NAME

       tixTree - Create and manipulate tixTree widgets

SYNOPSIS

       tixTree pathName ?options?

SUPER-CLASS

       The  TixTree  class  is  derived  from  the  TixScrolledHList  class  and inherits all the
       commands, options and subwidgets of its super-class.

STANDARD OPTIONS

       TixTree supports all the standard options of a frame widget.  See  the  options(n)  manual
       entry for details on the standard options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       [-browsecmd browseCmd]  Specifies  a command to call whenever the user browses on an entry
       (usually by single-clicking on the entry). The command is called with  one  argument,  the
       pathname of the entry.  [-closecmd closeCmd] Specifies a command to call whenever an entry
       needs to be closed (See the BINDINGS section below).  This  command  is  called  with  one
       argument,  the  pathname  of the entry. This command should perform appropriate actions to
       close the specified entry. If the -closecmd option is not specified, the  default  closing
       action  is to hide all child entries of the specified entry.  [-command command] Specifies
       a command to call whenever the user activates an entry (usually by double-clicking on  the
       entry).   The   command   is  called  with  one  argument,  the  pathname  of  the  entry.
       [-ignoreinvoke ignoreInvoke] A Boolean value that specifies when a branch should be opened
       or  closed. A branch will always be opened or closed when the user presses the (+) and (-)
       indicators. However, when the user  invokes  a  branch  (by  doublc-clicking  or  pressing
       <Return>),  the branch will be opened or closed only if -ignoreinvoke is set to false (the
       default setting).

       [-opencmd openCmd] Specifies a command to call whenever an entry needs to be  opened  (See
       the BINDINGS section below). This command is called with one argument, the pathname of the
       entry. This command should perform appropriate actions to open the specified entry. If the
       -opencmd  option  is  not  specified,  the default opening action is to show all the child
       entries of the specified entry.

SUBWIDGETS

       Name:          hlist
       Class:         TixHList

              The hierarchical listbox that displays the tree.

       Name:          hsb
       Class:         Scrollbar

              The horizontal scrollbar subwidget.

       Name:          vsb
       Class:         Scrollbar

              The vertical scrollbar subwidget.

DESCRIPTION

       The tixTree command creates a new window (given by the pathName  argument)  and  makes  it
       into  a Tree widget.  Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command
       line or in the option database to configure aspects of the Tree widget such as its  cursor
       and relief.

       The  Tree  widget  can  be  used  to display hierachical data in a tree form. The user can
       adjust the view of the tree by opening or closing parts of the tree.

       To display a static tree structure, you can add the entries into the hlist  subwidget  and
       hide  any  entries  as desired. Then you can call the autosetmode method. This will set up
       the Tree widget so that it handles all the open and close events automatically.

       The above method is not applicable if you want to maintain a dynamic tree structure,  i.e,
       you  do  not  know  all  the  entries  in  the  tree and you need to add or delete entries
       subsequently. To do this, you should first create the  entries  in  the  hlist  subwidget.
       Then, use the setmode method to indicate the entries that can be opened or closed, and use
       the -opencmd and  -closecmd options to handle the opening and closing events.

WIDGET COMMANDS

       The tixTree command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the path  name  of
       the  Tree's  window.  This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget.
       It has the following general form:
              pathName option ?arg arg ...?
       PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as the  Tree  widget's  path  name.
       Option  and  the  args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands
       are possible for Tree widgets:

       pathName autosetmode
              This command calls the setmode method for all the entries in this Tree  widget:  if
              an entry has no child entries, its mode is set to none. Otherwise, if the entry has
              any hidden child entries, its mode is set to open; otherwise its  mode  is  set  to
              close.

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

       pathName close entryPath
              Close the entry given by entryPath if its mode is close.

       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 tixTree command.

       pathName getmode entryPath
              Returns the current mode of the entry given by entryPath.

       pathName open entryPath
              Open the entry givaen by entryPath if its mode is open.

       pathName setmode  entryPath mode
              This command is used to indicate whether the entry given by entryPath has  children
              entries  and  whether  the children are visible. mode must be one of open, close or
              none. If mode is set to open, a (+) indicator is drawn next the the entry. If  mode
              is  set  to  close,  a (-) indicator is drawn next the the entry. If mode is set to
              none, no indicators will be drawn for this entry. The default  mode  is  none.  The
              open  mode  indicates the entry has hidden children and this entry can be opened by
              the user. The close mode indicates that all the  children  of  the  entry  are  now
              visible and the entry can be closed by the user.

       pathName subwidget  name ?args?
              When  no  options  are given, this command returns the pathname of the subwidget of
              the specified name.

              When options are given, the widget command  of  the  specified  subwidget  will  be
              called with these options.

BINDINGS

       The  basic  mouse and keyboard bindings of the Tree widget are the same as the bindings of
       the HList widget.

       In addition, the entries can be opened or closed under the following conditions:

       [1]    If the mode of the entry is open, it can be opened by clicking on its (+) indicator
              or double-clicking on the entry.

       [2]    If  the  mode  of  the  entry  is  close,  it  can be closed by clicking on its (-)
              indicator or double-clicking on the entry.

KEYWORDS

       Tix(n),tixHList(n)