- NAME
- SelectFont - Font selection widget
- CREATION
- SelectFont pathName ?option value...?
- STANDARD OPTIONS
-background or -bg -font
- WIDGET COMMAND
- pathName cget option
- pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
- SelectFont::loadfont
DESCRIPTION
SelectFont provides a simple way to choose font. It can be displayed
as a dialog box or as a toolbar.
Textual items in Dialog box uses -name options so they
can be translated to any language. Symbolic name used are
ok, cancel, font, size, style,
bold, italic, underline and overstrike.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
- -command
- Specifies a command to call when user select a new font when SelectFont type option is toolbar.
- -initialcolor
- If specified, add an additional button that lets the user pick a color. This option is ignored if type is toolbar.
- -nosizes
- If true, don't show the listbox containing valid font sizes. This option is ignored if type is toolbar.
- -parent
- Parent of the Dialog. Dialog is centered in its parent. If empty, it is centered in root window.
- -sampletext
- Specifies the text displayed in the preview area.
- -title
- Title of the Dialog toplevel.
- -type
-
Specifies the type of the SelectFont widget. Must be dialog or toolbar.
If type option is dialog, SelectFont::create directly creates the dialog, displays it and return an empty string if cancel button is pressed or if dialog is destroyed, and the selected font (and color if initialcolor) if ok button is pressed. In all cases, dialog is destroyed.
If type option is toolbar, SelectFont::create returns the pathname of the widget created.
WIDGET COMMAND
- pathName cget option
- Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the creation 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. 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 creation command. Read-only options are not be modified.
- SelectFont::loadfont
- Load the font available in the system.