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NAME
iwidgets::calendar - Create and manipulate a monthly calendar
SYNOPSIS
iwidgets::calendar pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- iwidgets::calendar
STANDARD OPTIONS
background cursor foreground
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
int
See the "datefield" manual entry for details on this option. Note that this option is
needed when the calendar is used in conjunction with the dateentry widget. It is
necessary for support of international date formats in versions of Tk < 8.4.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: backwardImage
Class: Image
Command-Line Switch: -backwardimage
Specifies a image to be displayed on the backwards calendar button. This image
must have been created previously with the image create command. If none is
specified, a default is provided.
Name: buttonForeground
Class: Foreground
Command-Line Switch: -buttonforeground
Specifies the foreground color of the forward and backward buttons in any of the
forms acceptable to Tk_GetColor. The default color is blue.
Name: command
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -command
Specifies a Tcl script to executed upon selection of a date in the calendar. If
the command script contains any % characters, then the script will not be executed
directly. Instead, a new script will be generated by replacing each %, and the
character following it, with information from the calendar. The replacement
depends on the character following the %, as defined in the list below.
%d Replaced with the date selected in the format mm/dd/yyyy.
Name: currentDateFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -currentdatefont
Specifies the font used for the current date text in any of the forms acceptable to
Tk_GetFont.
Name: dateFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -datefont
Specifies the font used for the days of the month text in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetFont.
Name: dayFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -dayfont
Specifies the font used for the days of the week text in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetFont.
Name: days
Class: days
Command-Line Switch: -days
Specifies a list of values to be used for the days of the week text to displayed
above the days of the month. The default value is {Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa}.
Name: forewardImage
Class: Image
Command-Line Switch: -forewardimage
Specifies a image to be displayed on the forewards calendar button. This image
must have been created previously with the image create command. If none is
specified, a default is provided.
Name: height
Class: Height
Command-Line Switch: -height
Specifies a desired window height that the calendar widget should request from its
geometry manager. The value may be specified in any of the forms acceptable to
Tk_GetPixels. The default height is 165 pixels.
Name: outline
Class: Outline
Command-Line Switch: -outline
Specifies the outline color used to surround the days of the month text in any of
the forms acceptable to Tk_GetColor. The default is the same color as the
background.
Name: selectColor
Class: Foreground
Command-Line Switch: -selectcolor
Specifies the color of the ring displayed that distinguishes the currently selected
date in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetColor. The default is red.
Name: selectThickness
Class: SelectThickness
Command-Line Switch: -selectthickness
Specifies the thickness of the ring displayed that distinguishes the currently
selected date. The default is 3 pixels.
Name: startday
Class: Day
Command-Line Switch: -startday
Specifies the starting day for the week: sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday,
thursday, friday, or saturday. The default is sunday.
Name: titleFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -titlefont
Specifies the font used for the title text which consists of the month and year.
The font may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetFont.
Name: weekdayBackground
Class: Background
Command-Line Switch: -weekdaybackground
Specifies the background color for the weekdays which allows it to be visually
distinguished from the weekend. The color may be given in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetColor. The default is the same as the background.
Name: weekendBackground
Class: Background
Command-Line Switch: -weekendbackground
Specifies the background color for the weekends which allows it to be visually
distinguished from the weekdays. The color may be given in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetColor. The default is the same as the background.
Name: width
Class: Width
Command-Line Switch: -width
Specifies a desired window width that the calendar widget should request from its
geometry manager. The value may be specified in any of the forms acceptable to
Tk_GetPixels. The default width is 200 pixels.
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DESCRIPTION
The iwidgets::calendar command creates a calendar widget for the selection of a date,
displaying a single month at a time. Buttons exist on the top to change the month in
effect turning the pages of a calendar. As a page is turned, the dates for the month are
modified. Selection of a date visually marks that date. The selected value can be
monitored via the -command option or just retrieved using the get command.
METHODS
The iwidgets::calendar 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 calendar widgets:
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::calendar 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::calendar command.
pathName get ?format?
Returns the currently selected date in a format of string or as an integer clock
value using the -string and -clicks format options respectively. The default is by
string. Reference the clock command for more information on obtaining dates and
their formats.
pathName select date
Changes the currently selected date to the value specified which must be in the
form of a date string, an integer clock value or as the keyword "now". Reference
the clock command for more information on obtaining dates and their formats. Note
that selecting a date does not change the month being shown to that of the date
given. This chore is left to the show command.
pathName show date
Changes the currently displayed date to be that of the date argument which must be
in the form of a date string, an integer clock value or as the keyword "now".
Reference the clock command for more information on obtaining dates and their
formats.
COMPONENTS
Name: forward
Class: Button
The forward component provides the button on the upper right of the calendar that
changes the month to be the next. See the "button" widget manual entry for details
on the forward component item.
Name: page
Class: Canvas
The page component provides the canvas on which the title, days of the week, and
days of the month appear. See the "canvas" widget manual entry for details on the
page component item.
Name: backward
Class: Button
The backward component provides the button on the upper right of the
calendar that changes the month to be the next. See the "button" widget manual
entry for details on the backward component item.
EXAMPLE
package require Iwidgets 4.0
proc selectCmd {date} {
puts $date
}
iwidgets::calendar .c -command {selectCmd %d} \ -weekendbackground
mistyrose \ -weekdaybackground ghostwhite -outline black \
-startday wednesday -days {We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu}
pack .c
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts Michael J. McLennan
KEYWORDS
calendar, widget