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NAME

       tixNoteBook - Create and manipulate tixNoteBook widgets

SYNOPSIS

       tixNoteBook pathName ?options?

STANDARD OPTIONS

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

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       [-dynamicgeometry dynamicGeometry] If set to false, the size of the  Notebook  will  match
       the size of the largest page. If set to true, the size of the Notebook will match the size
       of the current page (therefore, the size  may  change  when  the  user  selects  different
       pages).  The default value is false. A setting of true is discouraged.  [-ipadx ipadX] The
       amount  of  internal  horizontal  paddings  around  the  sides  of  the  page  subwidgets.
       [-ipady ipadY]  The  amount  of  internal  vertical  paddings around the sides of the page
       subwidgets.

SUBWIDGETS

       Name:          nbframe
       Class:         tixNoteBookFrame

              The "note book frame" widget that displays ths tabs of the notebook.  Most  of  the
              display  options of the page tabs are controlled by this subwidget. For example, if
              you need to choose a different font to display the tab  names  of  the  pages,  the
              color  of  the  inactive  tabs  or the color behind the tabs, you can configure the
              options of the nbframe subwidget.  See the manual page of  tixNoteBookFrame(n)  for
              more details.

       In  addition,  all  the  page  subwidgets  created  as  a result of the add command can be
       accessed by the subwidget command. They are identified by the pageName  parameter  to  the
       add command.

DESCRIPTION

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

       The NoteBook widget can be used to display  many  windows  in  a  limited  space  using  a
       "notebook" metaphore. The notebook is divided into a stack of pages (windows). At one time
       only one of these pages can be shown.  The  user  can  navigate  through  these  pages  by
       choosing the visual "tabs" at the top of the NoteBook widget.

WIDGET COMMANDS

       The  tixNoteBook command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the path name
       of the NoteBook widget'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 NoteBook widget's path name.
       Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command.  The  following  commands
       are possible for NoteBook widgets:

       pathName add pageName ?option value ...?
              Adds a new notebook page subwidget into the NoteBook widget.  Additional parameters
              may be supplied to configure this page subwidget. Possible options are:

              -anchor
                     Specifies how the information in a tab (e.g. text or  a  bitmap)  is  to  be
                     displayed  in  the widget. Must be one of the values n, ne, e, se, s, sw, w,
                     nw, or center. For example, nw means display the information such  that  its
                     top-left corner is at the top-left corner of the widget.

              -bitmap
                     Specifies  a  bitmap  to  display  on  the  tab  of this page. The bitmap is
                     displayed only if none of the -label or -image options are specified.

              -createcmd
                     Specifies a TCL command to be called the first time a page is shown  on  the
                     screen.  This  option can be used to delay the creation of the contents of a
                     page until necessary. Therefore, it  can  be  used  to  speed  up  interface
                     creation  process  especially  when  there  are a large number of pages in a
                     NoteBook widget.

              -image Specifies an image to display  on  the  tab  of  this  page.  The  image  is
                     displayed only if the -label options is not specified.

              -justify
                     When  there  are  multiple  lines  of  text  displayed in a tab, this option
                     determines how the lines line up with each  other.  Must  be  one  of  left,
                     center, or right.  Left means that the lines' left edges all line up, center
                     means that the lines' centers are aligned, and right means that  the  lines'
                     right edges line up.

              -label Specifies a text label string to display on the tab of this page subwidget.

              -raisecmd
                     Specifies  a  TCL  command  to be called whenever this page is raised by the
                     user.

              -state Specifies whether this page can be raised by the user. Must be either normal
                     or disabled.

              -underline
                     Specifies  the  integer  index of a character to underline in the tab.  This
                     option is used by the default bindings to implement keyboard  traversal  for
                     menu  buttons and menu entries.  0 corresponds to the first character of the
                     text displayed in the widget, 1 to the next character, and so on.

              -wraplength
                     This option specifies the maximum line length of the label  string  on  this
                     tab.  If  the  line  length  of  the label string exceeds this length, it is
                     wrapped onto the next line, so that no line is  longer  than  the  specified
                     length.  The  value may be specified in any of the standard forms for screen
                     distances. If this value is less than or equal to  0  then  no  wrapping  is
                     done: lines will break only at newline characters in the text.

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

       pathName delete pageName?
              Deletes the page identified by pageName.

       pathName pagecget pageName option
              Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option in  the  page
              given  by  pageName.  Option  may have any of the values accepted by the add widget
              command.

       pathName pageconfigure pageName ?option? ?value ...?
              When no option is given, prints out the values of all  options  of  this  page.  If
              option  is  specified  with no value, then the command returns the current value of
              that option. If one or more option-value pairs  are  specified,  then  the  command
              modifies  the  given  page's option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case the
              command returns an empty string. Option may be any of options accepted by  the  add
              widget command.

       pathName pages
              Returns a list of the names of all the pages.

       pathName raise pageName
              Raise the page identified by pageName.

       pathName raised
              Returns the name of the currently raised page.

       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

       [1]    When  the user pressed the left mouse button over a notebook tab, the notebook page
              associated with that tab will be raised to the top of the stack of pages.

       [2]    The pages can also be selected using the keyboard. The user can type the <Tab>  key
              to  cycle  among  the set of pages. When the focus appears on the desired page, the
              user can type <Return> or <space> to select that page. Or, if  the  user  wants  to
              cancel the selection, he/she can type the <Escape> key.

KEYWORDS

       Tix(n)