NAME

       iwidgets::promptdialog - Create and manipulate a prompt dialog widget

SYNOPSIS

       iwidgets::promptdialog pathName ?options?

INHERITANCE

       itk::Toplevel <- iwidgets::Dialogshell <- iwidgets::Dialog <- iwidgets::Promptdialog

STANDARD OPTIONS

       background         borderWidth       cursor              exportSelection
       foreground         highlightColor    highlightThickness  insertBackground
       insertBorderWidth  insertOffTime     insertOnTime        insertWidth
       relief             selectBackground  selectBorderWidth   selectForeground

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

ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

       show

       See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

       invalid         textBackground textFont        validate

       See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

       labelFont       labelPos       labelText

       See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

INHERITED OPTIONS

       buttonBoxPadX   buttonBoxPadY  buttonBoxPos    padX
       padY            separator      thickness

       See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

       height          master         modality        width

       See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

       title

       See the "Toplevel" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

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DESCRIPTION

       The  iwidgets::promptdialog  command  creates  a  prompt  dialog  similar to the OSF/Motif
       standard prompt dialog composite widget.  The promptdialog  is  derived  from  the  dialog
       class and is composed of a EntryField with commands to manipulate the dialog buttons.

METHODS

       The iwidgets::promptdialog 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.  The following commands are possible for promptdialog widgets:

ASSOCIATED METHODS

       delete          get            icursor         index
       insert          scan           selection       xview

       See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

       clear

       See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

INHERITED METHODS

       add             buttonconfigure                defaulthide
       invoke          show

       See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

       childsite

       See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

       activate        center         deactivate

       See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited 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 iwidgets::promptdialog 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 iwidgets::promptdialog command.

COMPONENTS

       Name:           prompt
       Class:          Entryfield

              The  prompt  component is the entry field for user input in the prompt dialog.  See
              the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the prompt component item.

EXAMPLE

        package require Iwidgets 4.0
        option add *textBackground white

        iwidgets::promptdialog .pd -modality global -title Password -labeltext Password: -show *
        .pd hide Apply

        if {[.pd activate]} {
            puts "Password entered: [.pd get]"
        } else {
            puts "Password prompt cancelled"
        }

AUTHOR

       Mark L. Ulferts

KEYWORDS

       promptdialog, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget