tixDirSelectDialog(n) Tix Built-In Commands tixDirSelectDialog(n)
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NAME
tixDirSelectDialog - Create and manipulate directory selection dialogs.
SYNOPSIS
tixDirSelectDialog pathName ?options?
STANDARD OPTIONS
TixDirSelectDialog supports all the standard options of a toplevel widget. See the options(n) manual entry for details on the standard
options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
[-command command] Specifies the command to be called when the user selects a directory in the dialog box. The command is called with one
extra argument, the complete pathname of the directory. If the user cancels the selection, this command is not called.
SUBWIDGETS
Name: dirbox
Class: TixDirSelectBox
The DirSelectBox widget that consists of the main part of the dialog.
Name: cancel
Class: Button
The "Cancel" button.
Name: ok
Class: Buton
The "OK" button.
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DESCRIPTION
The tixDirSelectDialog command creates a new window (given by the pathName argument) and makes it into a DirSelectDialog widget. Addi-
tional options, described above, may be specified on the command line or in the option database to configure aspects of the DirSelectDialog
such as its cursor and relief.
The DirSelectDialog widget presents the directories in the file system in a dialog window. The user can use this dialog window to navigate
through the file system to select the desired directory.
WIDGET COMMANDS
The tixDirSelectDialog command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the path name of the DirSelectDialog'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 DirSelectDialog widget's path name. Option and the args determine the exact
behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for DirSelectDialog 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 tixDirSe-
lectDialog 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 tixDirSelectDialog command.
pathName popup
Pops up the DirSelectDialog widget on the screen.
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.
EXAMPLE
set dlg [tixDirSelectDialog .dlg -command SelectDir]
$dlg popup
proc SelectDir {dir} {
puts "You have selected "$dir""
}
KEYWORDS
Tix(n)
Tix 4.1 tixDirSelectDialog(n)