Group Listing of Commands

This section briefly lists all BLT commands, grouped logically by function.

Graphical Commands

barchart

Plot two-dimensional bar chart of data in a window.

bitmap

Read and write bitmaps using inline Tcl code.

busy

Prevent user interaction when a graphical application is busy.

container

Container for a window from another application.

drag&drop

Provide a drag-and-drop facility for Tk applications.

graph

Plot two-dimensional graphics of data in a window.

hierbox

Hierarchical listbox for displaying ordered trees.

htext

A simple hypertext widget.

stripchart

Plot strip charts of data in a window.

table

A table-based geometry manager.

tabset

A tab notebook or simple tabset.

winop

Raise, lower, map, or unmap a window.

Numerical Data Commands

spline

Compute a spline curve fitted to a set of data points.

vector

A data structure for manipulating floating-point data values.

Tile Widget Commands

tilebutton

Version of Tk button supporting background tiles.

tilecheckbutton

Version of Tk checkbutton supporting background tiles.

tileframe

Version of Tk frame supporting background tiles.

tilelabel

Version of Tk label supporting background tiles.

tileradiobutton

Version of Tk radiobutton supporting background tiles.

tilescrollbar

Version of Tk scrollbar supporting background tiles.

tiletoplevel

Version of Tk toplevel supporting background tiles.

Utility Commands

beep

Ring the keyboard bell.

bgexec

Similar to the Tcl exec command, but allows Tk to handle events while a process is executing.

bltdebug

Simple Tcl command tracing ...

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