Designing Mega Widgets in the Tix Library
Ioi K. Lam
Computer Graphics Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania, PA
Abstract
Tcl/Tk graphical applications are built by assembling Tk widgets.
The Tix library pre-packages the standard Tk widgets into an
extensive set of higher-level GUI components, a.k.a. mega-widgets,
so that applications ban be built more rapidly and in a more
structural manner. With many new widgets, the Tix library enriches
Tcl/Tk applications by introducing new interaction techniques.
The Tix mega-widgets have a powerful application programming interface
(API) designed to boost application programmers' productivity.
This paper describes the mega-widgets in the Tix library and
discusses the principles for designing the API of mega-widgets.
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