Text Attributes

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	Practical Programming in Tcl & Tk, Third Edition By Brent B. Welch
	Table of Contents
	Chapter 33.  The Text Widget

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Table 33-10 lists the attributes for the text widget. The table uses the resource name, which has capitals at internal word boundaries. In Tcl commands, the attributes are specified with a dash and all lowercase:

Table 33-10. Text attribute resource names.

background	Background color (also bg).
borderWidth	Extra space around the edge of the text.
cursor	Cursor to display when mouse is over the widget.
exportSelection	If true, selected text is exported to the selection.
font	Default font for the text.
foreground	Foreground color (also fg).
height	Height, in text lines.
highlightBackground	Focus highlight color when widget does not have focus.
highlightColor	Color for input focus highlight border.
highlightThickness	Width of highlight border.
insertBackground	Color for the insert cursor.
insertBorderWidth	Size of 3D border for insert cursor.
insertOffTime	Milliseconds insert cursor blinks off.
insertOnTime	Milliseconds insert cursor blinks on.
insertWidth	Width of the insert cursor.
padX	Extra space to the left and right of the text.
padY	Extra space above and below the text.
relief	flat, sunken, raised, groove, ridge, or solid.
selectBackground	Background color of selected text.
selectForeground	Foreground color of selected text.
selectBorderWidth	Size of 3D border for selection highlight.
setGrid	Enable/disable geometry gridding.
spacing1	Extra space above each unwrapped line.
spacing2	Space between parts of a line that have wrapped.
spacing3	Extra space below an unwrapped line.
state	Editable (normal) or read-only (disabled).
tabs	Tab stops.
takeFocus	Control focus changes from keyboard traversal.
width	Width, in characters, of the text display.
wrap	Line wrap mode: none, char, or word.
xScrollCommand	Tcl command prefix for horizontal scrolling.
yScrollCommand	Tcl command prefix for vertical scrolling.

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