The colorframe widget

In Brief

This widget is much like a normal Tk frame, but, allows you to easily set a background colour for the Mac platform.

Commands

::tclmacbag::colorframe pathName ?Options?

Available options:

• -background Colour

  This will give your frame a background colour.

• -force yes

  Normally, without this option, the frame will only be coloured for users on the Mac.

  Where this option is used, a coloured frame will be produced on all platforms.

Example

::tclmacbag::colorframe .f -background #828282
::tclmacbag::colorframe .g -background white
[...]

Further Information

As is standard, ::tclmacbag::colorframe returns with value of pathName, for ease of use with geometry managers like grid and pack.

The colour #B2B2B2 is suggested as a good one to choose to mimic the general appearance of "metal" and "brushed metal" styles on the Mac.