dialogshell - Create and manipulate a dialog shell widget
SYNOPSIS
dialogshell pathName ?options?INHERITANCE
itk::Toplevel <- Shell <- DialogshellSTANDARD OPTIONS
background |
cursor |
foreground |
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
height |
master |
modality |
width |
See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.
title |
See the "Toplevel" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: buttonBoxPadX Class: Pad Command-Line Switch: -buttonboxpadx
Specifies a non-negative padding
distance to leave between the button group and the outer edge of
the button box in the x direction. The value may be given in any of
the forms accpetable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 5
pixels.
Name: buttonBoxPadY Class: Pad Command-Line Switch: -buttonboxpady
Specifies a non-negative padding
distance to leave between the button group and the outer edge of
the button box in the y direction. The value may be given in any of
the forms accpetable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 5
pixels.
Name: buttonBoxPos Class: Position Command-Line Switch: -buttonboxpos
Attaches buttons to the given side of
the dialog: n, s, e or w. The default
is s.
Name: padX Class: Pad Command-Line Switch: -padx
Specifies a padding distance for the
childsite in the X-direction in any of the forms acceptable to
Tk_GetPixels. The default is 10.
Name: padY Class: Pad Command-Line Switch: -pady
Specifies a padding distance for the
childsite in the Y-direction in any of the forms acceptable to
Tk_GetPixels. The default is 10.
Name: separator Class: Separator Command-Line Switch: -separator
Specifies whether a line is drawn to
separate the buttons from the dialog box contents in any of the
forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean. The default is
true.
Name: thickness Class: Thickness Command-Line Switch: -thickness
Specifies the thickness of the
separator in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.
The default is 3 pixels.
DESCRIPTION
The dialogshell command creates a dialog shell which is a top level widget composed of a button box, separator, and child site area. The class also has methods to control button construction.
METHODS
The dialogshell command create 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 dialogshell widgets:
INHERITED METHODS
activate |
center |
deactivate |
See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.
ASSOCIATED METHODS
add hide show |
buttonconfigure index |
default insert |
delete invoke |
See the "buttonbox" manual entry for details on the associated methods.
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 dialogshell command.
- pathName childsite
- Returns the pathname of the child site widget.
- 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 dialogshell command.
COMPONENTS
Name: dschildsite Class: frame
The dschildsite component is the user
child site for the dialog shell. See the "frame" widget manual
entry for details on the dschildsite component item.
Name: separator Class: frame
The separator component devides the
area between the user child site and the button box. See the
"frame" widget manual entry for details on the separator component
item.
Name: bbox Class: ButtonBox
The bbox component is the button box
containing the buttons for the dialog shell. See the "ButtonBox"
widget manual entry for details on the bbox component item.
EXAMPLE
dialogshell .ds -modality none .ds add OK -text "OK" .ds add Cancel -text "Cancel" .ds default OK .ds activate