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12 <h1 ALIGN="CENTER">Pmw.MegaWidget</h1>
15 <dt> <h3>Name</h3></dt><dd>
17 base class for megawidgets within a frame
22 <dt> <h3>Inherits</h3></dt><dd>
23 <a href="MegaArchetype.html">Pmw.MegaArchetype</a><br>
25 <dt> <h3>Description</h3></dt><dd>
27 This class creates a megawidget contained within a Tkinter.Frame
28 window. The class acts as the base class for megawidgets that are
29 not contained in their own toplevel window, such as <a href="ButtonBox.html">Pmw.ButtonBox</a> and
30 <a href="ComboBox.html">Pmw.ComboBox</a>. It creates a Tkinter.Frame component, named <strong>hull</strong>,
31 to act as the container of the megawidget. The window class name
32 for the <strong>hull</strong> widget is set to the most-specific class name for
33 the megawidget. Derived classes specialise this class by
34 creating other widget components as children of the <strong>hull</strong> widget.</p>
40 <dt> <h3>Components</h3></dt><dd>
41 Components created by this megawidget and its base
42 classes are described below.<p></p>
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46 This acts as the body for the entire megawidget. Other components
47 are created as children of the hull to further specialise this
48 class. By default, this component is a Tkinter.Frame.</p>
54 <dt> <h3>Methods</h3></dt><dd>
55 This megawidget has no methods of its own.
56 For a description of its inherited methods, see the
57 manual for its base class
58 <strong><a href="MegaArchetype.html#methods">Pmw.MegaArchetype</a></strong>.
59 In addition, methods from the
60 <strong>Tkinter.Frame</strong> class
61 are forwarded by this megawidget to the
62 <strong>hull</strong> component.
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