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