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

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NAME

       label - Create and manipulate label 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
       [-height 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.  [-state 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 dis-
       abledForeground and background options determine how the button is displayed.  [-width 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.
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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 charac-
       ters 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 arg ...?
       Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command.  The following commands are possible for label 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 label com-
	      mand.

       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 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
Hand
Side"
	      label .r -text "Right
Hand
Side"
	      text .mid
	      # 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(n), button(n), ttk::label(n)

KEYWORDS

       label, widget

Tk									4.0								  label(n)