> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Hobbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:52 AM
> To: Mike Ignatoski
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: canvas group object
>
>
> Mike Ignatoski wrote:
> > As a former Perl/Tk programmer in the process of converting
> to Tkx, I
> > was wondering if anyone knew of a Tcl/Tk equivalent to the Perl/Tk
> > canvas 'Group' item. (where multiple canvas items are grouped
> > together, given a single canvas ID, and then manipulated by
> the canvas
> > as a single "mega item" In addition to the 'createGroup' canvas
> > method was a corresponding method to retrieve all of the individual
> > canvas item "members" of the group so an individual item could be
> > manipulated if desired.
>
> This sounds like a direct layer on top of canvas -tags.
> Remember that
> the creation of any item takes -tags, and this is a Tcl list (Perl
> array) that allows for grouping. Is there something different in the
> above that isn't handled by tags?
>
> Jeff
>
Yes, I think so. The 'Group' item calculates a bounding box (bbox) that
includes all items. I'm not sure of what else at this time, but there's
also a level of convenience.
