ttk_vsapi(3tk)							 Tk Themed Widget						    ttk_vsapi(3tk)

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NAME

       ttk_vsapi - Define a Microsoft Visual Styles element

SYNOPSIS

       ttk::style element create name vsapi className partId ?stateMap? ?options?
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DESCRIPTION

       The vsapi element factory creates a new element in the current theme whose visual appearance is drawn using the Microsoft Visual Styles API
       which is reponsible for the themed styles on Windows XP and Vista. This factory permits any of the Visual Styles parts to  be  declared	as
       ttk elements that can then be included in a style layout to modify the appearance of ttk widgets.

       className  and  partId  are  required  parameters and specify the Visual Styles class and part as given in the Microsoft documentation. The
       stateMap may be provided to map ttk states to Visual Styles API states (see STATE MAP).

OPTIONS

       Valid options are:

       -padding padding
	      Specify the element's interior padding.  padding is a list of up to four integers specifying the left, top, right and bottom padding
	      quantities respectively.	This option may not be mixed with any other options.

       -margins padding
	      Specifies  the  elements exterior padding.  padding is a list of up to four integers specifying the left, top, right and bottom pad-
	      ding quantities respectively.  This option may not be mixed with any other options.

       -width width
	      Specifies the height for the element. If this option is set then the Visual Styles API will not be queried for the recommended  size
	      or the part. If this option is set then -height should also be set. The -width and -height options cannot be mixed with the -padding
	      or -margins options.

       -height height
	      Specifies the height of the element. See the comments for -width.

STATE MAP

       The stateMap parameter is a list of ttk states and the corresponding Visual Styles API state value.  This permits the element appearence to
       respond	to  changes  in  the widget state such as becoming active or being pressed. The list should be as described for the ttk::style map
       command but note that the last pair in the list should be the default state and is typically and empty list and 1.  Unfortunately  all  the
       Visual  Styles  parts  have  different state values and these must be looked up either in the Microsoft documentation or more likely in the
       header files. The original header to use was tmschema.h but in more recent versions of the Windows Development Kit this is vssym32.h.

       If no stateMap parameter is given there is an implicit default map of {{} 1}

EXAMPLE

       Create a correctly themed close button by changing the layout of a ttk::button(3tk). This uses the WINDOW part WP_SMALLCLOSEBUTTON  and	as
       documented the states CBS_DISABLED, CBS_HOT, CBS_NORMAL and CBS_PUSHED are mapped from ttk states.
	      ttk::style element create smallclose vsapi WINDOW 19 
		  {disabled 4 pressed 3 active 2 {} 1}
	      ttk::style layout CloseButton {CloseButton.smallclose -sticky news}
	      pack [ttk::button .close -style CloseButton]

       Change the appearence of a ttk::checkbutton(3tk) to use the Explorer pin part EBP_HEADERPIN.
	      ttk::style element create pin vsapi EXPLORERBAR 3 {
		  {pressed !selected} 3
		  {active !selected} 2
		  {pressed selected} 6
		  {active selected} 5
		  {selected} 4
		  {} 1
	      }
	      ttk::style layout Explorer.Pin {Explorer.Pin.pin -sticky news}
	      pack [ttk::checkbutton .pin -style Explorer.Pin]

SEE ALSO

       ttk::intro(3tk), ttk::widget(3tk), ttk::style(3tk), ttk_image(3tk)

KEYWORDS

       style, theme, appearance, windows

Tk									8.5							    ttk_vsapi(3tk)