calendar - Create and manipulate a monthly calendar
SYNOPSIS
calendar pathName ?options?INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- calendarSTANDARD OPTIONS
background |
cursor |
foreground |
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
int |
See the "datefield" manual entry for details on this option. Note that this option is needed when the calendar is used in conjunction with the dateentry widget. It is necessary for support of international date formats in versions of Tk less than 8.4.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: backwardImage Class: Image Command-Line Switch: -backwardimage
Name: buttonForeground Class: Foreground Command-Line Switch: -buttonforeground
Name: command Class: Command Command-Line Switch: -command
- %d
- Replaced with the date selected in the format mm/dd/yyyy.
Name: currentDateFont Class: Font Command-Line Switch: -currentdatefont
Name: dateFont Class: Font Command-Line Switch: -datefont
Name: dayFont Class: Font Command-Line Switch: -dayfont
Name: days Class: days Command-Line Switch: -days
Name: forewardImage Class: Image Command-Line Switch: -forewardimage
Name: height Class: Height Command-Line Switch: -height
Name: outline Class: Outline Command-Line Switch: -outline
Name: selectColor Class: Foreground Command-Line Switch: -selectcolor
Name: selectThickness Class: SelectThickness Command-Line Switch: -selectthickness
Name: startday Class: Day Command-Line Switch: -startday
Name: titleFont Class: Font Command-Line Switch: -titlefont
Name: weekdayBackground Class: Background Command-Line Switch: -weekdaybackground
Name: weekendBackground Class: Background Command-Line Switch: -weekendbackground
Name: width Class: Width Command-Line Switch: -width
DESCRIPTION
The calendar command creates a calendar widget for the selection of a date, displaying a single month at a time. Buttons exist on the top to change the month in effect turning the pages of a calendar. As a page is turned, the dates for the month are modified. Selection of a date visually marks that date. The selected value can be monitored via the -command option or just retrieved using the get command.
METHODS
The calendar command creates a new Tcl command whose name is pathName. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for calendar widgets:
WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS
- pathName cget option
- Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the calendar command.
- pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
- Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no option is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of this list). If option is specified with no value, then the command returns a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist of the value returned if no option is specified). If one or more option-value pairs are specified, then the command modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case the command returns an empty string. Option may have any of the values accepted by the calendar command.
- pathName get ?format?
- Returns the currently selected date in a format of string or as an integer clock value using the -string and -clicks format options respectively. The default is by string. Reference the clock command for more information on obtaining dates and their formats.
- pathName select date
- Changes the currently selected date to the value specified which must be in the form of a date string, an integer clock value or as the keyword "now". Reference the clock command for more information on obtaining dates and their formats. Note that selecting a date does not change the month being shown to that of the date given. This chore is left to the show\R command.
- pathName show date
- Changes the currently displayed date to be that of the date argument which must be in the form of a date string, an integer clock value or as the keyword "now". Reference the clock command for more information on obtaining dates and their formats.
COMPONENTS
Name: forward Class: Button
Name: page Class: Canvas
Name: backward Class: Button
EXAMPLE
proc selectCmd {date} { puts $date } calendar .c -command {selectCmd %d} -weekendbackground mistyrose \\ -weekdaybackground ghostwhite -outline black \\ -startday wednesday -days {We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu} pack .c
AUTHORS
Mark L. UlfertsMichael J. McLennan