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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

ttk_menubutton (1t)

Name

ttk_menubutton - Widget that pops down a menu when pressed

Synopsis

ttk::menubutton pathName ?options?

Description

ttk::menubutton(1t)            Tk Themed Widget            ttk::menubutton(1t)



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NAME
       ttk::menubutton - Widget that pops down a menu when pressed

SYNOPSIS
       ttk::menubutton pathName ?options?
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DESCRIPTION
       A  ttk::menubutton  widget  displays  a textual label and/or image, and
       displays a menu when pressed.

STANDARD OPTIONS
       -class                -compound            -cursor
       -image                -state               -style
       -takefocus            -text                -textvariable
       -underline            -width

       See the ttk_widget manual entry for details on the standard options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       Command-Line Name:-direction
       Database Name:  direction
       Database Class: Direction

              Specifies where the menu is to be  popped  up  relative  to  the
              menubutton.   One  of: above, below, left, right, or flush.  The
              default is below.  flush pops the  menu  up  directly  over  the
              menubutton.

       Command-Line Name:-menu
       Database Name:  menu
       Database Class: Menu

              Specifies the path name of the menu associated with the menubut-
              ton.  To be on the safe side, the menu  ought  to  be  a  direct
              child of the menubutton.

WIDGET COMMAND
       Menubutton  widgets  support  the  standard  cget, configure, identify,
       instate, and state methods.  No other widget methods are used.

STANDARD STYLES
       Ttk::menubutton widgets support the Toolbutton style  in  all  standard
       themes, which is useful for creating widgets for toolbars.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | runtime/tk-8     |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       ttk::widget(n), menu(n), menubutton(n)

KEYWORDS
       widget, button, menu



NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source        was        downloaded        from         https://source-
       forge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/8.6.7/tk8.6.7-src.tar.gz/download.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.tcl.tk/.



Tk                                    8.5                  ttk::menubutton(1t)