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<h1 ALIGN=
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<dt> <h3>Name
</h3></dt><dd>
base class for megawidgets within a frame
<dt> <h3>Inherits
</h3></dt><dd>
<a href=
"MegaArchetype.html">Pmw.MegaArchetype
</a><br>
<dt> <h3>Description
</h3></dt><dd>
This class creates a megawidget contained within a Tkinter.Frame
window. The class acts as the base class for megawidgets that are
not contained in their own toplevel window, such as
<a href=
"ButtonBox.html">Pmw.ButtonBox
</a> and
<a href=
"ComboBox.html">Pmw.ComboBox
</a>. It creates a Tkinter.Frame component, named
<strong>hull
</strong>,
to act as the container of the megawidget. The window class name
for the
<strong>hull
</strong> widget is set to the most-specific class name for
the megawidget. Derived classes specialise this class by
creating other widget components as children of the
<strong>hull
</strong> widget.
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<dt> <h3>Components
</h3></dt><dd>
Components created by this megawidget and its base
classes are described below.
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<a name=component.hull
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This acts as the body for the entire megawidget. Other components
are created as children of the hull to further specialise this
class. By default, this component is a Tkinter.Frame.
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<dt> <h3>Methods
</h3></dt><dd>
This megawidget has no methods of its own.
For a description of its inherited methods, see the
manual for its base class
<strong><a href=
"MegaArchetype.html#methods">Pmw.MegaArchetype
</a></strong>.
In addition, methods from the
<strong>Tkinter.Frame
</strong> class
are forwarded by this megawidget to the
<strong>hull
</strong> component.
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<br>Manual page last reviewed:
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