| A widget can occupy more than one cell. The -rowspan and -columnspan attributes indicate how many rows and columns are occupied by a widget. Example 24-7 uses explicit row, column, rowspan, and columnspan specifications: Example 24-7 Explicit row and column span.
. config -bg white foreach color {888 999 aaa bbb ccc fff} { frame .$color -bg #$color -width 40 -height 40 } grid .888 -row 0 -column 0 -columnspan 3 -sticky news grid .999 -row 1 -column 0 -rowspan 2 -sticky news grid .aaa -row 1 -column 1 -columnspan 2 -sticky news grid .bbb -row 2 -column 2 -rowspan 2 -sticky news grid .ccc -row 3 -column 0 -columnspan 2 -sticky news grid .fff -row 2 -column 1 -sticky news You can also use special syntax in grid commands that imply row and column placement. Special characters represent a cell that is spanned or skipped: - represents a spanned column. ^ represents a spanned row. x represents a skipped cell. A nice feature of the implicit row and column assignments is that it is easy to make minor changes to your layout. Example 24-8 achieves the same layout: Example 24-8 Grid syntax row and column span. . config -bg white foreach color {888 999 aaa bbb ccc ddd fff} { frame .$color -bg #$color -width 40 -height 40 } grid .888 - - -sticky news grid .999 .aaa - -sticky news grid ^ .fff .bbb -sticky news grid .ccc - ^ -sticky news |