ttk::treeview manual page - Tk Themed Widget

The ttk::treeview widget displays a hierarchical collection of items. Each item has a textual label, an optional image, and an optional list of data values. The data values are displayed in successive columns after the tree label as cells. The order in which data values are displayed may be controlled by setting the -displaycolumns widget option. The tree widget can also display column headings. Columns may be accessed by number or by symbolic names listed in the -columns widget option; see COLUMN IDENTIFIERS. Treeview widgets support horizontal and vertical scrolling with the standard -[xy]scrollcommand options and [xy]view widget commands.

Each item is identified by a unique name. The widget will generate item IDs if they are not supplied by the caller. There is a distinguished root item, named {}. The root item itself is not displayed; only its children appear at the top level of the hierarchy. Cell ids are a 2-value list consisting of the item id and column id. Items and cells may also be associated with 0 or more tags. Tags are used to associate event bindings with individual items/cells and to control their appearance. Items and cells can be selected depending on the -selectmode and -selecttype widget options. The item and cell focus determines which item or cell receives the keyboard focus for navigation between items and cells and for selection changes.

STANDARD OPTIONS

-class, undefined, undefined
-cursor, cursor, Cursor
-padding, padding, Padding
-style, style, Style
-takefocus, takeFocus, TakeFocus
-xscrollcommand, xScrollCommand, ScrollCommand
-yscrollcommand, yScrollCommand, ScrollCommand

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

Command-Line Name: -columns

Database Name: columns

Database Class: Columns

A list of column identifiers, specifying the number of columns and their names.

Command-Line Name: -displaycolumns

Database Name: displayColumns

Database Class: DisplayColumns

A list of column identifiers (either symbolic names or integer indices) specifying which columns are to be displayed and the order in which they appear, or the string #all to display all columns in -columns order. The default is #all.

Command-Line Name: -headingheight

Database Name: headingHeight

Database Class: Height

Specifies the heading height in pixels. The default value is auto calculated based on the theme and font. It can be overridden by this option until the next theme or font change. It can be permanently overridden via ttk::style option: ttk::style configure Treeview -headingheight pixels.

Command-Line Name: -height

Database Name: height

Database Class: Height

Specifies the number of rows which should be visible. Note that the requested width is determined from the sum of the column widths.

Command-Line Name: -rowheight

Database Name: rowHeight

Database Class: Height

Specifies the row height in pixels. The default value is auto calculated based on the theme and font. It can be overridden by this option until the next theme or font change. It can be permanently overridden via ttk::style option: ttk::style configure Treeview -rowheight pixels.

Command-Line Name: -selectmode

Database Name: selectMode

Database Class: SelectMode

Controls how the built-in class bindings manage the selection. Options are:

none: The selection cannot be changed. Focus and item/cell navigation is still allowed.
browse: Only one item or cell will be selected at a time. Items and cells are selected via Button-1 press. Selecting an item/cell deselects all other items/cells. The selection follows the mouse when Button 1 is kept pressed. The selection follows the focus during keyboard traversal. In this mode, the selection cannot be removed via the keyboard bindings.
single: Only a single item or cell can be selected at a time. Items and cells are selected via Button-1 press. Selecting an item/cell deselects all other items/cells. The selection follows the focus during keyboard traversal. The selection can be cleared via the keyboard bindings.
multiple: Multiple items or cells can be selected. The selection state of items and cells is toggled via a Button-1 press. Selecting an item/cell does not change the selection state of other items/cells. In this mode, the focus and selection are independent which allows for keyboard traversal to change the focus without changing the selection. The selection can be cleared via the keyboard bindings.
extended: Multiple items or cells can be selected, but the default is for only one item/cell to be selected at a time. More items can be selected by extending the selection using the Shift and Control/Command keys in combination with Button 1 press or keyboard traversal. The selection follows the focus during keyboard traversal. The selection can be cleared via the keyboard bindings. This is the default.

Note that application code and tag bindings can set the selection however they wish, regardless of the value of -selectmode.

Command-Line Name: -selecttype

Database Name: selectType

Database Class: SelectType

Controls how the built-in class bindings manage the selection. Options are item or cell. The selection should be cleared before switching modes. The CheckTreeview style works best with item select type.

Command-Line Name: -show

Database Name: show

Database Class: Show

Controls which elements of the tree to display. May be a list containing zero or more of the following values. The default is tree headings.

NOTE: Column #0 always refers to the tree column, even if -show tree is not specified.

Command-Line Name: -striped

Database Name: striped

Database Class: Striped

Boolean specifying zebra striped item coloring. Note that striped items uses the -stripedbackground option if set by the theme or a tag. If not supported by the current theme, it will not show.

Command-Line Name: -titlecolumns

Database Name: titleColumns

Database Class: TitleColumns

Number of display columns at the left that should not be scrolled. The tree column counts, even if -show tree is not specified. Thus for value N of this option, column #N is the first one that is scrollable. The default is 0.

Command-Line Name: -titleitems

Database Name: titleItems

Database Class: TitleItems

Number of items at the top that should not be vertically scrolled. The default is 0.

INDICES

Several of the widget subcommands use an index as their argument. An index specifies a particular child item within it's parent, using any of the following forms:

number: Specifies the numerical index of a child within its parent, where 0 corresponds to the first item.
end: Indicates the end of the list of children. For most subcommands this refers to the last child, but for a few such as index, insert, and move it refers to the item just after the last one.
first: Indicates the first child in the list of children.
last: Indicates the last child in the list of children.
end-n: Indicates the item at position n relative to the end where end-1 is the last item in the list of children.
m-n or m+n: Indicates the item at position n relative to index m. See string index for valid forms.

COLUMN IDENTIFIERS

Column identifiers take any of the following forms:

A symbolic name from the list defined by -columns option.
An integer n, specifying the nth data column. This is an index corresponding to the columns in the -columns option and the value is taken from the item's -values option.
A string of the form #n, where n is an integer, specifying the nth display column. Column #0 is always the tree column even if not shown. The subsequent columns are defined by the -displaycolumns option. For example, #1 is the first column in -displaycolumns.
In the form of end-n, specifying the nth display column from the end, where end-1 is the last displayed column.
In the form of m-n or m+n for the nth data column relative to column m. See string index for valid forms.

WIDGET COMMAND

In addition to the standard cget, configure, instate, state, style, xview and yview subcommands (see ttk::widget), treeview widgets support the following additional subcommands:

pathname after ?-hidden? ?-norecurse? item

Returns the identifier of the item after item in the current view. It can be the first child, next sibling, next sibling of an ancestor, or {} for none. Use -hidden to include hidden items and -nohidden (default) to exclude them. Use -recurse to include descendants/ancestors of item (default) and -norecurse to exclude them. If both -hidden and -recurse are used, descendants of closed items will be included. The next method is equivalent to "after -hidden -norecurse"

pathname bbox item ?column?

Returns the bounding box (relative to the treeview widget's window) of the specified item in the form x y width height. If the item is not visible (i.e., if it is a descendant of a closed item or is vertically scrolled offscreen), returns the empty list. If column is specified and is not hidden (by the -displaycolumns option), returns the bounding box of that cell within item (even if the cell is horizontally scrolled offscreen).

pathname bbox {*}cell

Same as previous subcommand, but uses the expand operator to convert cell into item and column components.

pathname before ?-hidden? ?-norecurse? item

Returns the identifier of the item before item in the current view. It can be the previous sibling, parent of item, or {} for none. Use -hidden to include hidden items and -nohidden (default) to exclude them. Use -recurse to include descendants/ancestors of item (default) and -norecurse to exclude them. If both -hidden and -recurse are used, descendants of closed items will be included. The prev method is equivalent to "before -hidden -norecurse"

pathname cellfocus ?cell?

Sets the cell focus to cell. Use {} to clear the focus cell. Without cell, returns the current focus cell id or {} if none.

pathname cellselection ?selop arg ...?

Manages cell selection. The cell selection is independent from the item selection handled by the selection subcommand. A cell is specified by a list of two elements, the item and the column. For the rectangle versions of these subcommands, the cells must be in displayed columns. Any change to -columns clears the cell selection. A cellList argument may be a single cell or a list of cells. If selop is not specified, returns a list of selected cells. Otherwise, selop is one of the following:

pathname cellselection add cellList: Adds cells cellList to the cell selection.
pathname cellselection add ?-nohidden? ?-norecurse? cellFirst cellLast: Add the cells within the rectangle defined by cellFirst and cellLlast to the cell selection. With -nohidden, hidden cells will be excluded and with -norecurse, cell in descendant items will be excluded.
pathname cellselection anchor ?cell?: Sets the cell selection anchor to cell. The anchor is used as the cellFirst for the selection extend bindings. Without cell, the current cell selection anchor is returned. Use empty string {} to unset the anchor.
pathname cellselection has cellList: Returns 1 if cell selection includes all of the cells in cellList or 0 if any are not selected.
pathname cellselection includes cellList: Returns 1 if cell selection includes all of the cells in cellList or 0 if any are not selected.
pathname cellselection present: Returns 1 if there are selected cells or 0 if none.
pathname cellselection remove cellList: Remove each cell in cellList from the cell selection.
pathname cellselection remove ?-nohidden? ?-norecurse? cellFirst cellLast: Remove the cells within the rectangle defined by cellFirst and cellLast from the cell selection. With -nohidden, hidden cells will be excluded and with -norecurse, cell in descendant items will be excluded.
pathname cellselection set cellList: Sets the selection to the cells in cellList. All other cells are unselected. Use an empty set {} to clear the selection.
pathname cellselection set ?-nohidden? ?-norecurse? cellFirst cellLast: Set the selection to the cells within the rectangle defined by cellFirst and cellLast. All other cells are unselected. With -nohidden, hidden cells will be excluded and with -norecurse, cell in descendant items will be excluded.
pathname cellselection size: Returns the count of selected cells.
pathname cellselection toggle cellList: Toggle the cell selection state of each cell in cellList. If the element is partially visible, the result gives the full area of the element, including any parts that are not visible.
pathname cellselection toggle ?-nohidden? ?-norecurse? cellFirst cellLast: Toggle the selection state of the cells within the rectangle defined by cellFirst and cellLast. With -nohidden, hidden cells will be excluded and with -norecurse, cell in descendant items will be excluded.

pathname children item ?newchildren?

If newchildren is not specified, returns the list of children belonging to item. If newchildren is specified, replaces item's child list with newchildren. Items in the old child list not present in the new child list are detached from the tree. None of the items in newchildren may be an ancestor of item.

pathname collapse ?-recurse? itemList

Sets all of the items in itemList to closed state. Same as "pathname item item -open 0" for each item in itemList. With the -recurse option, will also close all of their descendants. Use {} for root item.

pathname column column ?-option ?value -option value...?

Query or modify the options for the specified column. If no -option is specified, returns a dictionary of option/value pairs. If a single -option is specified, returns the value of that option. Otherwise, the options are updated with the specified values. The following options may be set on each column:

-id name: The column name. This is a read-only option. For example, [$pathname column #n -id] returns the data column associated with display column n. The tree column has -id #0.
-anchor anchor: Specifies how the text in this column should be aligned with respect to the cell. Anchor is one of n, ne, e, se, s, sw, w, nw, or center. See Tk_GetAnchor for more information.
-minwidth minwidth: The minimum width of the column in pixels. The treeview widget will not make the column any smaller than -minwidth when the widget is resized or the user drags a heading column separator. The default is 20 pixels.
-separator boolean: Specifies whether or not a column separator should be drawn to the right of the column. The default is false.
-stretch boolean: Specifies whether or not the column width should be adjusted when the widget is resized or the user drags a heading column separator. Boolean may have any of the forms accepted by Tcl_GetBoolean. By default columns are stretchable.
-width width: The width of the column in pixels. The default is 200 pixels. The specified column width may be changed by Tk in order to honor -stretch and/or -minwidth, or when the widget is resized or the user drags a heading column separator.

Use pathname column #0 to configure the tree column.

pathname current

Returns the current item id and column id, if any, or {} if none. The current item is the item under the mouse pointer. It can be used in the <Enter> and <Leave> event handlers to get the item and column for the event.

pathname delete itemList

Deletes each of the items in itemList and all of their descendants. The root item may not be deleted. See also: detach.

pathname depth item

Returns the number of levels between item and the root item.

pathname detach itemList

Unlinks all of the specified items in itemList from the tree. The items and all of their descendants are still present and may be reinserted at another point in the tree with the children or move operations, but will not be displayed until that is done. The root item may not be detached. See also: delete.

pathname detached ?-all|item?

Without any arguments, returns a list of all detached items, but not their descendants, in an arbitrary order. If item is provided, returns a Boolean value indicating whether item or an ancestor is detached or not. If -all is specified, returns a list of all the detached items and their descendants in an arbitrary order. The root item is never detached.

pathname exists item

Returns 1 if the specified item is present in the tree, 0 if not.

pathname expand ?-recurse? itemList

Set all of the items in itemList to open state. Same as "pathname item item -open 1" for each item in itemList. With the -recurse option, will also open all of their descendants. Use {} for root item.

pathname focus ?item?

Sets the focus item to item. Use {} to clear focus item. Without item, returns the current focus item id or {} if none.

pathname haschildren item

Returns 1 if item has children, 0 if not.

pathname heading column ?-option ?value -option value...?

Query or modify the heading options for the specified column. Valid options are:

Use pathname heading #0 to configure the tree column heading.

-image imageName: Specifies an image to display to the right of the column heading. Ignored by Mac Aqua theme.
-text text: The text to display in the column heading.
state stateSpec: Modify or inquire about heading state. If stateSpec is present, sets the widget state: for each flag in stateSpec, sets the corresponding flag or clears it if prefixed by an exclamation point. To use the default sort direction indicator, set the heading to user1 state plus either selected for ascending sorts or alternate for descending sorts. Remember to clear the states when a new heading is to be used as the sort column. Themes may set and use other states as needed for visual effects.

pathname hide ?-recurse? itemList

Hide all of the items in itemList and all child items. Same as "pathname item item -hidden 1" for each item in itemList. With the -recurse option, will also hide all of their descendants. Use {} for root item.

pathname identifier item index

Returns the identifier of the item at index within item's list of children. See INDICES for valid forms of index.

pathname identify component x y

Returns a description of the specified component under the point given by x and y, or the empty string if no such component is present at that position. The values x and y may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The following subcommands are supported:

pathname identify region x y

Returns one of:

pathname identify item x y

Returns the identifier of the item at position x,y.

pathname identify column x y

Returns the display column identifier of the cell at position x,y. The tree column has ID #0.

pathname identify cell x y

Returns the cell identifier of the cell at position x,y. A cell identifier is a list of item ID and column ID.

pathname identify element x y

The element at position x,y.

pathname identify row x y

Obsolescent synonym for pathname identify item.

See COLUMN IDENTIFIERS for a discussion of display columns and data columns.

pathname index item ?index?

Returns the numeric index of item within its parent's list of children or if index is specified, the index of the item at index in item's list of children. See INDICES for valid forms of index.

pathname insert parent index ?-id id? options...

Creates a new item, inserts it in parent's children at position index, and returns its identifier. See ITEM OPTIONS for the list of available options. Use the empty string {} for parent to create a new top-level item. See INDICES for valid forms of index. If index is negative or zero, the new item is inserted at the beginning; if index is greater than or equal to the current number of children, it is inserted at the end. If -id is specified, then id is used as the identifier of the item; id must not already exist in the tree. Otherwise, a new unique identifier is generated.

pathname insert before|after item ?-id id? options...

Creates a new item, inserts it in item's parent before or after item, and returns its identifier. See ITEM OPTIONS for the list of available options. If -id is specified, it is used as the identifier of the item; id must not already exist in the tree. Otherwise, a new unique identifier is generated.

pathname item item ?-option ?value -option value...?

Query or modify the options for the specified item. If no -option is specified, returns a dictionary of option/value pairs. If a single -option is specified, returns the value of that option. Otherwise, the item's options are updated with the specified values. See ITEM OPTIONS for the list of available options.

pathname move item parent index

Moves item to position index in parent's list of children. If index is negative or zero, item is moved to the beginning; if greater than or equal to the number of children, it is moved to the end. See INDICES for valid forms of index. It is illegal to move an item under one of its descendants.

pathname move item before|after otherItem

Moves item to before or after otherItem in otherItem's parent's children. It is illegal to move an item under one of its descendants.

pathname next item

Returns the identifier of item's next sibling, or {} if item is the last child of its parent.

pathname parent item

Returns the ID of the parent of item, or {} if item is at the top level of the hierarchy.

pathname prev item

Returns the identifier of item's previous sibling, or {} if item is the first child of its parent.

pathname range ?-hidden? ?-norecurse? first last

Returns a list of items from first through last, inclusive. Use -hidden to include hidden items and -nohidden (default) to exclude them. Use -recurse to include descendants/ancestors of item (default) and -norecurse to exclude them. If both -hidden and -recurse are used, descendants of closed items will be included.

pathname search parent ?-option ...? pattern

Searches within parent's children for pattern and returns the identifier of the first match. Valid options are:

Comparisons

-ascii: The values are to be compared to pattern as Unicode strings (the name is for backward-compatibility reasons.) This is the default.
-dictionary: The values are to be compared to pattern using dictionary-style comparisons. For search, this is the same as -ascii but also sets -nocase. NOTE: This means I18n and I018N are not the same.
-integer: The values are to be compared to pattern as integers. Empty values will be ignored, but non-numeric values will generate an error.
-nocase: Comparisons are to be performed in a case-insensitive manner. Only used with -ascii and -dictionary options for the -exact, -glob, and -regexp matching.
-real: The values are to be compared to pattern as floating-point values. Empty values will be ignored, but non-numeric values will generate an error.
-unicode: Alias for -ascii.

Direction

Pattern Matching

-exact: Pattern is a literal string that is compared for exact equality against each cell value. Used with -ascii and -dictionary options. This is the default.
-glob: Pattern is a glob-style pattern which is matched against each cell value using the same rules as the string match command. Used with -ascii and -dictionary options.
-regexp: Pattern is an advanced regular expression that is matched against each cell value using the rules described in the re_syntax reference page. Used with -ascii and -dictionary options.

Search Modifiers

-columns columns: Limit search to only the columns specified in columns list. The default is to search in all displayed columns. See COLUMN IDENTIFIERS for valid forms of column.
-hidden: Search within hidden and closed items too. The default is to exclude hidden and descendants of closed items from the search.
-recurse: Search within all descendants of parent. The default is to only search within the children of parent.
-start item|cell: Start the search at item or if the -cell option is also specified, then start the search at cell. The default start item and cell when used with the -forwards option is the first child of parent and the first display column. For the -backwards option, the default is the last child of parent (or descendant when used with -recurse) and the last display column. The item or cell must be a descendant of parent. When resuming a search, use the before or after subcommands to get the previous or next item to start the search at. All other options should be the same as the initial search including parent.
-stop item|cell: Stop the search at item or if the -cell option is also specified, then stop the search at cell. The default stop item and cell when used with the -forwards option is the last child of parent (or descendant when used with -recurse) and the last display column. For the -backwards option, the default is the first child of parent and the first display column. When used with the -wraparound option, the default is just before the start item or cell (in other words, the start item or cell won't be searched again). This means, to wrap-around and stop at the start item, only use the -start and -wraparound options. If the -start and -stop options both use the same item, then only that item will be searched. The item or cell must be a descendant of parent.
-wraparound: When used with the -start option, enables the search to wrap-round to the first/last item in parent to continue to the -stop item or cell.

Result Modifiers

pathname see item ?column?

Ensure that item is visible by setting all of item's ancestors to -open true, and scroll the widget in the vertical direction, if necessary, so that item is within the visible portion of the tree. If column is specified, then the widget is scrolled in the horizontal direction, if necessary, so that column is within the visible portion of the tree. Only non-title columns and rows will be scrolled.

pathname see {*}cell

Same as previous subcommand, but uses the expand operator to convert cell into item and column components.

pathname selection ?selop itemList|first last?

Manages item selection. The item selection is independent from the cell selection handled by the cellselection subcommand. If selop is not specified, returns a list of selected items. Otherwise, selop is one of the following:

pathname selection add itemList: Add items in itemList to the selection.
pathname selection add ?-nohidden? ?-norecurse? first last: Add the items from first to last (inclusive) to the selection. Use -hidden to include hidden items (default) and -nohidden to exclude them. Use -recurse to include descendants and ancestors (default) and -norecurse to exclude them. If -hidden and -recurse are used, all descendants of closed items will be included.
pathname selection anchor ?item?: Sets the selection anchor to item. The anchor is used as the from item for the selection extend bindings. Without item, the current selection anchor is returned. Use empty string {} to unset the anchor.
pathname selection has itemList: Returns 1 if selection includes all items in itemList or 0 if any are not selected.
pathname selection includes itemList: Returns 1 if selection includes all items in itemList or 0 if any are not selected.
pathname selection present: Returns 1 if there are selected items or 0 if none.
pathname selection remove itemList: Remove each item in itemList from the selection.
pathname selection remove ?-nohidden? ?-norecurse? first last: Remove the items from first to last (inclusive) from the selection. Use -hidden to include hidden items (default) and -nohidden to exclude them. Use -recurse to include descendants and ancestors (default) and -norecurse to exclude them. If -hidden and -recurse are used, descendants of closed items will be included.
pathname selection set itemList: Sets selection to the items in itemList. All other items are unselected. Use an empty set {} to clear the selection.
pathname selection set ?-nohidden? ?-norecurse? first last: Sets selection to the items from first to last (inclusive). Use -hidden to include hidden items (default) and -nohidden to exclude them. Use -recurse to include descendants and ancestors (default) and -norecurse to exclude them. If -hidden and -recurse are used, descendants of closed items will be included.
pathname selection size: Returns the count of selected items.
pathname selection toggle itemList: Toggle the selection state of each item in itemList.
pathname selection toggle ?-nohidden? ?-norecurse? first last: Toggle the selection state of the items from first to last (inclusive). Use -hidden to include hidden items (default) and -nohidden to exclude them. Use -recurse to include descendants and ancestors (default) and -norecurse to exclude them. If -hidden and -recurse are used, descendants of closed items will be included.

pathname set item ?column? ?value? ?column value ...?

Set or get item column values. With no column or value arguments, returns a dictionary of all column/value pairs. With only the column argument, returns the current value for column. With one or more column and value pair arguments, sets the value of each column to the associated value. Use column #0 for the tree column. See COLUMN IDENTIFIERS for valid forms of column.

pathname size ?-hidden? ?-recurse? item

Returns the count of children belonging to item. Use -hidden to include hidden items and -nohidden (default) to exclude them. Use -recurse to include descendants of item and -norecurse (default) to exclude them. If both -hidden and -recurse are used, descendants of closed items will be included.

pathname sort parent ?-option ...?

Sort the children of parent. Valid options are:

-ascii: The values are to be sorted in Unicode character code order (the name is for backward-compatibility reasons.) This is the default.
-dictionary: The values are to be sorted using dictionary-style comparisons. This is the same as -ascii except (a) case is ignored except as a tie-breaker and (b) if two strings contain embedded numbers, the numbers compare as integers, not characters. For example, in -dictionary mode, "bigBoy" sorts between "bigbang" and "bigboy", and "x10y" sorts between "x9y" and "x11y". Overrides the -nocase option.
-integer: The values are to be sorted as integers. Non-integer values will generate an error.
-nocase: Comparisons are to be performed in a case-insensitive manner. Only used with -ascii option.
-real: The values are to be sorted as floating-point values. Non-numeric values will generate an error.
-unicode: Alias for -ascii.
-command command: Use command as a comparison command. To compare two elements, evaluate a Tcl script consisting of command with the two elements appended as additional arguments. The script should return an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if the first element is to be considered less than, equal to, or greater than the second, respectively.
-increasing: Sort the list in increasing order (“smallest” items first). This is the default.
-decreasing: Sort the list in decreasing order (“largest” items first).
-column column: Sort based on values in column column. See COLUMN IDENTIFIERS for valid forms of column. The default is the first display column (#0 if tree in -show or #1 if not).
-ignoreempty: Used with -integer or -real to ignore empty entries. Normally these would trigger an error and abort the sort. Empty entries will be sorted first for -increasing and last for -decreasing.
-recurse: Sort all descendants of parent. The default is to only sort the children of parent.

pathName tag args...

Manages tags. Tags can be set on items as well as on cells. The set of tags is shared between items and cells. However item tagging is independent from cell tagging (for instance adding a tag on an item does not also add this tag on the cells in that item). Cell tags take precedence over item tags when drawing. The following subcommands are supported:

pathName tag add tagName itemList

Adds tag tagName to each of the items in itemList. If tagName is already present for a particular item, then the -tags for that item are unchanged.

pathName tag bind tagName ?sequence? ?script?

Add a Tk binding script for the event sequence sequence to the tag tagName. When an X event is delivered to an item, binding scripts for each of the item's -tags are evaluated in order as per bindtags(n). If the event can be associated with a cell (i.e. mouse events) any bindings for the cell's -tags are evaluated as well.

<Key>, <KeyRelease>, and virtual events are sent to the focus item. The <Button>, <ButtonRelease>, and <Motion> events are sent to the current item under the mouse pointer. The <Enter> and <Leave> events are sent to the current item under the mouse pointer or the last item under the mouse pointer, respectively. They are used to detect when the mouse pointer enters or leaves a cell. No other event types are supported.

The binding script undergoes %-substitutions before evaluation; see bind(n) for details.

pathName tag cell subcommand...

Manages tags on individual cells. A cellList argument may be a single cell or a list of cells.

pathName tag cell add tagName cellList: Adds tag tagName to each of the cells in cellList. If tagName is already present for a particular cell, then the tag list for that cell is not changed.
pathName tag cell has tagName ?cell?: If cell is specified, returns a boolean value with whether cell has tag tagName. Without cell, a list of all cells which have tag tagName is returned.
pathName tag cell remove tagName ?cellList?: Removes tag tagName from each of the cells in cellList. If cellList is omitted, tag tagName is removed from all cells in the tree.

pathName tag configure tagName ?option? ?value option value...?

Query or modify the options for tag tagName. If one or more option and value pairs are specified, each option is set to the following value. If a single option is specified, the value of that option is returned (or the empty string if the option has not been specified for tagName). With no arguments, a dictionary of the option settings for tag tagName is returned. See TAG OPTIONS for the list of available options.

pathName tag delete tagName

Deletes tag tagName and any associated information. The tag is deleted from all items and cells in the widget and also any other information associated with the tag is deleted, such as bindings and display information.

pathName tag has tagName ?item?

If item is specified, returns a boolean value with whether item has tag tagName or not. Without item, returns a list of all items which have tag tagName.

pathName tag names

Returns a list of all tags used by the widget.

pathName tag remove tagName ?itemList?

Removes tag tagName from each of the items in itemList. If itemList is omitted, then tag tagName is removed from all items in the tree. If tag tagName is not present for an item, then the -tags for that item are not changed.

pathname unhide ?-recurse? itemList

Unhide all of the items in itemList. Same as "pathname item item -hidden 0" for each item in itemList. With the -recurse option, will also unhide all of their descendants. Use {} for root item.

pathname visible item

Returns whether item is visible or not. An item is visible if it is not detached, hidden, and all ancestors are open and not hidden.

ITEM OPTIONS

The following item options can be set or get with the insert and item subcommands:

-height integer: The height of the item in multiples of -rowheight. The default is 1.
-image name: Display image name next to the label in the tree column, placed according to -imageanchor.
-imageanchor anchor: Specifies how the -image is to be displayed relative to the text. The default is w. See Tk_GetAnchor for valid values.
-hidden boolean: A Boolean value indicating whether the item should be displayed (false) or hidden (true). If a parent is hidden, then all its descendants are hidden too.
-open boolean: A Boolean value indicating whether the item's children should be displayed (true) or hidden (false).
-tags list: A list of tags associated with this item.
-text text: The textual label to display for the item in the tree column.
-values list: The list of values associated with the item. Each item should have the same number of values as the -columns widget option. If there are fewer values than columns, the remaining values are assumed empty. If there are more values than columns, the extra values are ignored.
state stateSpec: Modify or query item state. If stateSpec is present, sets the widget state: for each flag in stateSpec, sets the corresponding flag or clears it if prefixed by an exclamation point. Without stateSpec, the current states are returned. The focus, selected, and open states can only be set or cleared via the associated subcommands.

TAG OPTIONS

The following tag options can be set or get with the tag configure subcommand:

-foreground color: Specifies the text foreground color.
-background color: Specifies the cell or item background color.
-font font: Specifies the font to use when drawing text.
-image name: Specifies the cell or item image.
-imageanchor anchor: Specifies the cell or item image anchor. See Tk_GetAnchor for valid values.
-padding amount: Specifies the cell padding. A data cell will have a default padding of {4 0}. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.
-stripedbackground boolean: Specifies the cell or item background color for alternate lines, if -striped is true.

Tags on cells have precedence over tags on items. Then, tag priority is decided by the creation order: tags created first receive higher priority. An item's options, like -image and -imageanchor, have priority over tags.

IMAGES

The -image option on an item, and on an item tag, controls the image next to the label in the tree column. Other cells can have images through the cell tag -image option.

DEFAULT BINDINGS

The following bindings are implemented by the Treeview class. The current item is the item with the focus and the current cell is the cell with the cell focus. Unless otherwise stated, on the Mac the Option key is used in place of the Control key in the descriptions below.

When -selecttype is set to item:

The <Left> key will close an item if it has children or if not, move the focus to the parent item and select it.
The <Right> key will open an item if it has children.
The <Up> key will move the focus to the previous visible item and select it. The <Shift-Up> will extend the selection to the previous visible item (multiple and extended select modes only). The <Control-Up> will move the focus to the top-most on-screen item and select it. The <Control-Shift-Up> will extend the selection to the top-most on-screen item (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <Down> key will move the focus to the next visible item and select it. The <Shift-Down> will extend the selection to the next visible item (multiple and extended select modes only). The <Control-Down> will move the focus to the bottom-most on-screen item and select it. The <Control-Shift-Down> will extend the selection to the bottom-most on-screen item (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <Home> key will move the focus to the first child of the current item's parent. The <Shift-Home> will extend the selection to the first child of the current item's parent (multiple and extended select modes only). The <Control-Home> (or <Command-Home> on Mac) will move the focus to the first item in the tree. The <Control-Shift-Home> (or <Command-Shift Home> on Mac) will extend the selection to the first item in the tree (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <End> key will move the focus to the last child of the current item's parent. The <Shift-End> will extend the selection to the last child of the current item's parent (multiple and extended select modes only). The <Control-End> (or <Command-End> on Mac) will move the focus to the last item in the tree. The <Control-Shift-End> (or <Command-Shift-End> on Mac) will extend the selection to the last item in the tree (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <Prior> key will scroll up 1 screenful and set the focus and selection to the item at the same location. The <Shift-Prior> will scroll left 1 screenful. The <Control-Prior> (or <Command-Prior> on Mac) will move to the top-most on-screen item and select it.
The <Next> key will scroll down 1 screenful and set the focus and selection to the item at the same location. The <Shift-Next> will scroll right 1 screenful. The <Control-Next> (or <Command-Next> on Mac) will move to the bottom-most on-screen item and select it.
The <Return> key will invoke the current item. For an item with children, will toggle open/close state or if no children toggle the selection state. The <Shift-Return> is the same as the <Return> key. The <Control-Return> and F2 keys (or space and <Option-Return> on Mac) will activate the current item by calling ::ttk::treeview::ActivateItem, if it exists, with the widget name, item, and column id arguments. If not and item has children, the open state of the current item will be toggled. Else, the item will be selected.
The <space> key will toggle the selection state of the current item (single, multiple, and extended select modes only). The <Shift-space> will select the current item (single, multiple, and extended select modes only). The <Control-Shift-space> will select all items (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <Tab> and <Shift-Tab> keys will move the focus to the next and previous widgets, respectively. The <Control-Tab> and <Control-Shift-Tab> keys (including Mac) will move the focus to the next and previous widgets, respectively.
The <plus> keys will open the current item, if it has children. The <minus> keys will close the current item, if it has children. The <asterisk> key will open the current item and all of its descendants, it it has children.

When -selecttype is set to cell:

The <Left> key will move the focus to the previous cell in the row and select it. <Shift-Left> will extend the selection to the previous cell (multiple and extended select modes only). <Control-Left> will move the focus to the left-most on-screen cell in the row and select it. <Control-Shift-Left> will extend the selection to the left-most on-screen cell in the row (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <Right> key will move move the focus to the next cell in the row and select it. <Shift-Right> will extend the selection to the next cell (multiple and extended select modes only). <Control-Right> will move the focus to the right-most on-screen cell in the row and select it. <Control-Shift-Left> will extend the selection to the right-most on-screen cell in the row (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <Up> key will move the focus to the above cell in the column and select it. <Shift-Up> will extend the selection to the above cell (multiple and extended select modes only). <Control-Up> will move the focus to the cell at the top of the screen in the same column and select it. <Control-Shift-Up> will extend the selection to the cell at the top of the screen in the same column (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <Down> key will move the focus to the below cell in the column and select it. <Shift-Down> will extend the selection to the below cell (multiple and extended select modes only). <Control-Down> will move the focus to the cell at the bottom of the screen in the same column and select it. <Control-Shift-Down> will extend the selection to the cell at the bottom of the screen in the same column (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <Home> key (and <Command-Left> on Mac) will move the focus to the first cell in the row and select it. <Shift-Home> (and <Command-Shift-Left> on Mac) will extend the selection to the first cell in the row (multiple and extended select modes only). <Control-Home> (or <Command-Home> on Mac) will move the focus to the top-left cell in the tree and select it. <Control-Shift-Home> (or <Command-Shift-Home> on Mac) will extend the selection to the top-left cell in the tree (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <End> key (and (<Command-Right> on Mac) will move the focus to the last cell in the row and select it. <Shift-End> (and <Command-Shift-Right> on Mac) will extend the selection to the last cell in the row (multiple and extended select modes only). <Control-End> (or <Command-End> on Mac) will move the focus to the bottom-right cell in the tree and select it. <Control-Shift-End> (or <Command-Shift-End> on Mac) will extend the selection to the bottom-right cell in the tree (multiple and extended select modes only).
The <Prior> key will scroll up 1 screenful and set the focus and selection to the cell at the same location. <Shift-Prior> will scroll left 1 screenful and set the focus and selection to the cell at the same location. <Control-Prior> (or <Command-Prior> on Mac) will move the focus to the cell at the top of the screen in the same column and select it. <Control-Shift-Prior> (or <Command-Shift-Prior> on Mac) will move the focus to the cell at the right side of the screen in the same row and select it.
The <Next> key will scroll down 1 screenful and set the focus and selection to the cell at the same location. <Shift-Next> will scroll right 1 screenful and set the focus and selection to the cell at the same location. <Control-Next> (or <Command-Next> on Mac) will move the focus to the cell at the bottom of the screen in the same column and select it. <Control-Shift-Next> (or <Command-Shift-Next> on Mac) will move the focus to the cell at the left side of the screen in the same row and select it.
The <Return> and F2 keys will activate the current cell by calling ::ttk::treeview::ActivateItem, if it exists, with the widget name, item, and column id arguments. If not, same as <Down>. <Shift-Return> is same as Up.
The <space> key will toggle the selection state of the current cell (single, multiple, and extended select modes only). <Shift-space> will select all cells in the row (multiple and extended select modes only). <Control-space> (or <Command-space> on Mac) will select all cells in the column (multiple and extended select modes only). <Control-Shift-space> (or <Command-Shift-space> on Mac) will select all cells (multiple and extended select modes only).
<Tab> is same as Right. <Shift-Tab> is same as Left. The <Control-Tab> and <Control-Shift-Tab> keys (including Mac) will move the focus to the next and previous widgets, respectively.

Applies to all:

<Button-1> will set the focus (all modes) and selection (all except none select mode) to the item or cell under the mouse pointer.
<B1-Motion> will drag a column separator for resize, a column heading for a column move, selected item/cell when in browse select mode, or extend the selection when in extended select mode.
<ButtonRelease-1> will drop a column separator for resize, column heading for a move, or set the selection.
<Double-Button-1> will activate an item or cell by calling ::ttk::treeview::ActivateItem. If pressed over a column divider, will auto size the column to its contents. This works best if columnm -stretch is 0. Auto size will honor the column -minwidth value.
<Alt-Double-Button-1> (or <Option-Double-Button-1> for a Mac) on a column divider will auto size all columns to their contents. This works best if all columns have -stretch set to 0. Auto size will honor the -minwidth value for each column.
<Shift-Button-1> will select a range of items or cells from the anchor to the selected item/cell (multiple and extended select modes only). If pressed in a heading when -selecttype is set to cell and in multiple or extended select mode, then all of the column cells will be selected.
<Control-Button-1> will toggle the selection state of an item or cell (single, multiple, and extended select modes only). If pressed in a heading when -selecttype is set to cell and in multiple or extended select mode, then all of the column cells will be selected.
<<SelectAll>> virtual event will select all items or cells in the widget (multiple and extended select modes only).
<<SelectNone>> virtual event will unselect all items or cells (except browse mode).
<<SelectInvert>> virtual event will invert or toggle the selection state of all items or cells (multiple or extended select modes only).
The <<Copy>> virtual event will copy the contents of the selected items or cells to the clipboard.

VIRTUAL EVENTS

The treeview widget generates the following virtual events.

<<TreeviewSelect>>: Generated whenever the selection or cell selection changes. It may also be generated when the selection is affected but not actually changed. Furthermore, multiple selection changes could happen before events can be processed leading to multiple events with the same visible selection. Use the selection or cellselection subcommands to get the current selection.
<<TreeviewOpen>>: Only triggered when the tree closed indicator is pressed and generated just before setting the current item to -open true. To get the current item, use the detail/user_data field (%d) in the binding script (see event -detail option) or the current subcommand.
<<TreeviewClose>>: Only triggered when the tree open indicator is pressed and generated just after setting the current item to -open false. To get the current item, use the detail/user_data field (%d) in the binding script (see event -detail option) or the current subcommand.
<<TreeviewFocus>>: Triggered when the focus item or cell changes including when unset. To get the focus item and column, use the detail/user_data field (%d) in the binding script (see event -detail option) or the use the focus or cellfocus subcommands to get the current focus. The former can return either a 1 or 2 item list with just the focus item or both the item and column.

STANDARD STYLES

Ttk::treeview widget also support the CheckTreeview style in all standard themes. This style adds a checkbutton after the open/close indicator and before the item image to better show which items are selected. Combine this style with the -selectmode multiple option to create a check list widget where the user can easily select multiple entries without the need to use the keyboard. This style works best with the item select type, not cell.

STYLING OPTIONS

The following are the widget components for the ttk::style command:

The class name for a ttk::treeview is Treeview.
The treeview heading class name is Heading.
The treeview row class name is Row.
The treeview item class name is Item.
The treeview cell class name is Cell.

Dynamic states: active, background, disabled, focus, and selected.

The Treeview styling options configurable with ttk::style are:

-background color: Specifies the background color of rows that contain data values.
-columnseparatorwidth amount: Specifies the width of column separators. The default is 1 pixel. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.
-fieldbackground color: Specifies the background color of the unused portion of the widget.
-font font: Specifies the the font for the contents of the tree (not heading).
-foreground color: Specifies the foreground color of rows that contain data values.
-headingheight amount: This is the default height for heading cells. If set to 0, the value will be auto calculated by measuring the heading layout with the style's settings. This includes the font size and any padding from the theme's layout.
-indent amount: Specifies the indentation amount of child elements below parent elements within the tree column. The default is 20 pixels. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.
-padding amount: Specifies the additional padding to include inside the border of the widget body, including the heading. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.
-stripedbackground color: This is the background color to use for the -striped option.
-rowheight amount: This is the default height for items and cells. If set to 0, the value will be auto calculated by measuring the item and cell layout with the style's settings. This includes the font size(s), focus ring, and padding from the theme's layout.

Example of how to set -rowheight, adapting to a font in a similar way to how the default value is set:

ttk::style configure Treeview \
     -rowheight [expr {[font metrics font -linespace] + 2}]
ttk::style configure Treeview \
     -headingheight [expr {[font metrics font -linespace] + 2}]

The Heading styling options configurable with ttk::style are:

-background color: Specifies the background color of the heading.
-font font: Specifies the the font for the heading.
-foreground color: Specifies the foreground color of the heading.
-indicatormargin amount: Specifies the additional padding to include around the indicator. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is "2 2 4 2".
-indicatorsize pixels: Specifies the size of the indicator in pixels. The default is 3.5 points.
-padding amount: Specifies the additional padding to include inside the border of the heading. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.
-relief relief: Specifies the relief to use for the heading.

Example of how to set the current sorted column heading font to bold black and all other column heading fonts to normal gray similar to how the Mac Finder works:

ttk::style map Heading -foreground {selected black alternate black}

The Row styling options configurable with ttk::style are:

-background color: Specifies the background color of the tree entries. The default is same as Treeview.
-focuscolor color: Specifies the color of the focus ring for tree entries. The default is #000000. Some themes may change the default focus color.
-focussolid boolean: Specifies whether to draw the focus ring as a dotbox (false) or solid ring (true). The default is true.
-focusthickness amount: Specifies the thickness of the focus ring for tree entries. The default is 1 for the focus element. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.
-padding amount: Specifies the additional padding to include between the focus ring and row contents. The default is 0. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.

Example of how to set focus options for a spreadsheet-style focus ring that is only shown when a cell has the focus:

ttk::style configure Row -focuscolor #008000 -focussolid 1 -focusthickness 0
ttk::style map Row -focusthickness [list focus 2]

The Item (tree column only) styling options configurable with ttk::style are:

-foreground color: Specifies the foreground color of the tree items. The default is same as Treeview.
-indicatormargin amount: Specifies the additional padding to include around the indicator. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.
-indicatorsize pixels: Specifies the size of the indicator in pixels.
-padding amount: Specifies the additional padding to include inside the border of the tree items. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.

The Cell (non-tree columns) styling options configurable with ttk::style are:

-padding amount: Specifies the additional padding to include inside the border of the cell. The value may have any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.

Some options are only available for specific themes.

See the ttk::style manual page for information on how to configure ttk styles.

KEYWORDS

tree, treeview, widget