promptdialog(1) [incr Widgets] promptdialog(1)
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NAME
promptdialog - Create and manipulate a prompt dialog widget
SYNOPSIS
promptdialog pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Toplevel <- dialogshell <- dialog <- promptdialog
STANDARD OPTIONS
background borderWidth cursor exportSelection
foreground highlightColor highlightThicknessinsertBackground
insertBorderWidth insertOffTime insertOnTimeinsertWidth
relief selectBackground selectBorderWidthselectForeground
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
show
See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.
invalid textBackground textFont validate
See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.
labelFont labelPos labelText
See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
buttonBoxPadX buttonBoxPadY buttonBoxPos padX
padY separator thickness
See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.
height master modality width
See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.
title
See the "Toplevel" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.
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DESCRIPTION
The promptdialog command creates a prompt dialog similar to the OSF/Motif standard prompt dialog composite widget. The promptdialog is
derived from the dialog class and is composed of a EntryField with commands to manipulate the dialog buttons.
METHODS
The promptdialog command creates a new Tcl command whose name is pathName. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the
widget. 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 promptdialog widgets:
ASSOCIATED METHODS
delete get icursor index
insert scan selection xview
See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.
clear
See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.
INHERITED METHODS
add buttonconfigure defaulthide
invoke show
See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.
childsite
See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.
activate center deactivate
See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited 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 promptdia-
log 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 promptdialog command.
COMPONENTS
Name: prompt
Class: Entryfield
The prompt component is the entry field for user input in the prompt dialog. See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details
on the prompt component item.
EXAMPLE
option add *textBackground white
promptdialog .pd -modality global -title Password -labeltext Password: -show *
.pd hide Apply
if {[.pd activate]} {
puts "Password entered: [.pd get]"
} else {
puts "Password prompt cancelled"
}
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
promptdialog, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget
Tk promptdialog(1)