Options

Table 38-1. Scale Options

Option

Type

Description

activebackground

color

background (bg)

color

bigincrement

value

command

callback

cursor

cursor

The cursor to show when the mouse pointer is placed over the scale widget. Default is a system specific arrow cursor.

digits

value

font

font

foreground (fg)

color

from (from_)

value

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).

label

string

length

distance

orient

constant

relief

constant

Border decoration. The default is FLAT. Other possible values are SUNKEN, RAISED, GROOVE, and RIDGE.

borderwidth (bd)

distance

The width of the button border. The default is platform specific, but is usually 1 or 2 pixels.

repeatdelay

time

repeatinterval

time

resolution

value

showvalue

flag

sliderlength

distance

sliderrelief

constant

state

constant

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 scale accepts focus only if it has any keyboard bindings (default is off, in other words).

tickinterval

time

to

value

troughcolor

color

variable

variable

width

distance