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NAME
iwidgets::hierarchy - Create and manipulate a hierarchy widget
SYNOPSIS
iwidgets::hierarchy pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- iwidgets::Labeledwidget <- iwidgets::Scrolledwidget <- iwidgets::Hierarchy
STANDARD OPTIONS
activeBackground activeForeground background borderWidth
cursor disabledForeground foreground highlightColor
highlightThickness relief selectBackground selectForeground
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
activeRelief elementBorderWidth jumptroughColor
See the "scrollbar" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.
spacing1 spacing2 spacing3 tabs
See the "text" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
labelBitmap labelFont labelImage labelMargin
labelPos labelText labelVariable sticky
See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details on the inherited options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: alwaysQuery
Class: AlwaysQuery
Command-Line Switch: -alwaysquery
Boolean flag which tells the hierarchy widget weather or not each refresh of the display should be
via a new query using the command value of the -querycommand option or use the values previous
found the last time the query was made. The default is no.
Name: closedIcon
Class: Icon
Command-Line Switch: -closedicon
Specifies the name of an existing closed icon image to be used in the hierarchy before those nodes
that are collapsed. Should one not be provided, then a folder icon will be generated, pixmap if
possible, bitmap otherwise.
Name: dblClickCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -dblclickcommand
Specifies a command to be executed upon user double clicking via mouse button one of the text
label of an entry. If this command contains "%n", it is replaced with the name of the selected
node. Should it contain "%s" then a boolean indicator of the node's current selection status is
substituted.
Name: expanded
Class: Expanded
Command-Line Switch: -expanded
When true, the hierarchy will be completely expanded when it is first displayed. A fresh display
can be triggered by resetting the -querycommand option. The default is false.
Name: filter
Class: Filter
Command-Line Switch: -filter
When true only the branch nodes and selected items are displayed. This gives a compact view of
important items. The default is false.
Name: height
Class: Height
Command-Line Switch: -height
Specifies the height of the hierarchy as an entire unit. The value may be specified in any of the
forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. Any additional space needed to display the other components
such as labels, margins, and scrollbars force the hierarchy to be compressed. A value of zero
along with the same value for the width causes the value given for the visibleitems option to be
applied which administers geometry constraints in a different manner. The default height is zero.
Name: iconCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -iconcommand
Specifies a command to be executed upon user selection via mouse button one of any additional
icons given in the values returned by the command associated with the -querycommand option. If
this command contains "%n", it is replaced with the name of the node the icon belongs to. Should
it contain "%i" then the icon name is substituted.
Name: iconDblCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -icondblcommand
Specifies a command to be executed upon user double clicking via mouse button one of the icon of
an entry. If this command contains "%n", it is replaced with the name of the node the icon belongs
to. Should it contain "%i" then the icon name is substituted.
Name: imageCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -imagecommand
Specifies a command to be executed upon user selecting an image of an entry. If this command
contains "%n", it is replaced with the name of the selected node. Should it contain "%s" then a
boolean indicator of the node's current selection status is substituted.
Name: imageDblCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -imagedblcommand
Specifies a command to be executed upon user double clicking via mouse button one of the image of
an entry. If this command contains "%n", it is replaced with the name of the node the icon belongs
to. Should it contain "%i" then the icon name is substituted.
Name: imageMenuLoadCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -imagemenuloadcommand
Specifies a command to be executed upon user selection via mouse button three, on the image or
icon, that will dynamically load the itemMenu for the widget.
Name: markBackground
Class: Foreground
Command-Line Switch: -markbackground
Specifies the background color to use when displaying marked nodes.
Name: markForeground
Class: Background
Command-Line Switch: -markforeground
Specifies the foreground color to use when displaying marked nodes.
Name: menuCursor
Class: Cursor
Command-Line Switch: -menucursor
Specifies the mouse cursor to be used for the item and background menus. The value may have any
of the forms accept able to Tk_GetCursor.
Name: nodeIcon
Class: Icon
Command-Line Switch: -nodeicon
Specifies the name of an existing node icon image to be used in the hierarchy before those nodes
that are leafs. Should one not be provided, then a dog-eared page icon will be generated, pixmap
if possible, bitmap otherwise.
Name: openIcon
Class: Icon
Command-Line Switch: -openicon
Specifies the name of an existing open icon image to be used in the hierarchy before those nodes
that are expanded. Should one not be provided, then an open folder icon will be generated, pixmap
if possible, bitmap otherwise.
Name: queryCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -querycommand
Specifies the command executed to query the contents of each node. If this command contains "%n",
it is replaced with the name of the desired node. In its simpilest form it should return the
children of the given node as a list which will be depicted in the display. Since the names of
the children are used as tags in the underlying text widget, each child must be unique in the
hierarchy. Due to the unique requirement, the nodes shall be reffered to as uids or uid in the
singular sense. The format of returned list is
{uid [uid ...]}
where uid is a unique id and primary key for the hierarchy entry
Should the unique requirement pose a problem, the list returned can take on another more extended
form which enables the association of text to be displayed with the uids. The uid must still be
unique, but the text does not have to obey the unique rule. In addition, the format also allows
the specification of additional tags to be used on the same entry in the hierarchy as the uid and
additional icons to be displayed just before the node. The tags and icons are considered to be
the property of the user in that the hierarchy widget will not depend on any of their values. The
extended format is
{{uid [text [tags [icons]]]} {uid [text [tags [icons]]]} ...}
where uid is a unique id and primary key for the hierarchy entry
text is the text to be displayed for this uid
tags is a list of user tags to be applied to the entry
icons is a list of icons to be displayed in front of the text
The hierarchy widget does a look ahead from each node to determine if the node has a children.
This can be cost some performace with large hierarchies. User's can avoid this by providing a
hint in the user tags. A tag of "leaf" or "branch" tells the hierarchy widget the information it
needs to know thereby avoiding the look ahead operation.
Name: hscrollMode
Class: ScrollMode
Command-Line Switch: -hscrollmode
Specifies the the display mode to be used for the horizontal scrollbar: static, dynamic, or none.
In static mode, the scroll bar is displayed at all times. Dynamic mode displays the scroll bar as
required, and none disables the scroll bar display. The default is static.
Name: sbWidth
Class: Width
Command-Line Switch: -sbwidth
Specifies the width of the scrollbar in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.
Name: scrollMargin
Class: Margin
Command-Line Switch: -scrollmargin
Specifies the distance between the text portion of the hierarchy and the scrollbars in any of the
forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.
Name: selectCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -selectcommand
Specifies a Tcl command to be evaluated when you select a node in the hierarchy via left mouse
click. If "%n" is included in the command, it is substituted with the node name. Similarly, "%s"
is substituted with the node's current selection status: 1 for selected, 0 otherwise.
Name: textBackground Class: Background Command-Line Switch: -textbackground
Specifies the background color for the text portion of the hierarchy in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetColor.
Name: textFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -textfont
Specifies the font to be used in the text portion of the hierarchy.
Name: textMenuLoadCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -textmenuloadcommand
Specifies a command to be executed upon user selection via mouse button three, that will
dynamically load the itemMenu for the widget.
Name: visibleitems
Class: VisibleItems
Command-Line Switch: -visibleitems
Specifies the widthxheight in characters and lines for the hierarchy. This option is only
administered if the width and height options are both set to zero, otherwise they take precedence.
The default value is 80x24. With the visibleitems option engaged, geometry constraints are
maintained only on the text portion of the hierarchy. The size of the other components such as
labels, margins, and scroll bars, are additive and independent, effecting the overall size of the
hierarchy. In contrast, should the width and height options have non zero values, they are
applied to the hierarchy as a whole. The hierarchy is compressed or expanded to maintain the
geometry constraints.
Name: vscrollMode
Class: ScrollMode
Command-Line Switch: -vscrollmode
Specifies the the display mode to be used for the vertical scrollbar: static, dynamic, or none.
In static mode, the scroll bar is displayed at all times. Dynamic mode displays the scroll bar as
required, and none disables the scroll bar display. The default is static.
Name: width
Class: Width
Command-Line Switch: -width
Specifies the width of the hierarchy as an entire unit. The value may be specified in any of the
forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. Any additional space needed to display the other components
such as labels, margins, and scrollbars force the text portion of the hierarchy to be compressed.
A value of zero along with the same value for the height causes the value given for the
visibleitems option to be applied which administers geometry constraints in a different manner.
The default width is zero.
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DESCRIPTION
The iwidgets::hierarchy command creates a hierarchical data view widget. It allows the graphical
management of a a list of nodes that can be expanded or collapsed. Individual nodes can be highlighted.
Clicking with the right mouse button on any item brings up a special item menu. Clicking on the
background area brings up a different popup menu. Options exist to provide user control over the loading
of the nodes and actions associated with node selection. Since the hierarchy is based on the
scrolledtext widget, it includes options to control the method in which the scrollbars are displayed,
i.e. statically or dynamically. Options also exist for adding a label to the hierarchy and controlling
its position.
METHODS
The iwidgets::hierarchy 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 hierarchy widgets:
ASSOCIATED METHODS
bbox compare debug delete
dlineinfo dump get index
insert scan search see
tag window xview yview
See the "text" manual entry for details on the standard 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::hierarchy command.
pathName clear
Removes all items from the hierarchy display including all tags and icons. The display will
remain empty until the -filter or -querycommand options are set.
pathName collapse uid
Collapses the hierarchy beneath the node with the specified unique id by one level. Since this
can take a moment for large hierarchies, the cursor will be changed to a watch during the
collapse. Also, if any of the nodes beneath the node being collapsed are selected, their status
is changed to unselected.
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::hierarchy command.
pathName current
Returns the tags for the node that was most recently selected by the right mouse button when the
item menu was posted. Usually used by the code in the item menu to figure out what item is being
manipulated.
pathName draw ?when?
Performs a complete redraw of the entire hierarchy. When may be either -now or -eventually where
the latter means the draw can be performed after idle.
pathName expand uid
Expands the hierarchy beneath the node with the specified unique id by one level. Since this can
take a moment for large hierarchies, the cursor will be changed to a watch during the expansion.
pathName expanded uid
Returns the current state of expansion for the node with the specified unique id.
pathName expState
Returns a list of all expanded nodes in the tree.
pathName mark option ?arg arg ...?
This command is used to manipulate marks which is quite similar to selection, adding a secondary
means of hilighting an item in the hierarchy. The exact behavior of the command depends on the
option argument that follows the mark argument. The following forms of the command are currently
supported:
pathName mark clear
Clears all the currently marked nodes in the hierarchy.
pathName mark add uid ?uid uid ...?
Marks the nodes with the specified uids in the hierarchy using the -markbackground and
-markforeground options and without affecting the mark state of any other nodes that were
already marked.
pathName mark remove uid ?uid uid ...?
Unmarks the nodes with the specified uids in the hierarchy without affecting the mark state
of any other nodes that were already marked.
pathName mark get
Returns a list of the unique ids that are currently marked.
pathName refresh uid
Performs a redraw of a specific node that has the given uid. If the node is not currently visible
or in other words already drawn on the text, then no action is taken.
pathName prune uid
Removes the node specified by the given uid from the hierarchy. Should the node have children,
then all of its children will be removed as well.
pathName selection option ?arg arg ...?
This command is used to manipulate the selection of nodes in the hierarchy. The exact behavior of
the command depends on the option argument that follows the selection argument. The following
forms of the command are currently supported:
pathName selection clear
Clears all the currently selected nodes in the hierarchy.
pathName selection add uid ?uid uid ...?
Selects the nodes with the specified uids in the hierarchy using the -selectionbackground
and -selectionforeground options and without affecting the selection state of any other
nodes that were already selected.
pathName selection remove uid ?uid uid ...?
Deselects the nodes with the specified uids in the hierarchy without affecting the
selection state of any other nodes that were already selected.
pathName selection get
Returns a list of the unique ids that are currently selected.
A nodes selection status is also dependent on it being visible. If a node is selected and its parent is
then collapsed making the selected node not visible, then its selection status is changed to unselected.
pathName toggle uid
Toggles the hierarchy beneath the node with the specified unique id. If the hierarchy is
currently expanded, then it is collapsed, and vice-versa.
COMPONENTS
Name: list
Class: Text
The list component is the text widget in which the hierarchy is displayed. See the "text" widget
manual entry for details on the text component item.
Name: bgMenu
Class: Menu
The bgMenu component is the popup menu which is displayed upon pressing the right mouse button in
the background, i.e. not over a specific node. Menu items can be added along with their commands
via the component command. See the "menu" widget manual entry for details on the bgMenu component
item.
Name: horizsb
Class: Scrollbar
The horizsb component is the horizontal scroll bar. See the "scrollbar" widget manual entry for
details on the horizsb component item.
Name: itemMenu
Class: Menu
The itemMenu component is the popup menu which is displayed upon selection of a hierarchy node
with the right mouse button. Menu items can be added along with their commands via the component
command. See the "menu" widget manual entry for details on the itemMenu component item.
Name: vertsb
Class: Scrollbar
The vertsb component is the vertical scroll bar. See the "scrollbar" widget manual entry for
details on the vertsb component item.
EXAMPLE
package require Iwidgets 4.0 proc get_files {file} {
global env
if {$file == ""} {
set dir $env(HOME)
} else {
set dir $file
}
if {[catch {cd $dir}] != 0} {
return ""
}
set rlist ""
foreach file [lsort [glob -nocomplain *]] {
lappend rlist [list [file join $dir $file] $file]
}
return $rlist }
iwidgets::hierarchy .h -querycommand "get_files %n" -visibleitems 30x15 -labeltext $env(HOME) pack .h
-side left -expand yes -fill both
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts Michael J. McLennan
KEYWORDS
hierarchy, text, widget
Tk iwidgets::hierarchy(1)