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NAME

       iwidgets::checkbox - Create and manipulate a checkbox widget

SYNOPSIS

       iwidgets::checkbox pathName ?options?

INHERITANCE

       itk::Widget <- iwidgets::Labeledframe <- iwidgets::Checkbox

STANDARD OPTIONS

       background      borderWidth    cursor          disabledForeground
       foreground      relief         selectColor

       See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

INHERITED OPTIONS

       labelBitmap     labelFont      labelImage      labelMargin
       labelPos        labelText      labelVariable

       See the "labeledframe" class manual entry for details on the inherited options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       Name:   command
       Class:  Command
       Command-Line Switch:    -command

              Specifies  a  Tcl  command  procedure to be evaluated following a  change in the current check box
              selection.

       Name:   orient
       Class:  Orient
       Command-Line Switch:    -orient
       Default Value:  vertical

              Specifies the orientation of the checkbuttons  within  the  checkbox.   Valid  values  are  either
              "horizontal" or "vertical".

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DESCRIPTION

       The  iwidgets::checkbox command creates a check button box widget capable of adding, inserting, deleting,
       selecting, and configuring checkbuttons as well as obtaining the currently selected button.

METHODS

       The iwidgets::checkbox 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 checkbox take as one argument an indicator of  which  checkbutton  of
       the  checkbox to operate on.  These indicators are called indexes and allow reference and manipulation of
       checkbuttons.  Checkbox indexes may be specified in any of the following forms:

       number      Specifies the checkbutton numerically, where 0 corresponds to  the  top  checkbutton  of  the
                   checkbox.

       end         Indicates the last checkbutton of the checkbox.

       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 checkbutton in the checkbox, in  order  from  top  to
                   bottom, until a matching entry is found.  The rules of Tcl_StringMatch are used.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

       pathName add tag ?option value option value?
              Adds  a  new  checkbutton  to the checkbuttond window on the bottom.  The command takes additional
              options which are passed on to the checkbutton  as  construction  arguments.   These  include  the
              standard Tk checkbutton options.  The tag is returned.

       pathName buttonconfigure index ?options?
              This  command  is  similar  to the configure command, except that it applies to the options for an
              individual checkbutton, whereas configureapplies to the options  for  the  checkbox  as  a  whole.
              Options  may have any of the values accepted by the add widget 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::checkbox 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::checkbox command.

       pathName delete index
              Deletes a specified checkbutton given an index.

       pathName deselect index
              Deselects a specified checkbutton given an index.

       pathName flash index
              Flashes a specified checkbutton given an index.

       pathName get ?index?
              Returns the tags of the currently selected  checkbuttons  or  the  selection  status  of  specific
              checkbutton when given an index.

       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 checkbutton just before the one given by
              index, instead of appending to the end of the checkbox.  The option, and value arguments have  the
              same interpretation as for the add widget command.

       pathName select index
              Selects a specified checkbutton given an index.

EXAMPLE

        package require Iwidgets 4.0
        iwidgets::checkbox .cb -labeltext Styles
        .cb add bold -text Bold
        .cb add italic -text Italic
        .cb add underline -text Underline
        .cb select underline

        pack .cb -padx 10 -pady 10 -fill both -expand yes

AUTHOR

       John A. Tucker

KEYWORDS

       checkbox, widget