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NAME

       iwidgets::labeledwidget - Create and manipulate a labeled widget

SYNOPSIS

       iwidgets::labeledwidget pathName ?options?

INHERITANCE

       itk::Widget <- iwidgets::Labeledwidget

STANDARD OPTIONS

       background      cursor         foreground

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

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

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

              Specifies the foreground to be used when the state is disabled.

       Name:           labelBitmap
       Class:          Bitmap
       Command-Line Switch:           -labelbitmap

              Specifies  a  bitmap  to  display  in the widget, in any of the forms acceptable to
              Tk_GetBitmap.  This option overrides the labeltext option.

       Name:           labelFont
       Class:          Font
       Command-Line Switch:           -labelfont

              Specifies the font to be used for the label.

       Name:           labelImage
       Class:          Image
       Command-Line Switch:           -labelimage

              Specifies a image to be used as the label. The image  may  be  any  of  the  values
              created  by  the  image create command.  This option overrides both the labelbitmap
              and labeletext options.

       Name:           labelMargin
       Class:          Margin
       Command-Line Switch:           -labelmargin

              Specifies the distance between  the  childsite  and  label  in  any  of  the  forms
              acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.  The default is 2 pixel.

       Name:           labelPos
       Class:          Position
       Command-Line Switch:           -labelpos

              Specifies the position of the label along the side of the childsite: nw, n, ne, sw,
              s, se, en, e, es, wn, w, or ws.  The default is w.

       Name:           labelText
       Class:          Text
       Command-Line Switch:           -labeltext

              Specifies the text of the label around the childsite.

       Name:           labelVariable
       Class:          Variable
       Command-Line Switch:           -labelvariable

              Specifies the text variable of the label around the childsite.

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

              Specifies one of two states for the label: normal or disabled.   If  the  label  is
              disabled  then  it  is  displayed  in  a disabled foreground color.  The default is
              normal.

       Name:           sticky
       Class:          Sticky
       Command-Line Switch:           -sticky

              Specifies the "sticky-ness" of the childsite.  The default value is nsew, which  is
              the the same behavior of the labeledwidget before this option was added.

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DESCRIPTION

       The  iwidgets::labeledwidget  command  creates a labeled widget which contains a label and
       child site.  The child site is a frame which can filled with  any  widget  via  a  derived
       class  or though the use of the childsite method.  This class was designed to be a general
       purpose base class for supporting the combination of label widget and  a  childsite.   The
       options  include the ability to position the label around the childsite widget, modify the
       font and margin, and control the display of the labels.

METHODS

       The iwidgets::labeledwidget 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 labeledwidget widgets:

WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

       pathName childsite
              Return the path name of the child site.

       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::labeledwidget 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::labeledwidget command.

STATIC METHODS

       iwidgets::Labeledwidget::alignlabels widget ?widget ...?
              The alignlabels procedure takes a list of widgets derived  from  the  Labeledwidget
              class  and  uses the label margin to make each widget have the same total space for
              the combination of label and margin.  The net effect is to left align  the  labels.
              Generally,  this  method  is  only  useful with a label position of w, which is the
              default.

COMPONENTS

       Name:           label
       Class:          label

              The label component provides the label for the labeled  widget.   See  the  "label"
              widget manual entry for details on the label component item.

       Name:           lwchildsite
       Class:          frame

              The  lwchildsite  component is the user child site for the labeled widget.  See the
              "frame" widget manual entry for details on the lwchildsite component item.

EXAMPLE

              The labeledwidget was primarily meant to be a base class.  The ScrolledListBox  and
              EntryField  are  good  examples  of derived classes of the labeledwidget class.  In
              order to provide equal support for composite classes, the 'childsite' methods  also
              exists.  The following is an example of 'childsite' method usage.

        package require Iwidgets 4.0
        iwidgets::labeledwidget .lw -labeltext "Canvas Widget" -labelpos s
        pack .lw -fill both -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 10

        set cw [canvas [.lw childsite].c -relief raised -width 200 -height 200]
        pack $cw -padx 10 -pady 10

AUTHOR

       Mark L. Ulferts

KEYWORDS

       labeledwidget, widget