---
name: "tixNBFrame"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "tix-dev"
version: "8.4.3-14"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tixNBFrame"
---

# tixNBFrame(3)

Create and manipulate Tix NoteBook Frame widgets

## NAME

tixNBFrame - Create and manipulate Tix NoteBook Frame widgets

## SYNOPSIS

**tixNBFrame** *pathName* ?*options*? -background	-borderWidth	-cursor		-disabledForeground -foreground	-font		-height		-highlightColor -highlightThickness	-relief		-takeFocus -width

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

\[**-backpagecolor** *backPageColor BackPageColor*\] Specifies the color for the extra space on the row of tabs which is not covered by any page tabs. \[**-focuscolor** *focusColor FocusColor*\] Specifies the color for the focus highlight. \[**-inactivebackground** *inactiveBackground InactiveBackground*\] Specifies the color for the inactive tabs (the active tab always have the same background color as the notebook). \[**-tabpadx** *tabPadX Pad*\] The horizontal padding around the text labels on the page tabs. \[**-tabpady** *tabPadY Pad*\] The vertical padding around the text labels on the page tabs.

## DESCRIPTION

The NBFrame widget is used privately inside the **TixNoteBook(n)** widget to display the page tabs. The application programmer should never create a NBFrame widget directly. The sole purpose of this maual page is to describe the options that can be used to configure the appearance of the TixNoteBook widget.

The name of the NBFrame subwidget inside the TixNoteBook widget is called **nbframe**. It can be accessed using the **subwidget** command of the TixNoteBook widget or the **-options** switch. See below for an example.

## EXAMPLE

set nb \[tixNoteBook .nb -options {\
     nbframe.BackPageColor gray60 }\] $nb subwidget nbframe config -font fixed

$nb add page1 -label "Page1" set page \[$nb subwidget page1\] button $page.b1 pack $page.b1

pack $nb -expand yes -fill both

## KEYWORDS

Tix(n), tixNoteBook(n)