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NAME

       Tk::Label - Create and manipulate Label widgets

SYNOPSIS

       $label = $parent->Label(?options?);

STANDARD OPTIONS

       -activebackground -activeforeground -anchor -background -bitmap -borderwidth -compound -cursor -disabledforeground -font -foreground
       -highlightbackground -highlightcolor -highlightthickness -image -justify -padx -pady -relief -takefocus -text -textvariable -underline
       -wraplength

       See Tk::options for details of the standard options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       Name:	 height
       Class:	 Height
       Switch:	 -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 isn't specified, the label's
	   desired height is computed from the size of the image or bitmap or text being displayed in it.

       Name:	 state
       Class:	 State
       Switch:	 -state
	   Specifies one of three states for the label: normal, active, or disabled. In normal state the label 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 disabledForeground and background options determine how the button is displayed.

       Name:	 width
       Class:	 Width
       Switch:	 -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 isn't specified, the label's desired width
	   is computed from the size of the image or bitmap or text being displayed in it.

DESCRIPTION

       The Label method creates a new window (given by the $widget 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 $widget argument.  At the time this command is invoked, there must not exist a window named
       $widget, but $widget'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
       characters 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 METHODS

       The Label method creates a widget object.  This object supports the configure and cget methods described in Tk::options which can be used
       to enquire and modify the options described above.  The widget also inherits all the methods provided by the generic Tk::Widget class.

BINDINGS

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

KEYWORDS

       label, widget

perl v5.12.1							    2007-07-30								  Label(3)