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NAME
iwidgets::buttonbox - Create and manipulate a manager widget for buttons
SYNOPSIS
iwidgets::buttonbox pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- iwidgets::buttonbox
STANDARD OPTIONS
background cursor
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: orient
Class: Orient
Command-Line Switch: -orient
Orientation of the button box: horizontal or vertical. The default is horizontal.
Name: padX
Class: PadX
Command-Line Switch: -padx
Specifies a non-negative padding distance to leave between the button group and the
outer edge of the button box in the x direction. The value may be given in any of
the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 5 pixels.
Name: padY
Class: PadY
Command-Line Switch: -pady
Specifies a non-negative padding distance to leave between the button group and the
outer edge of the button box in the y direction. The value may be given in any of
the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 5 pixels.
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DESCRIPTION
The iwidgets::buttonbox command creates a manager widget for controlling buttons. The
button box also supports the display and invocation of a default button. The button box
can be configured either horizontally or vertically.
METHODS
The iwidgets::buttonbox 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 the buttonbox take as one argument an indicator of which
button of the button box to operate on. These indicators are called indexes and allow
reference and manipulation of buttons regardless of their current map state. buttonbox
indexes may be specified in any of the following forms:
number Specifies the button numerically, where 0 corresponds to the left/top-most
button of the button box.
end Indicates the right/bottom-most button of the button box.
default Indicates the current default button of the button box. This is the button
with the default ring displayed.
pattern If the index doesn't satisfy one of the above forms then this form is used.
Pattern is pattern-matched against the tag of each button in the button box,
in order from left/top to right/left, until a matching entry is found. The
rules of Tcl_StringMatch are used.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS
pathName add tag args
Add a button distinguished by tag to the end of the button box. If additional
arguments are present they specify options to be applied to the button. See
PushButton for information on the options available.
pathName buttonconfigure index ?options?
This command is similar to the configure command, except that it applies to the
options for an individual button, whereas configure applies to the options for the
button box as a whole. Options may have any of the values accepted by the
PushButton command. If options are specified, options are modified as indicated in
the command and the command returns an empty string. If no options are specified,
returns a list describing the current options for entry index (see Tk_ConfigureInfo
for information on the format of this list).
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::buttonbox 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::buttonbox command.
pathName default index
Sets the default button to the button given by index. This causes the default ring
to appear arround the specified button.
pathName delete index
Deletes the button given by index from the button box.
pathName hide index
Hides the button denoted by index. This doesn't remove the button permanently,
just inhibits its display.
pathName index index
Returns the numerical index corresponding to index.
pathName insert index tag ?option value option value ...?
Same as the add command except that it inserts the new button just before the one
given by index, instead of appending to the end of the button box. The option, and
value arguments have the same interpretation as for the add widget command.
pathName invoke ?index?
Invoke the command associated with a button. If no arguments are given then the
current default button is invoked, otherwise the argument is expected to be a
button index.
pathName show index
Display a previously hidden button denoted by index.
EXAMPLE
package require Iwidgets 4.0
iwidgets::buttonbox .bb
.bb add Yes -text Yes -command "puts Yes"
.bb add No -text No -command "puts No"
.bb add Maybe -text Maybe -command "puts Maybe"
.bb default Yes
pack .bb -expand yes -fill both
AUTHOR
Bret A. Schuhmacher Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
buttonbox, pushbutton, button, widget