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appears when the cursor is over the font tool. Help is available for these item
categories: the palette icons, tools in the toolbar, command tools, gridlines, row
and column handles, and widgets in the grid.
Message Area
At the bottom, right of the SpecTcl window is the message area, which
provides feedback on your interaction with SpecTcl; see Figure 3-1 on page 39.
Information provided by the message area include:
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The name of the widget and its grid position after widget creation.
The height or width of a row or column, respectively, as you move a
gridline.
Widget Basics
This section describes creating and selecting widgets.
Creating Widgets
You can create widgets in the current grid or extend the grid by clicking
outside it.
Clicking or Dragging on Palette Widgets
To create a widget, do either:
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Drag a widget from the palette to the a particular grid cell.
When drag the palette widget, the palette widget becomes unselected as
soon as the new widget is created.
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Click on a palette widget, then click in one or more grid cells.
When you click, rather than drag, the palette widget stays selected; each
time you click on the grid it creates a new widget. To turn this off, click
again on the palette widget.
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