'''CORE WIDGETS'''

These are the widgets you'll find available everywhere.  These widgets comprise much of a Tk-based application.

   * [button] ''(standard button widget)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/button.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_button.gif]

[LV] Has someone considered finding a copy of these images and placing them on http://core.tcl.tk/ ?

   * [checkbutton] ''(standard checkbox widget)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/checkbutton.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_checkbutton.gif]

   * [radiobutton] ''(radio button - a group of these can have one selected at a time)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/radiobutton.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_radiobutton.gif]

   * [menubutton] ''(one button storing a menu)'' [slebetman] ''A menubutton is what Windows developers call combobox. Unfortunately, on Windows, [menubutton] does not look like a proper combobox so users will usually be confused by the [menubutton]. On other operating systems like SunOS and the Mac, the menubutton is exactly what the user expects.''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/menubutton.gif]

   * [label] ''(a text string)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/label.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_label.gif]

   * [labelframe] ''(a frame wrapped in a border, with a label at the top)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/labelframe.gif]

   * [message] ''(a variation on the theme of labels; uncommon)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/message.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_message.gif]

   * [frame] ''(a container for other widgets, but doesn't display anything itself)''
(No picture, as frames don't look very impressive.  They're not meant to...)

   * [toplevel] ''(a container that doesn't live inside another widget, i.e. the window itself)''
(No picture, as toplevels don't look very impressive.  They're not meant to...)

   * [panedwindow] ''(a container for widgets that lets the user proportion space between them.)'' 
[http://zipguy.012webpages.com/tcl/panedwin.jpg]

   * [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.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/scale.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_scale.gif]

   * [scrollbar] ''(for adjusting scrollable widgets)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/scrollbar.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_scrollbar.gif]

   * [listbox] ''(selection from a list)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/listbox.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_listbox.gif]

   * [entry] ''(Single-line text entry)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/entry.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_entry.gif]

   * [spinbox] ''(Numeric entry widget.)'' ''[MG] The spinbox can also be used for non-numerical items. If you give it a list of strings, it'll scroll through them all.''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/spinbox.gif]

   * [text]  ''(Multi-line text entry, with text tagging, embeddable images, and more.)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/text.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_text.gif]

   * [canvas] ''(A drawing surface for vector-based graphics, raster images, and so on.)''
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/canvas.gif]

'''ADDITIONAL WIDGETS''' - implemented by OS on some platforms
   * [tk_optionMenu]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/w_option.gif]

   * [tk_dialog]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/dialog_w.gif]

   * [tk_messageBox]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/messageBox_w.gif]

   * [tk_getOpenFile]
Standard Tk on '''Unix''':

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

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

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

Standard Tk on '''Windows''':

[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/getOpenFile_win.gif]
   * [tk_getSaveFile]

''(looks very similar to the above dialogs...)''
   * [tk_chooseColor]

[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/chooseColor_wpid.gif]
[http://www.man.ac.uk/~zzcgudf/tcl/wikipix/chooseColor_w.jpg]

   * [tk_chooseDirectory]

[http://zipguy.012webpages.com/tcl/choosedir.jpg]

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'''TODO''' - Update for 8.5, add the [ttk] widgets button, checkbutton, combobox, entry, frame, label, labelframe, menubutton, notebook, progressbar, radiobutton, scrollbar, separator, sizegrip, style, treeview and demo how the look differs from the default widgets.]]

[unnamed] I also think it might be a good idea to try and create screenshots that have the best look and feel possible, which to me means a standard gray/blue color theme. The somewhat unusual color choices may lead some to believe that Tk is ugly and won't fit in.  This is a good place to put our best foot forward''

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