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- =head1 NAME
-
- Tk::LabFrame - labeled frame.
-
- =for pm Tixish/LabFrame.pm
-
- =for category Tix Extensions
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- S< >B<use Tk::LabFrame;>
-
- S< >I<$f> = I<$parent>-E<gt>B<LabFrame>(?B<-label>=E<gt>I<text>,
- B<-labelside>=E<gt>I<where>, ...?);
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- B<LabFrame> is exactly like B<Frame> and additionaly allows to
- add a label to the frame.
-
- =head1 WIDGET-OPTIONS
-
- B<LabFrame> supports the same options as the
- L<Frame|Tk::Frame/"STANDARD OPTIONS"> widget.
-
- Additional options of B<LabFrame> are:
-
- =over 4
-
- =item B<-font> =E<gt> I<font>
-
- Specifies the label's font
-
- =item B<-foreground> =E<gt> I<color>
-
- Specifies the label's foreground color
-
- =item B<-label> =E<gt> I<text>
-
- The text of the label to be placed with the Frame.
-
- =item B<-labelside> =E<gt> I<where>
-
- I<Where> can be one of B<left>, B<right>, B<top>, B<bottom> or B<acrosstop>.
- The first four work as might be expected and place the label to the
- left, right, above or below the frame respectively. The B<acrosstop>
- creates a grooved frame around the central frame and puts the label
- near the northwest corner such that it appears to "overwrite" the
- groove.
-
- =item B<-labelvariable> =E<gt> I<scalar_ref>
-
- Specifies a reference to a variable and used as an
- alternative to -label. If the value of the variable changes,
- then the widget will be updated automatically to reflect the
- change. Used like -textvariable.
-
- =back
-
- =head1 ADVERTISED SUBWIDGETS
-
- See L<Tk::mega/"Subwidget"> how to use advertised widgets.
-
- =over 4
-
- =item I<border>
-
- Frame used to display the border
-
- =item I<frame>
-
- Frame used to create new LabFrame children.
-
- =item I<label>
-
- Label used for displaying text
-
- =back
-
- =head1 EXAMPLE
-
- Run the following test program to see this in action:
-
- use strict;
- use Tk;
- require Tk::LabFrame;
- require Tk::LabEntry;
-
- my $test = 'Test this';
- my $mw = Tk::MainWindow->new;
- my $f = $mw->LabFrame(-label => "This is a label",
- -labelside => "acrosstop");
- $f->LabEntry(-label => "Testing", -textvariable => \$test)->pack;
- $f->pack;
- Tk::MainLoop;
-
- =head1 BUGS
-
- Perhaps B<LabFrame> should be subsumed within the generic pTk
- labeled widget mechanism.
-
- =head1 AUTHOR
-
- B<Rajappa Iyer> rsi@earthling.net
-
- This code is derived from LabFrame.tcl and LabWidg.tcl in the Tix4.0
- distribution by Ioi Lam. The code may be redistributed under the same
- terms as Perl.
-
- =cut
-