Purpose: list the various widgets by name, with a brief example.

'''CORE WIDGETS'''
''and no, the ordering is most definitely not aimless... DKF''
   * button ''(generic graphical activatable item)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/button.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_button.gif]
   * checkbutton ''(one on/off button)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/checkbutton.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_checkbutton.gif]
   * radiobutton ''(one button which eventually will be a mutually exclusive selection button)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/radiobutton.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_radiobutton.gif]
   * menubutton ''(one button stored in a menu)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/menubutton.gif]
   * label ''(textual information)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/label.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_label.gif]
   * message ''(a variation on the theme of labels; uncommon)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/message.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_message.gif]
   * frame ''(a box for other widgets)''
(No picture, as frames don't look very impressive.  They're not meant to...)
   * toplevel ''(a frame that doesn't live inside another widget)''
(No picture, as toplevels don't look very impressive.  They're not meant to...)
   * menu ''(accesses the '''real''', OS menu on some platforms)''
(A bit awkward to take a picture of this one... :^)
   * scale ''(for adjusting numeric values)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/scale.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_scale.gif]
   * scrollbar ''(for adjusting scrollable widgets)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/scrollbar.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_scrollbar.gif]
   * listbox ''(selection from a list; '''Configurable line colours new in 8.3''')''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/listbox.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_listbox.gif]
   * entry ''(Single-line text entry)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/entry.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_entry.gif]
   * text  ''(Multi-line text entry, but also hypertext ''and'' so much more.  A very versatile widget indeed...)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/text.gif]
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_text.gif]
   * canvas ''(Hyper-graphics; extremely powerful)''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/canvas.gif]
   * spinbox ''(Numeric entry widget. '''NEW WIDGET IN 8.4a1!''')''
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/spinbox.gif]

'''DERIVED WIDGETS''' (implemented by OS on some platforms)
   * tk_optionMenu
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/w_option.gif]
   * tk_dialog
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/dialog_w.gif]
   * tk_messageBox
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/messageBox_w.gif]
   * tk_getOpenFile
Standard Tk on '''Unix''':

[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/getOpenFile_tk.gif]

Tk on Unix in '''Motif-emulation''' mode:

[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/getOpenFile_motif.gif]

Standard Tk on '''Windows''':

[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/getOpenFile_win.gif]
   * tk_getSaveFile
''(looks very similar to the above dialogs...)''
   * tk_chooseColor
[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/chooseColor_wpid.gif]

[http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~fellowsd/tcl/wikipix/chooseColor_w.jpg]
   * tk_chooseDirectory