The Frame Widget (Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition)

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21.17. The Frame Widget

Create a frame for enclosing other widgets using the Frame method. For example:

$parent->Frame( options )

The standard configuration options that apply to Frame are: -background, -bg, -borderwidth, -bw, -cursor, -height, -highlightbackground, -highlightcolor, -highlightthickness, -relief, -takefocus, and -width.

Other options are:

-class => name: The class associated with the frame.
-colormap => \$window: Specifies another window to share the colormap with. You can point to another window or use the value new to specify a new colormap. Default is undef.
-label => string: The string to use as a label for the frame.
-labelPack: Specifies options for the pack command.
-labelVariable => \$variable: Specifies a variable containing the text for the label.
-visual => type n: For the X Window System, changes the depth of colors.


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