Re: [TCLCORE] TIP #262: Background Images for Frames

[Joe E. <jen...@fl...>]

Eric Taylor wrote:
>
>  TIP #262: BACKGROUND IMAGES FOR FRAMES
> [...]
>  This TIP proposes an option for frames that allows users to set the
>  background of the window to be an image.


You can achieve something like this with the [ttk::frame] widget,
by creating an image element and using it as the background.
(Coccinella uses this technique with ttk::label widgets in a 
couple places).

However, it's not as useful as one might think, since all of
the widgets _inside_ the frame (labels, checkbuttons, child
frames, etc.) have their own background, which will overwrite
the frame's.

(A "-transparent" option has been mentioned in subsequent
discussions, but nobody has yet proposed how such a thing might be
implemented.)


--Joe English

  jen...@fl...