This page describe what a paned window is, and where to find implementations.
A paned window is a widget consisting of two windows with a bar down the middle, where the bar has a handle for resizing the two windows.
Tcl/Tk 8.4 has a panedwindow, and a spinbox as well as a labelframe. The panedwindow was the result of TIP 41 [L1 ] which proposed a built-in PanedWindow.
Ro: I always find that I need some examples to get started with a widget. So here is a simple example that should get you started with the panedwindow from Tk 8.4 (be sure to check out the man page [L2 ] for details)
package require Tk 8.4 panedwindow .pw -orient vertical label .pw.x1 -text Bapy -fg orange -bg black label .pw.x2 -text Mojo -fg white -bg red .pw add .pw.x1 -minsize 200 .pw add .pw.x2 -minsize 100 pack .pw -fill both -expand yes
Maximize the window to see how you can alter the sizes of the panes, while respecting the minsize that was chosen by the config option -minsize .
The widgets that you add to the panedwindow MUST be children of the panedwindow, in this case they must be .pw.something .
On windows, mouse-button-1 resizes the panes once you let go of the sash, whereas mouse-button-2 resizes the panes as you move the sash.
If you're looking for a good Tcl/Tk 8.4 implementation, be sure to check out tclkit and starkit.
BWidgets [L3 ] has a PanedWindow.
ClassyTk [L4 ] has a Paned widget.
obTcl [L5 ] has a paged window widget.
Jeffrey Hobbs' widget package [L6 ] includes a pure-Tcl geometry-manager-like-thing that serves as a paned window.
Iwidgets [L7 ] (based on itk) includes a panedwindow.
[Does Perl/Tk have a Pane widget?]
VK: Perl/Tk has Tk::Adjuster, which Allow size of packed widgets to be adjusted by user. Strangely, it has Tix mixed in, but PanedWin from Tix was not used, for some reason it has its own... Some kind of implementation details.
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