root x/y to window x/y

[Deanna Delapasse]

HELP !!

I'm trying to place a tk_popup menu onto a line in my textwidget at
a specific x/y location. I've bound to <Button-2> and I get %x and %y,
but tk_popup requires root coordinates. Apparently the %x and %y
coordinates are relative to my text widget. How can I convert ?

And if this is in the man pages please let me know where to look.
I searched from 10 different keywords.

Thanks a lot !

Deanna Delapasse

(if possible, send answers to ddela...@simsci.com)

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[Jeffrey Hobbs]

In article <Drq06...@cadserv1.tedix.sccsi.com>,

Deanna Delapasse <d...@cadserv1.tedix.sccsi.com> wrote:
>a specific x/y location. I've bound to <Button-2> and I get %x and %y,
>but tk_popup requires root coordinates. Apparently the %x and %y

Use %X and %Y instead.
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[Michael Salmon]

Deanna Delapasse wrote:
>
> HELP !!
>
> I'm trying to place a tk_popup menu onto a line in my textwidget at

> a specific x/y location. I've bound to <Button-2> and I get %x and %y,
> but tk_popup requires root coordinates. Apparently the %x and %y

> coordinates are relative to my text widget. How can I convert ?
>
> And if this is in the man pages please let me know where to look.
> I searched from 10 different keywords.

Strangely enough you can find the information on the man page for bind.

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[Bryan Oakley]

Deanna Delapasse wrote:
>
> HELP !!
>
> I'm trying to place a tk_popup menu onto a line in my textwidget at
> a specific x/y location. I've bound to <Button-2> and I get %x and %y,
> but tk_popup requires root coordinates. Apparently the %x and %y
> coordinates are relative to my text widget. How can I convert ?
>
> And if this is in the man pages please let me know where to look.
> I searched from 10 different keywords.

Look in the man page for bind. What you want to do is use %X and %Y
instead of %x and %y. The upcase variety gives you the root x,y
coordinates of the event. That way you don't have to do any conversion.

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