## NAME

label -
Display a text string and/or image

## SYNOPSIS

    ttk::label pathName ?options?

## DESCRIPTION

A label widget displays a textual label and/or image. The label may be linked to a Tcl variable to automatically change the displayed text.

## STANDARD OPTIONS

## OPTIONS

Name | Database name | Database class
--- | --- | ---
-anchor | anchor | Anchor
| Specifies how the information in the widget is positioned relative to the inner margins. Legal values are n, ne, e, se, s, sw, w, nw, and center. See also -justify.
-background | frameColor | FrameColor
| The widget's background color. If unspecified, the theme default is used.
-font | font | Font
| Font to use for label text.
-foreground | textColor | TextColor
| The widget's foreground color. If unspecified, the theme default is used.
-justify | justify | Justify
| If there are multiple lines of text, specifies how the lines are laid out relative to one another. One of left, center, or right. See also -anchor.
-padding | padding | Padding
| Specifies the amount of extra space to allocate for the widget. The padding is a list of up to four length specifications left top right bottom. If fewer than four elements are specified, bottom defaults to top, right defaults to left, and top defaults to left.
-relief | relief | Relief
| Specifies the 3-D effect desired for the widget border. Valid values are flat, groove, raised, ridge, solid, and sunken.
-text | text | Text
| Specifies a text string to be displayed inside the widget (unless overridden by -textvariable).
-wraplength | wrapLength | WrapLength
| Specifies the maximum line length (in pixels). If this option is less than or equal to zero, then automatic wrapping is not performed; otherwise the text is split into lines such that no line is longer than the specified value.

## WIDGET COMMAND

pathName cget option
pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
pathName instate statespec ?script?
pathName state ?stateSpec?
  See widget(n)

## SEE ALSO

widget(n)