image(n) Tk Built-In Commands image(n)
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NAME
image - Create and manipulate images
SYNOPSIS
image option ?arg arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION
The image command is used to create, delete, and query images. It can take several different forms,
depending on the option argument. The legal forms are:
image create type ?name? ?option value ...?
Creates a new image and returns its name. type specifies the type of the image, which must be
one of the types currently defined (e.g., bitmap). name specifies the name for the image; if
it is omitted then Tk picks a name of the form imagex, where x is an integer. There may be
any number of option-value pairs, which provide configuration options for the new image. The
legal set of options is defined separately for each image type; see below for details on the
options for built-in image types. If an image already exists by the given name then it is
replaced with the new image and any instances of that image will redisplay with the new con-tents. contents.
tents. It is important to note that the image command will silently overwrite any procedure
that may currently be defined by the given name, so choose the name wisely. It is recommended
to use a separate namespace for image names (e.g., ::img::logo, ::img::large).
image delete ?name name ...?
Deletes each of the named images and returns an empty string. If there are instances of the
images displayed in widgets, the images won't actually be deleted until all of the instances
are released. However, the association between the instances and the image manager will be
dropped. Existing instances will retain their sizes but redisplay as empty areas. If a
deleted image is recreated with another call to image create, the existing instances will use
the new image.
image height name
Returns a decimal string giving the height of image name in pixels.
image inuse name
Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the image given by name is in use by any
widgets.
image names
Returns a list containing the names of all existing images.
image type name
Returns the type of image name (the value of the type argument to image create when the image
was created).
image types
Returns a list whose elements are all of the valid image types (i.e., all of the values that
may be supplied for the type argument to image create).
image width name
Returns a decimal string giving the width of image name in pixels.
BUILT-IN IMAGE TYPES
The following image types are defined by Tk so they will be available in any Tk application. Indi-vidual Individual
vidual applications or extensions may define additional types.
bitmap Each pixel in the image displays a foreground color, a background color, or nothing. See the
bitmap manual entry for more information.
photo Displays a variety of full-color images, using dithering to approximate colors on displays
with limited color capabilities. See the photo manual entry for more information.
KEYWORDS
height, image, types of images, width
Tk 4.0 image(n)
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