The Message widget support the following options:
Table 33-1. Message Options
Option | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
anchor | constant | |
aspect | value | |
background (bg) | color | |
cursor | cursor | The cursor to show when the mouse pointer is placed over the message widget. Default is a system specific arrow cursor. |
font | font | |
foreground (fg) | color | |
highlightbackground, highlightcolor | color | Controls how to draw the focus highlight border. When the widget has focus, the border is drawn in the highlightcolor color. Otherwise, it is drawn in the highlightbackground color. The defaults are system specific. |
highlightthickness | distance | Controls the width of the focus highlight border. Default is 0 (no border). |
justify | constant | |
padx, pady | distance | |
relief | constant | Border decoration. The default is FLAT. Other possible values are SUNKEN, RAISED, GROOVE, and RIDGE. Note that to show the border, you need to change the borderwidth from it's default value of 0. |
borderwidth (bd) | distance | Border width. The default is 0 (no border). |
takefocus | flag | Indicates that the user can use the Tab key to move to this widget. Default is an empty string, which means that the message accepts focus only if it has any keyboard bindings (default is off, in other words). |
text | string | |
textvariable | variable | |
width | distance |