Ubuntu Manpage: tixNoteBook - Create and manipulate tixNoteBook widgets

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)

Tix                                                    4.0                                                TIX(3)