NAME

       widget_calendar - Calendar Megawidget

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require Tk  8.4

       package require widget  ?3.0?

       package require widget::calendar  ?1.0.1?

       widget::calendar pathname ?options?

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DESCRIPTION

       This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget).

       widget::calendar pathname ?options?

WIDGET OPTIONS

       -command
              A script to evaluate when a date was selected.

       -dateformat
              The format of the date that is returned. Default: %m/%d/%Y.

       -firstday
              Set first day the week, Either sunday or monday. It defaults to monday.

       -font  Select the font used in the widget. It defaults to Helvetica 9.

       -highlightcolor
              Selects the background color for the day that has been selected. Default: #FFCC00

       -language
              Specify   language   of  the  calendar  contents.  The  language  is  specified  by
              abbreviations of the languge, for example: en  -  english,  de  -  german  ...   It
              defaults to en.

              Supported  languages:  de  en es fr gr he it ja sv pl pt zh fi tr nl ru crk crx-nak
              crx-lhe

       -shadecolor
              Selects the color of the parts that have a shaded background. Default: #888888

       -showpast
              Specify if the past shall be shown. It is a boolean value and defaults to 1.

       -textvariable
              Specifies the name of a variable whose  value  is  linked  to  the  entry  widget's
              contents.   Whenever the variable changes value, the widget's contents are updated,
              and vice versa.

WIDGET COMMAND

       pathname get ?what?

       Returns a part of the selected date or 'all'. The argument what selects  the  part.  Valid
       values  for  what  are:  day,  month,  year and all.  ´all' is the default and returns the
       complete date in the format given with -dateformat.

DEFAULT BINDINGS

       On creation of the calendar widget the following bindings are installed.  When pressing  a
       key the command is invoked and the textvariable is updated.  updated.

       •      Home - Move to the current date

       •      Up - Move to week before current date

       •      Down - Move to week after current date

       •      Left - Move to day before current date

       •      Right - Move to day after current date

       •      Control-Left - Move to month before current date

       •      Control-Right - Move to month after current date

       •      Control-Up - Move to year before current date

       •      Control-Down - Move to year after current date

EXAMPLE

                  package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all
                  set t [widget::calendar .t]
                  pack $t -fill x -expand 1

KEYWORDS

       calendar, date, megawidget, snit, widget

CATEGORY

       Widget