tk\_popup(n) Tk Built-In Commands tk\_popup(n)

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# [NAME](#NAME)

tk\_popup - Post a popup menu

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**tk\_popup menu x y** ?*entry*?

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# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This procedure posts a menu at a given position on the screen and configures Tk so that the menu and its cascaded children can be traversed with the mouse or the keyboard. *Menu* is the name of a menu widget and *x* and *y* are the root coordinates at which to display the menu. If *entry* is omitted or an empty string, the menu's upper left corner is positioned at the given point. Otherwise *entry* gives the index of an entry in *menu* and the menu will be positioned so that the entry is positioned over the given point.

# [EXAMPLE](#EXAMPLE)

How to attach a simple popup menu to a widget.

```
# Create a menu
set m [menu .popupMenu]
$m add command -label "Example 1" -command bell
$m add command -label "Example 2" -command bell
# Create something to attach it to
pack [label .l -text "Click me!"]
# Arrange for the menu to pop up when the label is clicked
bind .l <Button-1> {tk_popup .popupMenu %X %Y}
```

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[bind(n)](/man/os/tk/bind.n), [menu(n)](/man/os/tk/menu.n), [tk\_optionMenu(n)](/man/os/tk/tk_optionMenu.n)

# [KEYWORDS](#KEYWORDS)

menu, popup

4.0 Tk

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Document: tk_popup(n) from tk 9.1.0-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tcl/tk9.1.0-src.tar.gz