buttonbox(1)							  [incr Widgets]						      buttonbox(1)

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NAME

       buttonbox - Create and manipulate a manager widget for buttons

SYNOPSIS

       buttonbox pathName ?options?

INHERITANCE

       itk::Widget <- buttonbox

STANDARD OPTIONS

       background      cursor

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

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       Name:	       orient
       Class:	       Orient
       Command-Line Switch:	      -orient

	      Orientation of the button box: horizontal or vertical.  The default is horizontal.

       Name:	       padX
       Class:	       PadX
       Command-Line Switch:	      -padx

	      Specifies a non-negative padding distance to leave between the button group and the outer edge of the button box in the x direction.
	      The value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.  The default is 5 pixels.

       Name:	       padY
       Class:	       PadY
       Command-Line Switch:	      -pady

	      Specifies a non-negative padding distance to leave between the button group and the outer edge of the button box in the y direction.
	      The value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.  The default is 5 pixels.

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DESCRIPTION

       The  buttonbox  command	creates  a  manager  widget for controlling buttons.  The button box also supports the display and invocation of a
       default button.	The button box can be configured either horizontally or vertically.

METHODS

       The buttonbox command creates a new Tcl command whose name is pathName.	This command may be used to invoke various operations on the  wid-
       get.  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 buttonbox take as one argument an indicator of which button of the button box to operate on.  These
       indicators are called indexes and allow reference and manipulation of buttons regardless of their current map state.  buttonbox indexes may
       be specified in any of the following forms:

       number	   Specifies the button numerically, where 0 corresponds to the left/top-most button of the button box.

       end	   Indicates the right/bottom-most button of the button box.

       default	   Indicates the current default button of the button box.  This is the button with the default ring displayed.

       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
		   button in the button box, in order from left/top to right/left, until a matching entry is found.  The rules of  Tcl_StringMatch
		   are used.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS
       pathName add tag args
	      Add  a  button  distinguished  by  tag to the end of the button box.  If additional arguments are present they specify options to be
	      applied to the button.  See PushButton for information on the options available.

       pathName buttonconfigure index ?options?
	      This command is similar to the configure command, except that it applies to the options for an individual button, whereas  configure
	      applies  to  the	options for the button box as a whole.	Options may have any of the values accepted by the PushButton 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  buttonbox
	      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 buttonbox command.

       pathName default index
	      Sets the default button to the button given by index.  This causes the default ring to appear arround the specified button.

       pathName delete index
	      Deletes the button given by index from the button box.

       pathName hide index
	      Hides the button denoted by index.  This doesn't remove the button permanently, just inhibits its display.

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

       pathName invoke ?index?
	      Invoke  the  command  associated with a button.  If no arguments are given then the current default button is invoked, otherwise the
	      argument is expected to be a button index.

       pathName show index
	      Display a previously hidden button denoted by index.

EXAMPLE

	buttonbox .bb

	.bb add Yes -text Yes -command "puts Yes"
	.bb add No -text No -command "puts No"
	.bb add Maybe -text Maybe -command "puts Maybe"
	.bb default Yes

	pack .bb -expand yes -fill both

AUTHOR

       Bret A. Schuhmacher Mark L. Ulferts

KEYWORDS

       buttonbox, pushbutton, button, widget

Tk																      buttonbox(1)