iwidgets2.2.0 User Commands - dialog
NAME
dialog - Create and manipulate a dialog widget
SYNOPSIS
dialog pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Toplevel <- Shell <- Dialogshell <- 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.
master modality title
See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inher-
ited options.
DESCRIPTION
The 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 dialog command creates a new Tcl command whose name is
pathName. This command may be used to invoke various opera-
tions on the widget. It has the following general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the com-
mand. The following commands are possible for dialog widg-
ets:
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 inher-
ited 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 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 correspond-
ing 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 dialog command.
EXAMPLE
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