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NAME
tixDirTree - Create and manipulate tixDirTree widgets
SYNOPSIS
tixDirTree pathName ?options?
SUPER-CLASS
The TixDirTree class is derived from the TixScrolledHList class and inherits all the commands, options
and subwidgets of its super-class.
STANDARD OPTIONS
TixDirTree 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 a directory (usually by
single-clicking on the name of the directory). The command is called with one argument, the complete
pathname of the directory. [-command command] Specifies the command to be called when the user activates
on a directory (usually by double-clicking on the name of the directory). The command is called with one
argument, the complete pathname of the directory. [-dircmd dircmd] Specifies the TCL command to be
called when a directory listing is needed for a particular directory. If this option is not specified, by
default the DirTree widget will attempt to read the directory as a Unix directory. On special occasions,
the application programmer may want to supply a special method for reading directories: for example, when
he needs to list remote directories. In this case, the -dircmd option can be used. The specified command
accepts two arguments: the first is the name of the directory to be listed; the second is a Boolean value
indicating whether hidden sub-directories should be listed. This command returns a list of names of the
sub-directories of this directory. For example: proc read_dir {dir show_hidden} {
if {$dir == "C:\"} {
return {DOS NORTON WINDOWS}
} else {
return {}
} } [-disablecallback disableCallback] A boolean value indicating whether callbacks should be
disabled. When set to true, the TCL command specified by the -command option is not executed when the
-value of the DirTree widget changes. [-showhidden showHidden] Specifies whether hidden directories
should be shown. By default, a directory name starting with a period "." is considered as a hidden
directory. This rule can be overridden by supplying an alternative -dircmd option.
Name: value
Class: Value
Switch: -value
Alias: -directory
Specifies the name of the current directory to be displayed in the DirTree widget.
SUBWIDGETS
Name: hlist
Class: TixHList
The hierarchical listbox that displays the directory listing.
Name: hsb
Class: Scrollbar
The horizontal scrollbar subwidget.
Name: vsb
Class: Scrollbar
The vertical scrollbar subwidget.
DESCRIPTION
The tixDirTree command creates a new window (given by the pathName argument) and makes it into a DirTree
widget. Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command line or in the option
database to configure aspects of the DirTree such as its cursor and relief.
The DirTree widget displays a list view of a directory, its previous directories and its sub-directories.
The user can choose one of the directories displayed in the list or change to another directory.
WIDGET COMMANDS
The tixDirTree command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the path name of the DirTree'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 DirTree widget's path name. Option and the
args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for DirTree
widgets:
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the
values accepted by the tixDirTree command.
pathName chdir dir
Change the current directory to dir.
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 tixDirTree
command.
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 mouse and keyboard bindings of the DirTree widget are the same as the bindings of the HList widget.
KEYWORDS
Tix(n)