Provided by: iwidgets4-doc_4.1.1-2.1_all 
NAME
iwidgets::scrolledlistbox - Create and manipulate scrolled listbox widgets
SYNOPSIS
iwidgets::scrolledlistbox pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- iwidgets::Labeledwidget <- iwidgets::Scrolledwidget <- iwidgets::Scrolledlistbox
STANDARD OPTIONS
activeBackground background borderWidth cursor
exportSelection foreground highlightColor highlightThickness
relief selectBackground selectBorderWidth selectForeground
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
selectMode listvariable
See the "listbox" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.
activeRelief elementBorderwidth jumptroughColor
See the "scrollbar" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
disabledForeground labelBitmap labelFontlabelImage
labelMargin labelPos labelText labelVariable
state sticky
See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details on the inherited options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: dblClickCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -dblclickcommand
Specifies a Tcl command procedure which is called when an item is double clicked. Typically this
occurs when mouse button 1 is double clicked over an item. Selection policy does not matter.
Name: height
Class: Height
Command-Line Switch: -height
Specifies the height of the scrolled list box 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 listbox 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: 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. The default
width is 15 pixels..
Name: scrollMargin
Class: Margin
Command-Line Switch: -scrollmargin
Specifies the distance between the listbox and scrollbar in any of the forms acceptable to
Tk_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.
Name: selectionCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -selectioncommand
Specifies a Tcl command procedure which is called when an item is selected. Selection policy does
not matter.
Name: state
Class: State
Command-Line Switch: -state
Specifies one of two states for the listbox: normal or disabled. If the listbox is disabled then
selection is ignored. The default is normal.
Name: textBackground
Class: Background
Command-Line Switch -textbackground
Specifies the background color for the listbox. This allows the background within the listbox to
be different from the normal background color.
Name: textFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -textfont
Specifies the font to be used for text in the listbox. This allows for the font associated with
text internal to the scrolled listbox to be different than the font for labels.
Name: visibleitems
Class: VisibleItems
Command-Line Switch: -visibleitems
Specifies the widthxheight in characters and lines for the listbox. This option is only
administered if the width and height options are both set to zero, otherwise they take precedence.
The default value is 20x10. With the visibleitems option engaged, geometry constraints are
maintained only on the listbox. The size of the other components such as labels, margins, and
scroll bars, are additive and independent, effecting the overall size of the scrolled list box.
In contrast, should the width and height options have non zero values, they are applied to the
scrolled list box as a whole. The listbox 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 scrolled list box 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 listbox 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::scrolledlistbox command creates a scrolled listbox with additional options to manage
horizontal and vertical scrollbars. This includes options to control which scrollbars are displayed and
the method, i.e. statically or dynamically.
METHODS
The iwidgets::scrolledlistbox 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.
Many of the widget commands for a scrolledlistbox take as one argument an indicator of which entry of the
list box to operate on. These indicators are called indexes and may be specified in any of the following
forms:
number Specifies the element as a numerical index, where 0 corresponds to the first element in the
listbox.
active Indicates the element that has the location cursor. This element will be displayed with an
underline when the listbox has the keyboard focus, and it is specified with the activate
widget command.
anchor Indicates the anchor point for the selection, which is set with the selection anchor widget
command.
end Indicates the end of the listbox. For some commands this means just after the last element;
for other commands it means the last element.
@x,y Indicates the element that covers the point in the listbox window specified by x and y (in
pixel coordinates). If no element covers that point, then the closest element to that point
is used.
pattern If the index doesn't satisfy one of the above forms then this form is used. Pattern is
pattern-matched against the items in the list box, in order from the top down, until a
matching entry is found. The rules of Tcl_StringMatch are used.
The following widget commands are possible for scrolledlistbox widgets:
ASSOCIATED METHODS
activate bbox curselection delete
get index insert itemconfigure
nearest scan see selection
size xview yview
See the "listbox" manual entry for details on the associated 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::scrolledlistbox command.
pathName clear
Clears the listbox of all items.
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::scrolledlistbox command.
pathName getcurselection
Returns the contents of the listbox element indicated by the current selection indexes. Short cut
version of get and curselection command combination.
pathName justify direction
Justifies the list contents via teh scroll bars in one of four directions: left, right, top, or
bottom.
pathName selecteditemcount
Returns the number of items currently selected in the list.
pathName sort order
Sort the current list in any of the forms accepted by Tcl's lsort command. Also accepts either
ascending or descending order.
COMPONENTS
Name: listbox
Class: listbox
The listbox component is the listbox widget. See the "listbox" widget manual entry for details on
the listbox 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: 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
option add *textBackground white
proc selCmd {} {
puts stdout "[.slb getcurselection]"
}
proc defCmd {} {
puts stdout "Double Click"
return [selCmd]
}
iwidgets::scrolledlistbox .slb -selection single \
-vscrollmode static -hscrollmode dynamic -labeltext "List" \
-selectioncommand selCmd -dblclickcommand defCmd
pack .slb -padx 10 -pady 10 -fill both -expand yes
.slb insert end {Hello {Out There} World}
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
scrolledlistbox, listbox, widget