dialogshell(1) [incr Widgets] dialogshell(1)
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NAME
dialogshell - Create and manipulate a dialog shell widget
SYNOPSIS
dialogshell pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Toplevel <- Shell <- Dialogshell
STANDARD OPTIONS
background cursor foreground
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
height master modality width
See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.
title
See the "Toplevel" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: buttonBoxPadX
Class: Pad
Command-Line Switch: -buttonboxpadx
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 accpetable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 5 pixels.
Name: buttonBoxPadY
Class: Pad
Command-Line Switch: -buttonboxpady
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 accpetable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 5 pixels.
Name: buttonBoxPos
Class: Position
Command-Line Switch: -buttonboxpos
Attaches buttons to the given side of the dialog: n, s, e or w. The default is s.
Name: padX
Class: Pad
Command-Line Switch: -padx
Specifies a padding distance for the childsite in the X-direction in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is
10.
Name: padY
Class: Pad
Command-Line Switch: -pady
Specifies a padding distance for the childsite in the Y-direction in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is
10.
Name: separator
Class: Separator
Command-Line Switch: -separator
Specifies whether a line is drawn to separate the buttons from the dialog box contents in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_Get-
Boolean. The default is true.
Name: thickness
Class: Thickness
Command-Line Switch: -thickness
Specifies the thickness of the separator in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.
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DESCRIPTION
The dialogshell command creates a dialog shell which is a top level widget composed of a button box, separator, and child site area. The
class also has methods to control button construction.
METHODS
The dialogshell command create 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.
The following commands are possible for dialogshell widgets:
INHERITED METHODS
activate center deactivate
See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.
ASSOCIATED METHODS
add buttonconfigure defaultdelete
hide index insert invoke
show
See the "buttonbox" manual entry for details on the associated 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
dialogshell command.
pathName childsite
Returns the pathname of the child site widget.
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 dialogshell command.
COMPONENTS
Name: dschildsite
Class: frame
The dschildsite component is the user child site for the dialog shell. See the "frame" widget manual entry for details on the
dschildsite component item.
Name: separator
Class: frame
The separator component devides the area between the user child site and the button box. See the "frame" widget manual entry for
details on the separator component item.
Name: bbox
Class: ButtonBox
The bbox component is the button box containing the buttons for the dialog shell. See the "ButtonBox" widget manual entry for
details on the bbox component item.
EXAMPLE
dialogshell .ds -modality none
.ds add OK -text "OK"
.ds add Cancel -text "Cancel"
.ds default OK
.ds activate
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
dialogshell, dialog, shell, widget
Tk dialogshell(1)