plucky (3) iwidgets_dialog.3iwidget.gz

NAME

       iwidgets::dialog - Create and manipulate a dialog widget

SYNOPSIS

       iwidgets::dialog pathName ?options?

INHERITANCE

       itk::Toplevel <- iwidgets::Shell <- iwidgets::Dialogshell <- iwidgets::Dialog

STANDARD OPTIONS

       background      cursor         foreground

       See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

INHERITED OPTIONS

       buttonBoxPadX   buttonBoxPadY  buttonBoxPos    padX
       padY            separator      thickness

       See the "dialogshell" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

       height          master         modality        width

       See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

       title

       See the "Toplevel" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.
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DESCRIPTION

       The  iwidgets::dialog command creates a dialog box providing standard buttons and a child site for use in
       derived classes.  The buttons include ok,  apply,  cancel,  and  help.   Methods  and  Options  exist  to
       configure the buttons and their containing box.

METHODS

       The  iwidgets::dialog 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 dialog widgets:

INHERITED METHODS

       add             buttonconfigure                defaulthide
       index           insert         invoke          show

       See the "buttonbox" manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

       childsite

       See the "dialogshell" manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

       activate        center         deactivate

       See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited 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::dialog 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
              iwidgets::dialog command.

EXAMPLE

        package require Iwidgets 4.0
        iwidgets::dialog .d -modality global
        .d buttonconfigure OK -command {puts OK; .d deactivate 1}
        .d buttonconfigure Apply -command {puts Apply}
        .d buttonconfigure Cancel -command {puts Cancel; .d deactivate 0}
        .d buttonconfigure Help -command {puts Help}

        listbox [.d childsite].lb -relief sunken
        pack [.d childsite].lb -expand yes -fill both

        if {[.d activate]} {
            puts "Exit via OK button"
        } else {
            puts "Exit via Cancel button"
        }

AUTHOR

       Mark L. Ulferts Bret A. Schuhmacher

KEYWORDS

       dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget