Canvas Operations

   

Practical Programming in Tcl & Tk, Third Edition
By Brent B. Welch

Table of Contents
Chapter 34.  The Canvas Widget


Table 34-11 summarizes the operations on canvas widgets. In the table, $c is a canvas and $t represents a canvas tag or numerical object ID. In some cases, an operation only applies to a single object. In these cases, if a tag identifies several objects, the first object in the display list is operated on.

The canvas display list refers to the global order among canvas objects. New objects are put at the end of the display list. Objects later in the display list obscure objects earlier in the list. The term above refers to objects later in the display list.

Table 34-9 describes several of the canvas operations that only apply to text objects. They are dchars, focus, index, icursor, insert, and select. Table 34-11 does not repeat those operations.

Table 34-11. Operations on a canvas widget.
$c addtag tag above $tAdds tag to the item just above $t in the display list.
$c addtag tag allAdds tag to all objects in the canvas.
$c addtag tag below $tAdds tag to the item just below $t in the display list.
$c addtag tag closest x y ?halo? ?start?Adds tag to the item closest to the x y position. If more than one object is the same distance away, or if more than one object is within halo pixels, then the last one in the display list (uppermost) is returned. If start is specified, the closest object after start in the display list is returned.
$c addtag tag enclosed x1 y1 x2 y2Adds tag to the items completely enclosed in the specified region. x1 <= x2, y1 <= y2.
$c addtag tag withtag $tAdds tag to the items identified by $t.
$c bbox $t ?tag tag ...?Returns the bounding box of the items identified by the tag(s) in the form x1 y1 x2 y2
$c bind $t ?sequence? ?command?Sets or queries the bindings of canvas items.
$c canvasx screenx ?grid?Maps from the X screen coordinate screenx to the X coordinate in canvas space, rounded to multiples of grid if specified.
$c canvasy screeny ?grid?Maps from screen Y to canvas Y.
$c cget optionReturns the value of option for the canvas.
$c configure ...Queries or updates the attributes of the canvas.
$c coords $t ?x1 y1 ...?Queries or modifies the coordinates of the item.
$c create type x y ?x2 y2 ...? ?opt value ...?Creates a canvas object of the specified type at the specified coordinates.
$c delete $t ?tag ...?Deletes the item(s) specified by the tag(s) or ID(s).
$c dtag $t ?deltag?Removes the specified tags from the items identified by $t. If deltag is omitted, it defaults to $t.
$c find addtagSearch ...Returns the IDs of the tags that match the search specification: above, all, below, closest, enclosed, and withtag, as for addtag.
$c gettags $tReturns the tags associated with the first item identified by $t.
$c itemcget $t optionReturns the value of option for item $t.
$c itemconfigure $t ...Queries or reconfigures item $t.
$c lower $t ?belowThis?Moves the items identified by $t to the beginning of the display list, or just before belowThis.
$c move $t dx dyMoves $t by the specified amount.
$c postscript ...Generates postscript. Table 34-12 lists options.
$c raise $t ?aboveThis?Moves the items identified by $t to the end of the display list, or just after aboveThis.
$c scale $t x0 y0 xS ySScales the coordinates of the items identified by $t. The distance between x0 and a given X coordinate changes by a factor of xS. Similarly for Y.
$c scan mark x ySets a mark for a scrolling operation.
$c scan dragto x yScrolls the canvas from the previous mark.
$c type $tReturns the type of the first item identified by $t.
$t xviewReturns two fractions between zero and one that describes the amount of the canvas off-screen to the left and the amount of the canvas displayed.
$t xview moveto fractionPositions the canvas so that fraction of the scroll region is off screen to the left.
$t xview scroll num whatScrolls num of what, which is units or pages.
$t yviewReturns two fractions between zero and one that describes the amount of the canvas off screen to the top and the amount of the canvas displayed.
$t yview moveto fractionPositions the text so that fraction of the canvas scroll region is off screen toward the top.
$t yview scroll num whatScrolls num of what, which is units or pages.


       
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    Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk
    Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk (4th Edition)
    ISBN: 0130385603
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 1999
    Pages: 478

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