Introduction
create [21] Create new items
delete [23] Delete existing items
find[31] Search for items by various keys
isvisible [55] Return true if the specified item is visible.
itemconfigure Configure existing items
lower[60] Push an item lower in the drawing order
pick[65] Find the item under a point
popcoordframe[66] Pop a relative coordinate frame off of the stack
pushcoordframe[68] Add a new relative coordinate frame to the stack
raise[69] Bring an item higher in the drawing order
resetcoordframe[75] Reset coordinate frame stack to empty
setid[82] Change the id of an item
text[91] Modify text item
type [93] Get the type of an item
-aliases [1] (Read-only) Returns all aliases of the item
-arrow [7] Whether to draw arrow heads with this item
-arrowshape [8] The shape of drawn arrow heads
-height [26] Height of an item. Normally computed, but can be set to squash/stretch item
-html [27] The HTML item associated with an htmlanchor
-htmlanchors [28] The anchors associated with an HTML page
-image [29] Image data associated with item (allocated by image alloc)
-info [30] A place to store application-specific information with an item
-ismap [31] True if an htmlanchor is an image map
-lock [35] Locks an item so it can not be modified or deleted
-state [53] State of an item (such as visited, unvisited, etc.)
-sticky [54] Specifies if an item should stay put when the view changes
-text [56] The text of any item containing text
-timerrate [57] Frequency timerscript should fire
-timerscript [58] Script associated with an item that fires at regular intervals
-title [59] Some items only: Title of an item
-url [63] The URL associated with an item
-width [68] Width of an item. Normally computed, but can be set to squash/stretch item
-zoomaction [70] A script that gets evaluated when an item is scaled larger or smaller than a set size
animate [1] Animate item options asynchronously
bbox [10] Get the bounding box of an item
coords [20] Change the coordinates of an item
getsize [44] Get the size of an item (possibly within portals)
rotate [76] Rotate an item
scale [77] Change the size of an item relatively
slide [88] Move an item relatively in (x, y)
-anchor [3] The part of the item that -position refers to
-position
-angle [5] Specifies absolute rotation of item
-anglectr [6] Specifies absolute rotation of item, rotating about specified point
-position [47] The absolute position of the object (x, y, scale)
-position
center [15] Change the view so as to center an item
centerbbox [16] Change the view so as to center a bounding box
getview [47] Get the current view (possibly within portals)
getzoom [48] Get the current view magnification (possibly within portals)
moveto [62] Change the view (possibly within portals)
zoom [99] Zoom the view around a specified point
-lookon [36] Specifies the pad widget this item sees
-view [65] Specifies the view this item sees
-viewscript [66] A script that gets evaluated whenever the view is changed
addtag [5] Add a tag to an item
deletetag [23] Delete a tag from an item
dtag [23] Synonym for deletetag
gettags [45] Get the tags an item has
hastag [51] Determine if an item has a particular tag
-tags [55] List of tags associated with an item
bind [11] Create, modify, access, or delete event bindings
bindtags [12] Specify whether events should go to the most-specific or most-general description
focus [32] Set the focus for keyboard events
modifier [61] Manipulate user-defined modifiers
-events [20] True if item receives events, false otherwise
addgroupmember [2] Add an item to a group
getgroup [38] Get the group an item belongs to
removegroupmember [72] Remove an item from a group
-divisible [16] True if events go through a group to its members
-members [38] The list of members of a group
grid [50] Manage item layout in a grid as with the Tk grid command
layout [58] Layout items once
tree [92] Manage item layout with a dynamic graphical-fisheye view tree
damage [22] Specify that a group of items needs to be redrawn
update [94] Force any requested render requests to occur immediately
-alwaysrender [2] True if the item must be rendered, even if the system is slow and the item is small
-border [10] Specifies border color of item
-borderwidth [11] Specifies width of border
-capstyle [12] Specifies how to draw line ends
-clipping [13] Controls if items are clipped to their bounding box when rendered
-dither [15] Render with dithering
-faderange [21] Range over which an item fades in or out
-fill [23] Specifies fill color of item
-font [24] Specifies font to use for text
-joinstyle [32] Specifies how to draw the joints within multi-point lines
-layer [33] The layer an item is on
-noisedata [42] Specifies parameters to render item with noise
-maxsize [37] The maximum size an item is rendered it (absolute or relative to window size)
-minsize [41] The minimum size an item is rendered it (absolute or relative to window size)
-pen [45] Specifies pen color of item
-penwidth [46] Specifies width of pen
-relief [49] Specifies how border should be rendered (raised, flat, sunken, ridge, groove)
-transparency [61] Transparency of an item. 0 is completely transparent, 1 is completely opaque
-visiblelayers [67] The layers that are visible within this view (just for portals and surface, item #1)
border [13] Manipulate a fake 3D border for use in a render callback
color [18] Manipulate a color for use in a render callback
render [73] Configure and use renderer
renderitem [74] Render an item in a render callback
-renderscript [50] A script that gets evaluated every time an item is rendered
-bb [9] A script that gets evaluated to specify the bounding box of an item
cache [14] Control item cache
read [71] Read a .pad file
write [98] Write a .pad file (all the items on a widget)
-file [22] File an item should be defined by
-writeformat [69] Controls whether disk-based item is written out by copy or reference
configure [19] Modify the pad widget
font [33] Manipulate fonts and the font path
html [52] Manipulate and query an html page and its anchors.
image [53] Manipulate images
info [54] Get type-specific information about an item
layer [57] Manipulates layers
random [70] Generates a random integer
setlanguage [84] Set the language to be used for future callback scripts
settoplevel [87] Set the language to be used by the top-level interpreter
sound [89] Manipulate and play sounds
windowshape [97] Modify the shape of the top-level window that a pad widget is in
-donescript [17] A script to evaluate when a background action has completed
-errorscript [19] A script to evaluate when a background action has an error
-reference [48] What item an alias references
-updatescript [62] A script to evaluate when a background action has made progress
clock [17] Create a clock to measure elapsed milliseconds
getdate [37] Get the current date in unix format
getpads [42] Get a list of all pad widgets currently defined
line2spline [59] Generate points for a spline that approximate a line
noise [63] Generate 'perlin' noise
padxy [64] Convert a window point (x, y) to pad coordinates
spline2line [90] Generate points for a line that approximate a spline
urlfetch [95] Retrieve a URL over the internet in the background
warp [96] Warp (move) the core pointer
-command [14] Callback for widgets
-editable [18] True if text item is editable
-from [25] Starting value of valuator widget
-linesize [34] Amount widget should change to represent a line change
-memberlabels [39] List of labels for a pull-down or pop-up menu
-menubar [40] Menubar associated with a frame
-orientation [43] Orientation of widget (horizontal or vertical.)
-pagesize [44] Amount widget should change to represent a page change
-to [60] Ending value of valuator widget
-value [64] Current value of valuator widget
printtree [67] Print all the items on the pad surface in their internal tree structure
addoption [4] Create a new option for an existing type
addtype [6] Create a new item type
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