NAME

       widget_calendar - Calendar Megawidget

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require Tk  8.4

       package require widget  ?3.0?

       package require widget::calendar  ?1.0.1?

       widget::calendar pathname ?options?

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DESCRIPTION

       This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget).

       widget::calendar pathname ?options?

WIDGET OPTIONS

       -command
              A script to evaluate when a date was selected.

       -dateformat
              The format of the date that is returned. Default: %m/%d/%Y.

       -firstday
              Set first day the week, Either sunday or monday. It defaults to monday.

       -font  Select the font used in the widget. It defaults to Helvetica 9.

       -highlightcolor
              Selects the background color for the day that has been selected. Default: #FFCC00

       -language
              Specify  language  of  the  calendar  contents.  The language is specified by abbreviations of the
              languge, for example: en - english, de - german ...  It defaults to en.

              Supported languages: de en es fr gr he it ja sv pl pt zh fi tr nl ru crk crx-nak crx-lhe

       -shadecolor
              Selects the color of the parts that have a shaded background. Default: #888888

       -showpast
              Specify if the past shall be shown. It is a boolean value and defaults to 1.

       -textvariable
              Specifies the name of a variable whose value is linked to the entry widget's  contents.   Whenever
              the variable changes value, the widget's contents are updated, and vice versa.

WIDGET COMMAND

       pathname get ?what?

       Returns  a  part of the selected date or 'all'. The argument what selects the part. Valid values for what
       are: day, month, year and all.  ´all' is the default and returns the complete date in  the  format  given
       with -dateformat.

DEFAULT BINDINGS

       On creation of the calendar widget the following bindings are installed.  When pressing a key the command
       is invoked and the textvariable is updated.  updated.

       •      Home - Move to the current date

       •      Up - Move to week before current date

       •      Down - Move to week after current date

       •      Left - Move to day before current date

       •      Right - Move to day after current date

       •      Control-Left - Move to month before current date

       •      Control-Right - Move to month after current date

       •      Control-Up - Move to year before current date

       •      Control-Down - Move to year after current date

EXAMPLE

                  package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all
                  set t [widget::calendar .t]
                  pack $t -fill x -expand 1

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK

       This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and  other  problems.   Please
       report such in the category widget::calendar of the Tklib Trackers [http://core.tcl.tk/tklib/reportlist].
       Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS

       calendar, date, megawidget, snit, widget

CATEGORY

       Widget