---
name: "Tickit::Widget::Placegrid"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtickit-widgets-perl"
version: "0.42-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Tickit::Widget::Placegrid"
---

# Tickit::Widget::Placegrid(3pm)

a placeholder grid display

## NAME

"Tickit::Widget::Placegrid" - a placeholder grid display

## DESCRIPTION

This class provides a widget which displays a simple grid pattern in its display area, and prints the size of the area in its centre.

It is intended as a placeholder for other widget code while applications are under development. It easily allows a container to have a child that can take any size, and will keep its window area painted (so avoiding bugs caused by "empty" containers that do not clear unused child areas).

## STYLE

The default style pen is used as the widget pen. The following style pen prefixes are also used:

- grid =\> PEN

  The pen used to render the grid lines

## CONSTRUCTOR

### $placegrid = Tickit::Widget::Placegrid-\>new( %args )

Constructs a new `"Tickit::Widget::Placegrid"` object.

Takes the following named arguments.

- title =\> STR

  Optional. If provided, prints an identifying title just above the box dimensions in the centre of the grid.

## AUTHOR

Original rendering code by Tom Molesworth \<cpan@entitymodel.com\>

Widget wrapping by Paul Evans \<leonerd@leonerd.org.uk\>