# Tkroot options

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/tkroot-options/63619>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [17 September 2011 23:50 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tkroot-options/63619 "2011-09-17T23:50:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_Collins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@Joe\_Collins](https://rubytalk.org/u/Joe_Collins)\
**Post date:** [17 September 2011 23:50 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tkroot-options/63619/1 "2011-09-17T23:50:55Z")

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What are the complete list of tkroot options (title, minsize. resizable  
etc). How do I set the background/foreground color of the root window?

Thanks in advance,

Joe

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Mcelroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Andrew\_Mcelroy](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andrew_Mcelroy)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2011 02:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tkroot-options/63619/2 "2011-09-18T02:43:09Z")

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> What are the complete list of tkroot options (title, minsize. resizable  
> etc). How do I set the background/foreground color of the root window?
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> Thanks in advance,

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consider using pry to inspect the methods available on tkroot.

Andrew McElroy  
tryruby.org

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Collins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@Joe\_Collins](https://rubytalk.org/u/Joe_Collins)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2011 12:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tkroot-options/63619/3 "2011-09-18T12:01:01Z")

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I know these options....  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;root=TkRoot.new {  
&nbsp;&nbsp;title "StocksQuote";\  
&nbsp;&nbsp;minsize(200,250);\  
&nbsp;&nbsp;maxsize(200,250);\  
&nbsp;&nbsp;geometry('200x250');\  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;resizable(0,0)}  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#root.withdraw

Are there others, namely to set the color of the root window?

Joe

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Collins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@Joe\_Collins](https://rubytalk.org/u/Joe_Collins)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2011 12:11 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tkroot-options/63619/4 "2011-09-18T12:11:04Z")

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Look also at roow.withdraw which is comment out here. there must be  
other options also, i.e. configure as one example

Joe

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**Author:** ![Hidetoshi\_NAGAI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@Hidetoshi\_NAGAI](https://rubytalk.org/u/Hidetoshi_NAGAI)\
**Post date:** [19 September 2011 14:38 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/tkroot-options/63619/5 "2011-09-19T14:38:53Z")

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> What are the complete list of tkroot options (title, minsize. resizable  
> etc). How do I set the background/foreground color of the root window?

See the keys of the result of "Tk.root.current\_configinfo".  
Some of the options are Tcl/Tk's wm subcommands (which is the methods  
of Tk::Wm module). There is a trick to treat such methods as options  
of toplevel widgets. If you are interested in it, please check how to  
use "\_\_methodcall\_optkeys" method on the sources of Ruby/Tk.

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> From: Joe Collins \<joec\_49@hotmail.com\>  
> Subject: tkroot options  
> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:50:55 +0900  
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> Hidetoshi NAGAI (nagai@ai.kyutech.ac.jp)  
> Department of Artificial Intelligence, Kyushu Institute of Technology