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NAME
iwidgets::scrolledlistbox - Create and manipulate scrolled listbox widgets
SYNOPSIS
iwidgets::scrolledlistbox pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- iwidgets::Labeledwidget <- iwidgets::Scrolledwidget <-
iwidgets::Scrolledlistbox
STANDARD OPTIONS
activeBackground background borderWidth cursor
exportSelection foreground highlightColor highlightThickness
relief selectBackground selectBorderWidth selectForeground
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
selectMode listvariable
See the "listbox" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.
activeRelief elementBorderwidth jumptroughColor
See the "scrollbar" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
disabledForeground labelBitmap labelFontlabelImage
labelMargin labelPos labelText labelVariable
state sticky
See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details on the inherited options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: dblClickCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -dblclickcommand
Specifies a Tcl command procedure which is called when an item is double clicked.
Typically this occurs when mouse button 1 is double clicked over an item.
Selection policy does not matter.
Name: height
Class: Height
Command-Line Switch: -height
Specifies the height of the scrolled list box as an entire unit. The value may be
specified in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. Any additional space
needed to display the other components such as labels, margins, and scrollbars
force the listbox to be compressed. A value of zero along with the same value for
the width causes the value given for the visibleitems option to be applied which
administers geometry constraints in a different manner. The default height is
zero.
Name: hscrollMode
Class: ScrollMode
Command-Line Switch: -hscrollmode
Specifies the the display mode to be used for the horizontal scrollbar: static,
dynamic, or none. In static mode, the scroll bar is displayed at all times.
Dynamic mode displays the scroll bar as required, and none disables the scroll bar
display. The default is static.
Name: sbWidth
Class: Width
Command-Line Switch: -sbwidth
Specifies the width of the scrollbar in any of the forms acceptable to
Tk_GetPixels. The default width is 15 pixels..
Name: scrollMargin
Class: Margin
Command-Line Switch: -scrollmargin
Specifies the distance between the listbox and scrollbar in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.
Name: selectionCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -selectioncommand
Specifies a Tcl command procedure which is called when an item is selected.
Selection policy does not matter.
Name: state
Class: State
Command-Line Switch: -state
Specifies one of two states for the listbox: normal or disabled. If the listbox is
disabled then selection is ignored. The default is normal.
Name: textBackground
Class: Background
Command-Line Switch -textbackground
Specifies the background color for the listbox. This allows the background within
the listbox to be different from the normal background color.
Name: textFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -textfont
Specifies the font to be used for text in the listbox. This allows for the font
associated with text internal to the scrolled listbox to be different than the font
for labels.
Name: visibleitems
Class: VisibleItems
Command-Line Switch: -visibleitems
Specifies the widthxheight in characters and lines for the listbox. This option is
only administered if the width and height options are both set to zero, otherwise
they take precedence. The default value is 20x10. With the visibleitems option
engaged, geometry constraints are maintained only on the listbox. The size of the
other components such as labels, margins, and scroll bars, are additive and
independent, effecting the overall size of the scrolled list box. In contrast,
should the width and height options have non zero values, they are applied to the
scrolled list box as a whole. The listbox is compressed or expanded to maintain
the geometry constraints.
Name: vscrollMode
Class: ScrollMode
Command-Line Switch: -vscrollmode
Specifies the the display mode to be used for the vertical scrollbar: static,
dynamic, or none. In static mode, the scroll bar is displayed at all times.
Dynamic mode displays the scroll bar as required, and none disables the scroll bar
display. The default is static.
Name: width
Class: Width
Command-Line Switch: -width
Specifies the width of the scrolled list box as an entire unit. The value may be
specified in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. Any additional space
needed to display the other components such as labels, margins, and scrollbars
force the listbox to be compressed. A value of zero along with the same value for
the height causes the value given for the visibleitems option to be applied which
administers geometry constraints in a different manner. The default width is zero.
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DESCRIPTION
The iwidgets::scrolledlistbox command creates a scrolled listbox with additional options
to manage horizontal and vertical scrollbars. This includes options to control which
scrollbars are displayed and the method, i.e. statically or dynamically.
METHODS
The iwidgets::scrolledlistbox 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 a scrolledlistbox take as one argument an indicator of
which entry of the list box to operate on. These indicators are called indexes and may be
specified in any of the following forms:
number Specifies the element as a numerical index, where 0 corresponds to the first
element in the listbox.
active Indicates the element that has the location cursor. This element will be
displayed with an underline when the listbox has the keyboard focus, and it is
specified with the activate widget command.
anchor Indicates the anchor point for the selection, which is set with the selection
anchor widget command.
end Indicates the end of the listbox. For some commands this means just after the
last element; for other commands it means the last element.
@x,y Indicates the element that covers the point in the listbox window specified by
x and y (in pixel coordinates). If no element covers that point, then the
closest element to that point is used.
pattern If the index doesn't satisfy one of the above forms then this form is used.
Pattern is pattern-matched against the items in the list box, in order from
the top down, until a matching entry is found. The rules of Tcl_StringMatch
are used.
The following widget commands are possible for scrolledlistbox widgets:
ASSOCIATED METHODS
activate bbox curselection delete
get index insert itemconfigure
nearest scan see selection
size xview yview
See the "listbox" manual entry for details on the associated 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::scrolledlistbox command.
pathName clear
Clears the listbox of all items.
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::scrolledlistbox command.
pathName getcurselection
Returns the contents of the listbox element indicated by the current selection
indexes. Short cut version of get and curselection command combination.
pathName justify direction
Justifies the list contents via teh scroll bars in one of four directions: left,
right, top, or bottom.
pathName selecteditemcount
Returns the number of items currently selected in the list.
pathName sort order
Sort the current list in any of the forms accepted by Tcl's lsort command. Also
accepts either ascending or descending order.
COMPONENTS
Name: listbox
Class: listbox
The listbox component is the listbox widget. See the "listbox" widget manual entry
for details on the listbox component item.
Name: horizsb
Class: Scrollbar
The horizsb component is the horizontal scroll bar. See the "scrollbar" widget
manual entry for details on the horizsb component item.
Name: vertsb
Class: Scrollbar
The vertsb component is the vertical scroll bar. See the "scrollbar" widget manual
entry for details on the vertsb component item.
EXAMPLE
package require Iwidgets 4.0
option add *textBackground white
proc selCmd {} {
puts stdout "[.slb getcurselection]"
}
proc defCmd {} {
puts stdout "Double Click"
return [selCmd]
}
iwidgets::scrolledlistbox .slb -selection single \
-vscrollmode static -hscrollmode dynamic -labeltext "List" \
-selectioncommand selCmd -dblclickcommand defCmd
pack .slb -padx 10 -pady 10 -fill both -expand yes
.slb insert end {Hello {Out There} World}
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
scrolledlistbox, listbox, widget