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The source of theses pages is the excellent Tcl/Tk Quick Reference Guide.
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Other Standard Widgets

Button
Command: button
-activebackground -activeforeground -anchor -background -bitmap -borderwidth -command -cursor -disabledforeground

-font	-pady
-foreground	-relief
-height	-state
-highlightbackground	-takefocus
-highlightcolor	-text
-highlightthickness	-textvariable
-image	-underline
-justify	-width
-padx	-wraplength

-default state Set state of default ring, one of active, normal, or disabled.

button flash Alternate checkbutton between active and normal colors.
button invoke Toggle the selection state of the checkbutton and invoke the Tcl command specified with -command, if any.

Checkbutton
Command: checkbutton
-activebackground -activeforeground -anchor -background -bitmap -borderwidth -command -cursor -disabledforeground

-font	-pady
-foreground	-relief
-height	-state
-highlightbackground	-takefocus
-highlightcolor	-text
-highlightthickness	-textvariable
-image	-underline
-justify	-width
-padx	-wraplength

-indicatoron boolean Whether or not the indicator should be drawn.
-offvalue value Value given to variable specified with -variable option when the checkbutton is deselected.
-onvalue value Value given to variable specified with -variable option when the checkbutton is selected.
-selectcolor color Color used to fill in indicator when selected.
-selectimage image Image displayed in indicator when selected.
-variable variable Variable to associate with checkbutton.

checkbutton deselect Deselect the checkbutton.
checkbutton flash Alternate checkbutton between active and normal colors.
checkbutton invoke Toggle the selection state of the checkbutton and invoke the Tcl command specified with -command, if any.
checkbutton select Select the checkbutton.
checkbutton toggle Toggle the selection state of the checkbutton.

Frame
Command: frame
-borderwidth -cursor -height

-highlightbackground	-relief
-highlightcolor	-takefocus
-highlightthickness	-width

-background color Same as standard expect it may be the empty string to preserve colormap.
-class name Class name to use in querying the option database and for bindings.
-colormap colormap Colormap to use for the window if different from parent.
-container boolean Whether the frame will be a container to embed another application.
-visual visual Visual info to use for the window if different from parent.

Label
Command: label
-anchor -background -bitmap -borderwidth -cursor -font -foreground

-height	-pady
-highlightbackground	-relief
-highlightcolor	-takefocus
-highlightthickness	-text
-image	-textvariable
-justify	-underline
-padx	-width
	-wraplength

Menubutton
Command: menubutton
-activebackground -activeforeground -anchor -background -bitmap -borderwidth -cursor -disabledforeground -font

-foreground	-relief
-height	-state
-highlightbackground	-takefocus
-highlightcolor	-text
-highlightthickness	-textvariable
-image	-underline
-justify	-width
-padx	-wraplength
-pady

-direction direction Where to pop up menu where direction is one of above, below, left, right, and flush.
-indicatoron boolean If true then a small indicator will be displayed on the button`s right side and the default menu bindings will treat this as an option menubutton.
-menu pathName Pathname of menu widget to post when button is invoked.

Message
Command: message
-anchor -background -borderwidth -cursor -font -foreground

-highlightbackground	-relief
-highlightcolor	-takefocus
-highlightthickness	-text
-justify	-textvariable
-padx	-width
-pady

-aspect integer Ratio of text width to text height times 100 to use to display text.

Radiobutton
Command: radiobutton
-activebackground -activeforeground -anchor -background -bitmap -borderwidth -command -cursor -disabledforeground

-font	-pady
-foreground	-relief
-height	-state
-highlightbackground	-takefocus
-highlightcolor	-text
-highlightthickness	-textvariable
-image	-underline
-justify	-width
-padx	-wraplength

-indicatoron boolean Whether or not the indicator should be drawn.
-selectcolor color Color used to fill in indicator when selected.
-selectimage image Image displayed in indicator when selected.
-value value Value given to variable specified with -variable option when the radiobutton is selected.
-variable variable Variable to associate with radiobutton.

radiobutton deselect Deselect the radiobutton.
radiobutton flash Alternate radiobutton between active and normal colors.
radiobutton invoke Toggle the selection state of the radiobutton and invoke the Tcl command specified with -command, if any.
radiobutton select Select the radiobutton.

Scale
Command: scale
-activebackground -background -borderwidth -cursor -foreground -font

-highlightbackground	-repeatdelay
-highlightcolor	-repeatinterval
-highlightthickness	-state
-orient	-takefocus
-relief	-troughcolor

-bigincrement number A real value to use for large increments of the scale.
-command tclCommand Specified a TCL command to invoke when scale`s value is changed. The scale`s value will be appended as an additional argument.
-digits integer An integer specifying how many significant digits should be retained.
-from number A real value corresponding to left or top end of the scale.
-label string A string to display as label for the scale.
-length size Specifies the height (width) for vertical (horizontal) scales.
-resolution number Real value to which scale`s value will be rounded to an even multiple of.
-showvalue boolean Whether or not scale`s current value should be displayed in side label.
-sliderlength size Size of the slider, measured along the slider`s long dimension.
-sliderrelief relief Specify the relief used to display the slider.
-tickinterval number A real value to specify the spacing between numerical tick marks displayed.
-to number A real value corresponding to the right or bottom end of the scale.
-variable variable Name of a global variable to link to the scale.
-width width Narrow dimension of scale (not including border).

scale coords [value] Returns x and y coordinates of point corresponding to value.
scale get [x y] If x y is given, returns scale value at that coordinate position. Otherwise, scale`s current value is returned.
scale identify x y Returns string indicating part of scale at position x y. Maybe one of slider, trough1, trough2 or empty.
scale set value Changes the current value of scale to value.

Scrollbar
Command: scrollbar
-activebackground -background -borderwidth -cursor -highlightbackground

-highlightcolor	-repeatdelay
-highlightthickness	-repeatinterval
-jump	-takefocus
-orient	-troughcolor
-relief

-activerelief number Relief to use when displaying the element that is active.
-command tclCommandPrefix Prefix of a Tcl command to invoke to change the view in the widget associated with the scrollbar.
-elementborderwidth width Width of borders around internal elements (arrows and slider).
-width width Narrow dimension of scrollbar (not including border).

Elements: arrow1, trough1, slider, trough2, arrow2

scrollbar activate [element] Display element with active attributes.
scrollbar delta deltaX deltaY Returns fractional position change for slider movement of deltaX deltaY.
scrollbar fraction x y Returns a real number between 0 and 1 indicating where the point given by pixel coords x y lies in the trough area of the scrollbar.
scrollbar get Returns current scrollbar settings as the list {first last}.
scrollbar identify x y Returns name of element under pixel coords x y.
scrollbar set first last Describes current view of associated widget where first last are the percentage distance from widget`s beginning of the start and end of the view.

Toplevel
Command: toplevel
-borderwidth -cursor -height

-highlightbackground	-relief
-highlightcolor	-takefocus
-highlightthickness	-width

-background color Same as standard but my be empty to preserve colormap space.
-class string Class name for the window to be used by option database.
-colormap colormap Color map to use for window. May be the word new, pathname of other toplevel, or empty for the default colormap of screen.
-container boolean Whether toplevel is a container used to embed another application.
-use windowID Toplevel should be embedded inside window identified by windowID (see winfo id ) which was created as a container.
-screen screen Screen on which to place the window.
-visual visual Specifies visual to use for window.

The source of theses pages is the excellent Tcl/Tk Quick Reference Guide.