From: Jeff H. <je...@ac...> - 2008-11-26 00:47:00
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Damon Courtney wrote: >> Skip -alias, consider -tags (would any known widget conflict at the >> widget creation level?). >> >> button .b -tags toolbar >> button .c -tags {toolbar edge} >> configure toolbar -state disabled >> ... >> >> I simulate this at the higher level now. It may be asking too much >> for 8.6, but possibly worth considering. > > Yes. My brain was moving too fast when I posted, but this is > exactly what I recommend. In fact, I use a system I wrote called > Tktags that does just this sort of thing. In fact, it does exactly > what you describe here except for the fact that you have to tag the > widgets yourself since they don't support a -tags option. The benefit of external tagging is that any widget can be tagged (even older ones). This is why I like how tklib tooltip works. Should we add a -tooltip to widgets, or ? Jeff |