of the label string on this text item. If the line length of the label string
		     exceeds this length, it is wrapped onto the next line, so that no line is longer than the specified length. The value may	be
		     specified	in  any  of  the standard forms for screen distances. If this value is less than or equal to 0 then no wrapping is
		     done: lines will break only at newline characters in the text.

       imageName cget option
	      Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the image  cre-
	      ate compound command.

       imageName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
	      Query  or  modify the configuration options for the image. If no option is specified, returns a list describing all of the available
	      options for imageName (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 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
	      image create compound command, except the -window option

EXAMPLE

       The following example creates a compound image with a bitmap and a text string and places this image into a  Tk	bitton(n)  widget.  Notice
       that the image must be created after the creation of the window that it resides in.

	      set btn [button .b]
	      set img [image create compound -window $btn]
	      $img add line
	      $img add bitmap -bitmap warning
	      $img add space -width 8
	      $img add text -text "Warning" -underline 0
	      $btn config -image $img
	      pack $btn

KEYWORDS

       image(n), Tix(n)

Tix									4.0							       compound(n)