TIP: 286 Title: Add 'xposition' Command to Menu Widgets Version: $Revision: 1.4 $ Author: Schelte Bron State: Final Type: Project Tcl-Version: 8.5 Vote: Done Created: 18-Oct-2006 Post-History: Keywords: Tk ~ Abstract There has been a '''yposition''' subcommand for menu widgets for years, but its counterpart in the x-direction does not currently exist. This TIP intends to rectify that situation. ~ Rationale There is currently no way to obtain the x-position of a menu entry while a '''menu''' subcommand for obtaining the y-position does exist. Even though on a normal menu the x-position will always be 1, there are a few circumstances where the x-position may have some more interesting values. In particular, this is the case for menubars and for menus with column-breaks. ~ Proposed New Command This TIP proposes a new subcommand for '''menu''' widgets, '''xposition''', with the following syntax: > ''pathName'' '''xposition''' ''index'' This returns an integer giving the x-coordinate within (i.e., relative to) the menu window specified by ''pathName'' of the leftmost pixel in the entry specified by ''index''. The ''index'' may take any of the normal forms for identifying a menu entry. ~ Reference Implementation Submitted to SourceForge as Patch #1152376. [http://sf.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1152376&group_id=12997&atid=312997] ~ Copyright This document has been placed in the public domain.