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Configuration options

The widgets which have so far been described have each had a number of configuration options. Most of the widgets have options for controlling the foreground and background colour, and several support a width option.

The following options are available in all widgets currently supported:

foreground

The foreground colour

background

The background colour

The following options are commonly available;

geometry

Specifies height and width of widget - widgets:

width

Specifies width of widget - widgets: entry

height

specifies height of widget - widgets: listbox

text

specifies text associated with widget - widgets:

textvariable

specifies text variable associated with widget - widgets: entry