Borders and Relief

Example 37-2 illustrates the different reliefs:

Example 37-2 3D relief sampler.


frame .f -borderwidth 10
pack .f
foreach relief {raised sunken flat ridge groove solid} {
   label .f.$relief -text $relief -relief $relief \
      -bd 2 -padx 3
   pack .f.$relief -side left -padx 4
}

The three-dimensional appearance of widgets is determined by two attributes: borderWidth and relief. The borderWidth adds extra space around the edge of a widget's display, and this area can be displayed in a number of ways according to the relief attribute. The solid relief was added in Tk 8.0 to support the Macintosh look for entry widget, and it works well ...

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