TIX(3)							       Tix Built-In Commands							    TIX(3)

NAME

       tixOptionMenu - Create and manipulate tixOptionMenu widgets

SYNOPSIS

       tixOptionMenu pathName ?options?

SUPER-CLASS
       The TixOptionMenu class is derived from the TixLabelWidget class and inherits all the commands, options and subwidgets of its super-class.

STANDARD OPTIONS

       The  OptionMenu	widget	supports  all the standard Tix widget options. See the Tix-Options(n) manual entry for details on the standard Tix
       widget options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       [-command command] Specifies the command to be called when the -value option of the OptionMenu is changed. The command will be called  with
       one  arguments  -- the new value of the OptionMenu widget.  [-disablecallback disableCallback] A boolean value indicating whether callbacks
       should be disabled. When set to true, the TCL command specified by the -command option is not executed when the -value  of  the	OptionMenu
       widget  changes.   [-dynamicgeometry dynamicGeometry] A boolean value indicating whether the size of the menubutton subwidget should change
       dynamically to match the width of the currently selected menu entry. If set to false (the default), the the size of the menubutton  subwid-
       get  will  be  wide  enough  to display every menu entry fully and does not change when the user selects different entries.  [-label label]
       Specifies the string to display as the label of this OptionMenu widget.	[-labelside labelSide] Specifies where the label  should  be  dis-
       played  relative  to  the  entry  subwidget.  Valid options are: top, left, right, bottom, none or acrosstop.  [-state state] Specifies the
       whether the OptionMenu widget is normal or disabled. Only the values "normal" and "disabled" are recognized.  [-value value] Specifies  the
       value  of  the  OptionMenu.  The  value	of  the OptionMenu widget is the name of the item currently displayed by its menubutton subwidget.
       [-variable variable] Specifies the global variable in which the value of the OptionMenu should be stored. The value of the OptionMenu  will
       be automatically updated when this variable is changed.

SUBWIDGETS

       Name:	      menu
       Class:	      Menu

	      The menu subwidget, which is popped up when the user press the menubutton subwidget.

       Name:	      menubutton
       Class:	      Menubutton

	      The menubutton subwidget.

DESCRIPTION

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

WIDGET COMMANDS

       The tixOptionMenu command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the path name of the OptionMenu's window. This command 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 OptionMenu widget's path name. Option and the args determine the exact behav-
       ior of the command. The following commands are possible for OptionMenu widgets:

       pathName add type name ?option value ...?
	      Adds  a  new  item into the OptionMenu widget. type must be either command or separator. The options may be any of the valid options
	      for the command or separator menu entry types for the TK menu widget class, except -command.

       pathName cget option
	      Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the	tixOption-
	      Menu 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 tixOptionMenu command.

       pathName delete name
	      Deletes the menu entry identified by name.

       pathName disable name
	      Disables the menu entry identified by name.

       pathName enable name
	      Enables the menu entry identified by name.

       pathName entrycget name option
	      Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option in the menu entry identified by name. Option may have  any	of
	      the values accepted by the add widget command.

       pathName entryconfigure name ?option? ?value option value ...?
	      Query or modify the configuration options of the menu entry identified by name. If no option is specified, returns a list describing
	      all of the available options for the menu entry (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 corre-
	      sponding 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  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 add widget command.

       pathName entries
	      Returns the names of all the entries currently in the OptionMenu widget.

       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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