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NAME

       spinbox - Create and manipulate 'spinbox' value spinner widgets

SYNOPSIS

       spinbox pathName ?options?

STANDARD OPTIONS

       -activebackground     -highlightthickness  -repeatinterval
       -background           -insertbackground    -selectbackground
       -borderwidth          -insertborderwidth   -selectborderwidth
       -cursor               -insertontime        -selectforeground
       -exportselection      -insertwidth         -takefocus
       -font                 -insertofftime       -textvariable
       -foreground           -justify             -xscrollcommand
       -highlightbackground  -relief
       -highlightcolor       -repeatdelay

       See the options manual entry for details on the standard options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       Command-Line Name:-buttonbackground
       Database Name:  buttonBackground
       Database Class: Background

              The background color to be used for the spin buttons.

       Command-Line Name:-buttoncursor
       Database Name:  buttonCursor
       Database Class: Cursor

              The  cursor to be used when over the spin buttons.  If this is empty (the default),
              a default cursor will be used.

       Command-Line Name:-buttondownrelief
       Database Name:  buttonDownRelief
       Database Class: Relief

              The relief to be used for the upper spin button.

       Command-Line Name:-buttonuprelief
       Database Name:  buttonUpRelief
       Database Class: Relief

              The relief to be used for the lower spin button.

       Command-Line Name:-command
       Database Name:  command
       Database Class: Command

              Specifies a Tcl command to invoke whenever a spinbutton is  invoked.   The  command
              recognizes  several  percent  substitutions:  %W  for  the  widget path, %s for the
              current value of the widget, and %d for the direction of the button pressed (up  or
              down).

       Command-Line Name:-disabledbackground
       Database Name:  disabledBackground
       Database Class: DisabledBackground

              Specifies the background color to use when the spinbox is disabled.  If this option
              is the empty string, the normal background color is used.

       Command-Line Name:-disabledforeground
       Database Name:  disabledForeground
       Database Class: DisabledForeground

              Specifies the foreground color to use when the spinbox is disabled.  If this option
              is the empty string, the normal foreground color is used.

       Command-Line Name:-format
       Database Name:  format
       Database Class: Format

              Specifies  an  alternate format to use when setting the string value when using the
              -from and -to range.  This must be a format specifier of the form %<pad>.<pad>f, as
              it will format a floating-point number.

       Command-Line Name:-from
       Database Name:  from
       Database Class: From

              A  floating-point value corresponding to the lowest value for a spinbox, to be used
              in conjunction with -to and -increment.  When  all  are  specified  correctly,  the
              spinbox  will  use  these  values to control its contents.  This value must be less
              than the -to option.  If -values is specified, it supersedes this option.

       Command-Line Name:-invalidcommand or -invcmd
       Database Name:  invalidCommand
       Database Class: InvalidCommand

              Specifies a script to eval when -validatecommand returns 0.  Setting it to an empty
              string  disables this feature (the default).  The best use of this option is to set
              it to bell.  See VALIDATION below for more information.

       Command-Line Name:-increment
       Database Name:  increment
       Database Class: Increment

              A floating-point value specifying the increment.  When used with -from and -to, the
              value  in  the  widget will be adjusted by -increment when a spin button is pressed
              (up adds the value, down subtracts the value).

       Command-Line Name:-readonlybackground
       Database Name:  readonlyBackground
       Database Class: ReadonlyBackground

              Specifies the background color to use when the spinbox is readonly.  If this option
              is the empty string, the normal background color is used.

       Command-Line Name:-state
       Database Name:  state
       Database Class: State

              Specifies  one of three states for the spinbox:  normal, disabled, or readonly.  If
              the spinbox is readonly, then the value may not be changed  using  widget  commands
              and  no  insertion  cursor  will  be  displayed,  even if the input focus is in the
              widget; the contents of the widget may  still  be  selected.   If  the  spinbox  is
              disabled,  the value may not be changed, no insertion cursor will be displayed, the
              contents will not be selectable, and the spinbox may be displayed  in  a  different
              color,  depending  on the values of the -disabledforeground and -disabledbackground
              options.

       Command-Line Name:-to
       Database Name:  to
       Database Class: To

              A floating-point value corresponding to the highest value for the  spinbox,  to  be
              used  in  conjunction with -from and -increment.  When all are specified correctly,
              the spinbox will use these values to control its  contents.   This  value  must  be
              greater than the -from option.  If -values is specified, it supersedes this option.

       Command-Line Name:-validate
       Database Name:  validate
       Database Class: Validate

              Specifies  the  mode  in  which  validation  should  operate: none, focus, focusin,
              focusout, key, or all.  It defaults to none.  When you want  validation,  you  must
              explicitly state which mode you wish to use.  See VALIDATION below for more.

       Command-Line Name:-validatecommand or -vcmd
       Database Name:  validateCommand
       Database Class: ValidateCommand

              Specifies  a  script to evaluate when you want to validate the input in the widget.
              Setting it to an empty string disables  this  feature  (the  default).   Validation
              occurs  according  to the value of -validate.  This command must return a valid Tcl
              boolean value.  If it returns 0 (or the valid  Tcl  boolean  equivalent)  then  the
              value of the widget will not change and the -invalidcommand will be evaluated if it
              is set.  If it returns 1, then value will be changed.   See  VALIDATION  below  for
              more information.

       Command-Line Name:-values
       Database Name:  values
       Database Class: Values

              Must be a proper list value.  If specified, the spinbox will use these values as to
              control its contents, starting with the first value.  This  option  has  precedence
              over the -from and -to range.

       Command-Line Name:-width
       Database Name:  width
       Database Class: Width

              Specifies  an  integer value indicating the desired width of the spinbox window, in
              average-size characters of the widget's font.  If the value is less than  or  equal
              to zero, the widget picks a size just large enough to hold its current text.

       Command-Line Name:-wrap
       Database Name:  wrap
       Database Class: wrap

              Must  be a proper boolean value.  If on, the spinbox will wrap around the values of
              data in the widget.
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DESCRIPTION

       The spinbox command creates a new window (given by the pathName  argument)  and  makes  it
       into  a  spinbox  widget.   Additional  options,  described above, may be specified on the
       command line or in the option database to configure aspects of the  spinbox  such  as  its
       colors, font, and relief.  The spinbox command returns its pathName argument.  At the time
       this command is invoked, there must not exist a  window  named  pathName,  but  pathName's
       parent must exist.

       A  spinbox  is  an  extended  entry widget that allows he user to move, or spin, through a
       fixed set of ascending or descending values such as times or dates in addition to  editing
       the  value as in an entry.  When first created, a spinbox's string is empty.  A portion of
       the spinbox may be selected as described below.  If a spinbox is exporting  its  selection
       (see  the  -exportselection  option),  then  it  will  observe  the standard protocols for
       handling the selection;  spinbox selections are available as type STRING.  Spinboxes  also
       observe  the  standard  Tk rules for dealing with the input focus.  When a spinbox has the
       input focus it displays an insertion cursor to  indicate  where  new  characters  will  be
       inserted.

       Spinboxes  are  capable of displaying strings that are too long to fit entirely within the
       widget's window.  In this case, only a portion of the string will be  displayed;  commands
       described  below may be used to change the view in the window.  Spinboxes use the standard
       -xscrollcommand mechanism for interacting with scrollbars  (see  the  description  of  the
       -xscrollcommand option for details).  They also support scanning, as described below.

VALIDATION

       Validation  works  by  setting  the  -validatecommand  option  to  a  script which will be
       evaluated according to the -validate option as follows:

       none      Default.  This means no validation will occur.

       focus     The -validatecommand will be called when the spinbox receives or loses focus.

       focusin   The -validatecommand will be called when the spinbox receives focus.

       focusout  The -validatecommand will be called when the spinbox loses focus.

       key       The -validatecommand will be called when the spinbox is edited.

       all       The -validatecommand will be called for all above conditions.

       It  is  possible  to  perform  percent   substitutions   on   the   -validatecommand   and
       -invalidcommand  scripts, just as you would in a bind script.  The following substitutions
       are recognized:

       %d   Type of action: 1 for insert, 0 for delete, or -1 for focus, forced  or  textvariable
            validation.

       %i   Index of char string to be inserted/deleted, if any, otherwise -1.

       %P   The  value  of  the spinbox should edition occur.  If you are configuring the spinbox
            widget to have a new textvariable, this will be the value of that textvariable.

       %s   The current value of spinbox before edition.

       %S   The text string being inserted/deleted, if any.  Otherwise it is an empty string.

       %v   The type of validation currently set.

       %V   The type of validation that triggered the callback (key, focusin, focusout, forced).

       %W   The name of the spinbox widget.

       In general, the -textvariable and -validatecommand can be dangerous to mix.  Any  problems
       have  been  overcome  so  that  using  the  -validatecommand  will  not interfere with the
       traditional behavior of  the  spinbox  widget.   Using  the  -textvariable  for  read-only
       purposes  will  never cause problems.  The danger comes when you try set the -textvariable
       to something that the -validatecommand would not accept, which causes -validate to  become
       none  (the  -invalidcommand will not be triggered).  The same happens when an error occurs
       evaluating the -validatecommand.

       Primarily, an error will occur when the -validatecommand or -invalidcommand encounters  an
       error  in  its  script  while  evaluating  or -validatecommand does not return a valid Tcl
       boolean value.  The -validate option will also set  itself  to  none  when  you  edit  the
       spinbox  widget  from  within  either  the  -validatecommand or the -invalidcommand.  Such
       editions will override the one that was being validated.  If you wish to edit the value of
       the  widget  during validation and still have the -validate option set, you should include
       the command
                   %W config -validate %v
       in the -validatecommand or -invalidcommand (whichever one you  were  editing  the  spinbox
       widget  from).   It  is  also  recommended  to  not set an associated -textvariable during
       validation, as that can  cause  the  spinbox  widget  to  become  out  of  sync  with  the
       -textvariable.

       Also,  the  -validate  option  will set itself to none when the spinbox value gets changed
       because of adjustment of -from or -to and the -validatecommand returns false. For instance
                   spinbox pathName -from 1 -to 10 -validate all -vcmd {return 0}
       will in fact set the -validate option to none because the default value  for  the  spinbox
       gets  changed (due to the -from and -to options) to a value not accepted by the validation
       script.

       Moreover, forced validation is performed when invoking any spinbutton of the  spinbox.  If
       the  validation  script returns false in this situation, then the -validate option will be
       automatically set to none.

WIDGET COMMAND

       The spinbox 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.

   INDICES
       Many of the widget commands for spinboxes take one or more indices as arguments.  An index
       specifies a particular character in the spinbox's string, in any of the following ways:

       number      Specifies the character as a numerical index, where 0 corresponds to the first
                   character in the string.

       anchor      Indicates  the  anchor  point  for the selection, which is set with the select
                   from and select adjust widget commands.

       end         Indicates the character just after the last one in the spinbox's string.  This
                   is  equivalent  to  specifying  a  numerical  index equal to the length of the
                   spinbox's string.

       insert      Indicates the character adjacent to and immediately  following  the  insertion
                   cursor.

       sel.first   Indicates  the  first  character in the selection.  It is an error to use this
                   form if the selection is not in the spinbox window.

       sel.last    Indicates the character just after the last one in the selection.   It  is  an
                   error to use this form if the selection is not in the spinbox window.

       @number     In  this  form,  number is treated as an x-coordinate in the spinbox's window;
                   the character spanning that x-coordinate is used.  For example, “@0” indicates
                   the left-most character in the window.

       Abbreviations  may  be used for any of the forms above, e.g.  “e” or “sel.f”.  In general,
       out-of-range indices are automatically rounded to the nearest legal value.

   SUBCOMMANDS
       The following commands are possible for spinbox widgets:

       pathName bbox index
              Returns a list of four numbers describing the bounding box of the  character  given
              by  index.   The first two elements of the list give the x and y coordinates of the
              upper-left corner of the screen area covered by the character (in  pixels  relative
              to  the  widget)  and  the  last  two  elements  give  the  width and height of the
              character, in pixels.  The bounding box may refer to a region outside  the  visible
              area of the window.

       pathName cget option
              Returns  the current value of the configuration option given by option.  Option may
              have any of the values accepted by the spinbox 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 spinbox command.

       pathName delete first ?last?
              Delete one or more elements of the spinbox.   First  is  the  index  of  the  first
              character to delete, and last is the index of the character just after the last one
              to delete.  If last is  not  specified  it  defaults  to  first+1,  i.e.  a  single
              character is deleted.  This command returns an empty string.

       pathName get
              Returns the spinbox's string.

       pathName icursor index
              Arrange for the insertion cursor to be displayed just before the character given by
              index.  Returns an empty string.

       pathName identify x y
              Returns the name of the window element corresponding to coordinates x and y in  the
              spinbox.  Return value is one of: none, buttondown, buttonup, entry.

       pathName index index
              Returns the numerical index corresponding to index.

       pathName insert index string
              Insert  the  characters  of  string  just  before the character indicated by index.
              Returns an empty string.

       pathName invoke element
              Causes the specified  element,  either  buttondown  or  buttonup,  to  be  invoked,
              triggering the action associated with it.

       pathName scan option args
              This  command  is  used  to  implement  scanning  on  spinboxes.  It has two forms,
              depending on option:

              pathName scan mark x
                     Records x and the current view in the spinbox window;  used  in  conjunction
                     with  later scan dragto commands.  Typically this command is associated with
                     a mouse button press in the widget.  It returns an empty string.

              pathName scan dragto x
                     This command computes the difference  between  its  x  argument  and  the  x
                     argument  to the last scan mark command for the widget.  It then adjusts the
                     view left or right by  10  times  the  difference  in  x-coordinates.   This
                     command  is  typically associated with mouse motion events in the widget, to
                     produce the effect of dragging the spinbox at high speed through the window.
                     The return value is an empty string.

       pathName selection option arg
              This  command  is  used  to  adjust the selection within a spinbox.  It has several
              forms, depending on option:

              pathName selection adjust index
                     Locate the end of the selection nearest to the character given by index, and
                     adjust  that  end  of  the  selection to be at index (i.e. including but not
                     going beyond index).  The other end of the  selection  is  made  the  anchor
                     point  for  future select to commands.  If the selection is not currently in
                     the spinbox, then a new selection  is  created  to  include  the  characters
                     between  index  and  the  most  recent  selection  anchor  point, inclusive.
                     Returns an empty string.

              pathName selection clear
                     Clear the selection if it is currently in this widget.  If the selection  is
                     not in this widget then the command has no effect.  Returns an empty string.

              pathName selection element ?element?
                     Sets  or  gets  the  currently selected element.  If a spinbutton element is
                     specified, it will be displayed depressed.

              pathName selection from index
                     Set the selection anchor point to just before the character given by  index.
                     Does not change the selection.  Returns an empty string.

              pathName selection present
                     Returns  1  if there is are characters selected in the spinbox, 0 if nothing
                     is selected.

              pathName selection range start end
                     Sets the selection to include the characters starting with the  one  indexed
                     by start and ending with the one just before end.  If end refers to the same
                     character as start or an  earlier  one,  then  the  spinbox's  selection  is
                     cleared.

              pathName selection to index
                     If  index  is  before  the anchor point, set the selection to the characters
                     from index up to but not including the anchor point.  If index is  the  same
                     as  the  anchor  point, do nothing.  If index is after the anchor point, set
                     the selection to the  characters  from  the  anchor  point  up  to  but  not
                     including  index.   The anchor point is determined by the most recent select
                     from or select adjust command in this widget.  If the selection  is  not  in
                     this  widget  then  a  new selection is created using the most recent anchor
                     point specified for the widget.  Returns an empty string.

       pathName set ?string?
              If string is specified, the spinbox will try and set it to this value, otherwise it
              just returns the spinbox's string.  If validation is on, it will occur when setting
              the string.

       pathName validate
              This command is used to force an evaluation of the -validatecommand independent  of
              the  conditions  specified  by  the  -validate option.  This is done by temporarily
              setting the -validate option to all.  It returns 0 or 1.

       pathName xview args
              This command is used to query and change the horizontal position of the text in the
              widget's window.  It can take any of the following forms:

              pathName xview
                     Returns  a  list  containing  two elements.  Each element is a real fraction
                     between 0 and 1;  together they describe the horizontal span that is visible
                     in  the  window.   For  example,  if  the first element is .2 and the second
                     element is .6, 20% of the spinbox's text is  off-screen  to  the  left,  the
                     middle  40%  is  visible in the window, and 40% of the text is off-screen to
                     the right.   These  are  the  same  values  passed  to  scrollbars  via  the
                     -xscrollcommand option.

              pathName xview index
                     Adjusts  the  view  in  the  window  so that the character given by index is
                     displayed at the left edge of the window.

              pathName xview moveto fraction
                     Adjusts the view in the window so that the character  fraction  of  the  way
                     through the text appears at the left edge of the window.  Fraction must be a
                     fraction between 0 and 1.

              pathName xview scroll number what
                     This command shifts the view in the window left or right according to number
                     and what.  Number must be an integer.  What must be either units or pages or
                     an abbreviation of one of these.  If what is units, the view adjusts left or
                     right  by  number  average-width  characters on the display;  if it is pages
                     then the view adjusts by number screenfuls.   If  number  is  negative  then
                     characters  farther  to  the  left  become  visible;  if it is positive then
                     characters farther to the right become visible.

DEFAULT BINDINGS

       Tk automatically creates class bindings for spinboxes that give them the following default
       behavior.   In  the  descriptions  below,  “word” refers to a contiguous group of letters,
       digits, or “_” characters, or any single character other than these.

       [1]    Clicking mouse button 1 positions the insertion cursor just  before  the  character
              underneath  the  mouse  cursor, sets the input focus to this widget, and clears any
              selection in the widget.  Dragging with mouse button  1  strokes  out  a  selection
              between the insertion cursor and the character under the mouse.

       [2]    Double-clicking  with mouse button 1 selects the word under the mouse and positions
              the insertion cursor at the beginning of the word.  Dragging after a  double  click
              will stroke out a selection consisting of whole words.

       [3]    Triple-clicking  with  mouse  button  1  selects all of the text in the spinbox and
              positions the insertion cursor before the first character.

       [4]    The ends of the selection can be adjusted by dragging with mouse button 1 while the
              Shift  key  is down;  this will adjust the end of the selection that was nearest to
              the mouse cursor when button 1 was pressed.  If the button is double-clicked before
              dragging then the selection will be adjusted in units of whole words.

       [5]    Clicking  mouse  button  1  with  the  Control key down will position the insertion
              cursor in the spinbox without affecting the selection.

       [6]    If any normal printing characters are typed in a spinbox, they are inserted at  the
              point of the insertion cursor.

       [7]    The  view  in  the spinbox can be adjusted by dragging with the middle mouse button
              (button 2, or button 3 in TkAqua). If the middle mouse button  is  clicked  without
              moving  the  mouse, the selection is copied into the spinbox at the position of the
              mouse cursor.

       [8]    If the mouse is dragged out of the spinbox on the left or right sides while  button
              1  is  pressed, the spinbox will automatically scroll to make more text visible (if
              there is more text off-screen on the side where the mouse left the window).

       [9]    The Left and Right keys move the insertion cursor one  character  to  the  left  or
              right;   they also clear any selection in the spinbox and set the selection anchor.
              If Left or Right is typed with the Shift key down, then the insertion cursor  moves
              and  the  selection  is  extended  to  include the new character.  Control-Left and
              Control-Right move the  insertion  cursor  by  words,  and  Control-Shift-Left  and
              Control-Shift-Right  move  the  insertion  cursor  by  words  and  also  extend the
              selection.   Control-b  and  Control-f  behave  the  same  as   Left   and   Right,
              respectively.  Meta-b and Meta-f behave the same as Control-Left and Control-Right,
              respectively.

       [10]   The Home key, or Control-a, will move the insertion cursor to the beginning of  the
              spinbox  and  clear  any  selection in the spinbox.  Shift-Home moves the insertion
              cursor to the beginning of the spinbox and  also  extends  the  selection  to  that
              point.

       [11]   The End key, or Control-e, will move the insertion cursor to the end of the spinbox
              and clear any selection in the spinbox.  Shift-End moves the cursor to the end  and
              extends the selection to that point.

       [12]   The  Select  key  and Control-Space set the selection anchor to the position of the
              insertion cursor.  They do not affect  the  current  selection.   Shift-Select  and
              Control-Shift-Space  adjust  the selection to the current position of the insertion
              cursor, selecting from the anchor to the insertion cursor  if  there  was  not  any
              selection previously.

       [13]   Control-/ selects all the text in the spinbox.

       [14]   Control-\ clears any selection in the spinbox.

       [15]   The F16 key (labelled Copy on many Sun workstations) or Meta-w copies the selection
              in the widget to the clipboard, if there is a selection.

       [16]   The F20 key (labelled Cut  on  many  Sun  workstations)  or  Control-w  copies  the
              selection in the widget to the clipboard and deletes the selection.  If there is no
              selection in the widget then these keys have no effect.

       [17]   The F18 key (labelled Paste on many Sun  workstations)  or  Control-y  inserts  the
              contents of the clipboard at the position of the insertion cursor.

       [18]   The  Delete key deletes the selection, if there is one in the spinbox.  If there is
              no selection, it deletes the character to the right of the insertion cursor.

       [19]   The BackSpace key and Control-h delete the  selection,  if  there  is  one  in  the
              spinbox.   If  there  is  no selection, it deletes the character to the left of the
              insertion cursor.

       [20]   Control-d deletes the character to the right of the insertion cursor.

       [21]   Meta-d deletes the word to the right of the insertion cursor.

       [22]   Control-k deletes all the characters to the right of the insertion cursor.

       [23]   Control-t reverses the order of the two characters to the right  of  the  insertion
              cursor.

       If  the  spinbox is disabled using the -state option, then the spinbox's view can still be
       adjusted and text in the spinbox can still be selected, but no insertion  cursor  will  be
       displayed and no text modifications will take place.

       The  behavior  of spinboxes can be changed by defining new bindings for individual widgets
       or by redefining the class bindings.

SEE ALSO

       ttk::spinbox(3tk)

KEYWORDS

       spinbox, entry, widget