Iwidgets 2.2.0 User Commands Man Page -- dialogshell (n)
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NAME
dialogshell - Create and manipulate a dialog shell widget
SYNOPSIS
dialogshell pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Toplevel <- Shell <- Dialogshell
STANDARD OPTIONS
background cursor foreground
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
- master
- modality title
See the "shell" 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 buttonconfigure defaultdelete
- hide
- index insert invoke show
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
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
dialogshell, dialog, shell, widget
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