Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Toplevel Methods

In addition to cget and configure, the following methods are supported by the Toplevel widget. Note that since the MainWindow is a Toplevel widget, each of these methods applies to the MainWindow as well.

aspect

Returns the constraints to the aspect of the window. The four-item list returned corresponds to the minimum width, the minimum height, the maximum width, and the maximum height.

client

Assigns a name to the toplevel window.

colormapwindows

For the X Window System, passes a list of windows to the window manager that have private colormaps. Controls the WM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS property.

command

For the X Window System, returns the command used to start the application.

deiconify

Displays an iconified window.

focusmodel

Gives up the keyboard focus to another window.

frame

Returns the ID of the parent widget as a hexadecimal string.

geometry

For the X Window System, gets the geometry of the Toplevel widget.

grid

Changes the size of the Toplevel’s grid.

group

Makes the widget the group leader of a set of related windows.

iconbitmap

Identifies a bitmap to use as an icon when the window is iconified.

iconify

Iconifies the window.

iconmask

Specifies a mask for the icon bitmap.

iconname

Assigns text to be associated with the icon.

iconposition

Specifies a position for the icon on the desktop.

iconwindow

Specifies a widget to use in place of an icon when iconified.

maxsize

Specifies the largest size for the window.

minsize

Specifies the smallest size for the window.

overrideredirect

Removes window decorations ...