Purpose: list the various widgets by name, with a brief example.
[Have there been any Tk widgets added since this page was created?]
CORE WIDGETS and no, the ordering is most definitely not aimless... DKF
- button (generic graphical activatable item)
- radiobutton (one button which eventually will be a mutually exclusive selection button)
- label (textual information)
- labelframe (info attached to a group of widgets. NEW WIDGET IN 8.4a4!)
- message (a variation on the theme of labels; uncommon)
- 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)
- listbox (selection from a list; Configurable line colours new in 8.3)
- entry (Single-line text entry)
- text (Multi-line text entry, but also hypertext and so much more. A very versatile widget indeed...)
- canvas (Hyper-graphics; extremely powerful)
- spinbox (Numeric entry widget. NEW WIDGET IN 8.4a1!)
DERIVED WIDGETS (implemented by OS on some platforms)
Standard Tk on Unix:
Tk on Unix in Motif-emulation mode:
Standard Tk on Windows:
(looks very similar to the above dialogs...)
Category GUI