Overview of Item Types

Alias Items

Items of type alias are items that mirror another existing item. They are separate items and have their own position, tags, event bindings, etc., but use the rendering of another item. Aliases are created with widget commands of the following form:

pathName create alias [option value option value ...]
Aliases refer to the item specified by the -reference option . If the reference is not specified, or is deleted, then the alias item is not rendered. Note that aliases are still somewhat buggy, and their behavior on groups of items is not guaranteed. The following options are supported for aliases:

-reference [48] What item an alias references

Note that when the -width or -height of an alias set, the alias is clipped to those dimensions rather than being squashed or stretched as most items are.

Pad++ Reference Manual - 20 JUN 1997

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