ttk::button

Widget that issues a command when pressed

literal type exactly as shown argument replace with your value ~~?optional?~~ may be omitted

Synopsis#

ttk::button pathName ?options?

Description#

A ttk::button widget displays a textual label and/or image, and evaluates a command when pressed.

Standard Options#

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

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

-command#

Database name	`command`
Database class	`Command`

A script to evaluate when the widget is invoked.

-default#

Database name	`default`
Database class	`Default`

May be set to one of normal, active, or disabled. In a dialog box, one button may be designated the “default” button (meaning, roughly, “the one that gets invoked when the user presses <Enter>”). active indicates that this is currently the default button; normal means that it may become the default button, and disabled means that it is not defaultable. The default is normal.

Depending on the theme, the default button may be displayed with an extra highlight ring, or with a different border color.

In addition to the standard cget, configure, identify element, instate, state and style commands (see ttk::widget), button widgets support the following additional commands:

pathName invoke: Invokes the command associated with the button.

Standard styles#

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

In the Aqua theme there are several other styles which can be used to produce replicas of many of the different button types that are discussed in Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. These include DisclosureButton, DisclosureTriangle, HelpButton, ImageButton, InlineButton, GradientButton, RoundedRectButton, and RecessedButton.

Styling options#

The class name for a ttk::button is TButton.

Dynamic states: active, disabled, pressed, readonly.

TButton styling options configurable with ttk::style are:

-anchor anchor
-background color
-bordercolor color
-compound compound
-darkcolor color
-foreground color
-font font
-highlightcolor color
-highlightthickness amount
-lightcolor color
-padding padding
-relief relief
-shiftrelief amount

-shiftrelief specifies how far the button contents are shifted down and right in the pressed state. This action provides additional skeuomorphic feedback.

-width amount

Some options are only available for specific themes.

See the ttk::style manual page for information on how to configure ttk styles.

Keywords#

widget · button · default · command