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NAME

       tixExFileSelectBox - Create and manipulate tixExFileSelectBox widgets

SYNOPSIS

       tixExFileSelectBox pathName ?options?

SUPER-CLASS
       The TixExFileSelectBox class does not have a super-class.

STANDARD OPTIONS

       TixExFileSelectBox  supports  all  the  standard  options  of  a  frame widget. See the options(n) manual entry for details on the standard
       options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       [-browsecmd browseCmd] Specifies a command to call whenever the user browses on a filename in the file listbox (usually by  single-clicking
       on  the filename). The command is called with one argument, the complete pathname of the file.  [-command command] Specifies the command to
       be called when the user chooses on a filename the file listbox (usually by double-clicking on the filename). The command is called with one
       argument,  the complete pathname of the file.  [-dialog dialog] Specifies a dialog box which contains this ExFileSelectBox widget. The dia-
       log box must be a widget of the class TixShell or its descendant classes. This is an internal option and should not be used by  application
       programmers.   [-dircmd dircmd]	Specifies  the	TCL command to be called when a file listing is needed for a particular directory. If this
       option is not specified, by default the ExFileSelectBox widget will attempt to read the directory as a Unix  directory.	On  special  occa-
       sions,  the  application  programmer may want to supply a special method for reading directories: for example, when he needs to list remote
       files. In this case, the -dircmd option can be used. The specified command accepts three arguments: the first is the name of the  directory
       to  be  listed;	the second is a list of file patterns, the third is a Boolean value indicating whether hidden files should be listed. This
       command returns a list of names of the files of this directory which match with the file patterns.

       Name:	      directory
       Class:	      Directory
       Switch:	      -directory
       Alias:	      -dir

	      Specifies the current directory whose files and sub-directories are displayed in	the  ExFileSelectBox.	[-disablecallback disable-
	      Callback]  A boolean value indicating whether callbacks should be disabled. When set to true, the TCL command specified by the -com-
	      mand option is not executed when the -value of the ExFileSelectBox widget changes.  [-filetypes fileTypes] Specifies the file  types
	      that  can  be  selected from the "List Files of Type:" ComboBox subwidget. The value of this option must be a TCL list; each item of
	      this list must in turn be a list of two elements.  The first element is a list of file patterns. The second element is a string that
	      describe these file patterns. For example:
		  tixExFileSelectBox .box -filetypes  {
		      {{*}   {All files}}
		      {{*.txt}	  {Text files}}
		      {{*.c *.h}  {C source files}}
		  }
	      [-showhidden showHidden]	Specifies  whether hidden directories should be shown. By default, a directory name starting with a period
	      "." is considered as a hidden directory.	[-pattern pattern] Specifies whether the file pattern(s) to match with the  files  in  the
	      current  directory.  One	or more file patterns can be given at the same time. For example, {*.c *.h} will match all files that have
	      either the ".h" or ".c" extensions.

       Name:	      value
       Class:	      Value
       Switch:	      -value
       Alias:	      -selection

	      Specifies the name of the filename currently selected by the user.

SUBWIDGETS

       Name:	      cancel
       Class:	      Button

	      The button widget with the "Cancel" label.

       Name:	      dir
       Class:	      TixComboBox

	      The ComboBox subwidget under the "Directories" heading.

       Name:	      dirlist
       Class:	      TixDirList

	      The DirList subwidget that shows the hierarchical list of directories.

       Name:	      file
       Class:	      TixComboBox

	      The ComboBox subwidget under the "Files" heading.

       Name:	      filelist
       Class:	      TixScrolledListBox

	      The ScrolledListBox subwidget that shows the list of filenames.

       Name:	      hidden
       Class:	      Checkbutton

	      The checkbutton widget with the "Show Hidden Files" label.

       Name:	      ok
       Class:	      Button

	      The button widget with the "OK" label.

       Name:	      types
       Class:	      TixComboBox

	      The ComboBox subwidget under the "List Files of Type" heading.

DESCRIPTION

       The tixExFileSelectBox command creates a new window (given by the pathName argument) and makes it into a ExFileSelectBox widget. Additional
       options,  described  above, may be specified on the command line or in the option database to configure aspects of the ExFileSelectBox such
       as its cursor and relief.

       The ExFileSelectBox widget is usually embedded in a tixExFileSelectDialog widget. It provides an convenient method for the user	to  select
       files. The style of the ExFileSelectBox widget is very similar to the standard file dialog in MS Windows 3.1.

WIDGET COMMANDS

       The tixExFileSelectBox command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the path name of the ExFileSelectBox's window. This com-
       mand may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general form:
	      pathName option ?arg arg ...?
       PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as the ExFileSelectBox widget's path name. Option and the args determine	the  exact
       behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for ExFileSelectBox widgets:

       pathName cget option
	      Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the tixExFileS-
	      electBox 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 tixExFileSelectBox command.

       pathName filter
	      Forces the ExFileSelectBox widget to re-filter all the filenames according to the -pattern option.

       pathName invoke
	      Forces the ExFileSelectBox widget to perform actions as if the user has pressed the "OK" button.

       pathName subwidget  name ?args?
	      When no options are given, this command returns the pathname of the subwidget of the specified name.

	      When options are given, the widget command of the specified subwidget will be called with these options.

KEYWORDS

       Tix(n)

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