Tix Documentation Master Index

About This File

This file serves as the master index of all the off-line documentation included in this package. It also points you to the on-line documentation of Tix served in the World Wide Web.

The file README.html is in HTML format and should be read using a HTML browser. If you do not have an HTML browser, each HTML document included in this package has a plain text version. For example, the plain text version of README.html is README.txt.

Table of Contents

What is Tix?

the Tix library is an extension to the Tk toolkit that contains over 20 new widgets for Tk. Features include:
A LOT of new widgets:
ComboBox, Motif style FileSelectBox, MS Windows style FileSelectBox, PanedWindow, NoteBook, Hierarchical Listbox, Directory List/Tree View, Spin Control widget .... and many more. With these new widgets, your Tcl/Tk applications can acquire a great professional look and you can interact with your users in interesting new ways.

XPM image suport:

Compound images:
A new image type called "compound" allows youto glue together a bunch of bitmaps, images and text strings together to form a bigger image. Then you can use this image with widgets that support the -image option. For example, you can display a text string string together with a bitmap, at the same time, inside a TK button widget.

Form geometry manager:
Works similar to the Motif Form widget. You can specify geometry constraints using attachment rules.

Mwm window mamager support:
With the tixMwm command, you can communicate with the Motif window manager "mwm"; you can add new items to the Motif system menu and change the window manager decorations.

Subscribing to the Tix Mailing List

There is a mailing list for Tix. To subscribe, send me a mail to ioi@graphics.cis.upenn.edu and I'll add you to the list manually. Currently there are about 120 people on the list.

To send a message to the Tix mailing list, use the address tix-info@graphics.cis.upenn.edu

Tix Home Page

The Tix Home Page at http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~ioi/tix/tix.html provides more detailed information about Tix.
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