Tk::grid and gridRemove()

gri6507 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Thanks to Merlyn's suggestion, I tried using Tk::grid geometry manager. It is working great except that I can't figure out how to remove something from the grid so that it could be re-grid-ed later. Here's a sample code.

use strict;
use Tk;
require Tk::BrowseEntry;

my $mw = MainWindow->new;
my $b1 = $mw->BrowseEntry()->grid();
$b1->gridRemove;
MainLoop;
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This gives a "Can't locate auto/Tk/Entry/gridRemove.al" error. I think I am following the documentation, yet ...

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Re: Tk::grid and gridRemove() by gri6507 (Deacon) on Aug 04, 2004 at 21:39 UTC
After some more playing around, I found that gridForget() method, which has an identical description to gridRemove(), actually works. Now, just to satisfy my own curiosity, what's the difference between the two?	[reply]
Re^2: Tk::grid and gridRemove() by eserte (Deacon) on Aug 05, 2004 at 00:20 UTC
"remove" seems to be missing in the Perl/Tk port. The following patch against Tk804.027 should fix the problem: --- ./Tk/Widget.pm.orig 2004-03-17 17:00:32.000000000 +0100 +++ ./Tk/Widget.pm 2004-08-05 02:15:35.000000000 +0200 @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ use Tk::Submethods( 'grab' => [qw(current status release -global)], 'focus' => [qw(-force -lastfor)], 'pack' => [qw(configure forget info propagate sl +aves)], - 'grid' => [qw(bbox columnconfigure configure for +get info location propagate rowconfigure size slaves)], + 'grid' => [qw(bbox columnconfigure configure for +get info location propagate remove rowconfigure size slaves)], 'form' => [qw(check configure forget grid info s +laves)], 'event' => [qw(add delete generate info)], 'place' => [qw(configure forget info slaves)], @@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ { local $SIG{'__DIE__'} = \&Carp::croak; my $w = shift; - if (@_ && $_[0] =~ /^(?:bbox\|columnconfigure\|configure\|forget\|info\|l +ocation\|propagate\|rowconfigure\|size\|slaves)$/x) + if (@_ && $_[0] =~ /^(?:bbox\|columnconfigure\|configure\|forget\|info\|l +ocation\|propagate\|remove\|rowconfigure\|size\|slaves)$/x) { my $opt = shift; Tk::grid($opt,$w,@_); [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Tk::grid and gridRemove() by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Aug 05, 2004 at 12:17 UTC
Apparently, you can re-grid widgets without actually removing (or forgetting) them. An example of this is in the user contributed widget demo that comes with Tk "N-puzzle implemented via the Grid geometry manager". This is the one with the Camel image, not the numbers puzzle. The subroutine move_piece moves a piece by re-gridding it. -- I'm Not Just Another Perl Hacker	[reply]