See the file man.macros.
tixFileEntry - Create and manipulate tixFileEntry widgets
tixFileEntry pathName ?
options?
The
TixFileEntry class is derived from the
TixLabelWidget class
and inherits all the commands, options and subwidgets of its super-class.
The FileEntry widget supports all the standard options of a frame widget. See
the
options(n) manual entry for details on the standard options.
[
-activatecmd activateCmd] Specifies the
command to be called when the user activates the
button subwidget. This
command is called before the file dialog is popped up and can be used to
customize the file dialog (which may be shared by several FileEnt widget).
[
-command command] Specifies the command
to be called when the
-value option of the FileEntry is changed. This
usually happens when the user inputs a filename into the entry subwidget and
hits the <Return> key. The command will be called with one arguments --
the new value of the FileEntry widget. [
-dialogtype
dialogType] Specifies which type of file selection dialog should
be popped up when the user invokes the
button subwidget. Currently the
following values are valid:
tixFileSelectDialog,
tixExFileSelectDialog,
tk_getOpenFile,
tk_getSaveFile or
tk_chooseDirectory. [
-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 FileEntry
widget changes. [
-disableforeground
disableForeground] The foreground color to use for of the entry
subwidget when the FileEntry widget is disabled.
[
-filebitmap fileBitmap] Specifies the
bitmap to display in side the
button subwidget.
[
-label label] Specifies the string to
display as the label of this FileEntry widget.
[
-labelside labelSide] Specifies where
the label should be displayed relative to the entry subwidget. Valid options
are:
top,
left,
right,
bottom,
none or
acrosstop. [
-selectmode
selectMode] Specifies how the FileEntry widget should react to
<KeyPress> events. When set to "immediate", any user keyboard
inputs will immediately change the
-value option. When set to
"normal", the user keyboard inputs will be copied to the
-value option only if the <Return> key is pressed or the keyboard
focus is changed. The use of the immediate mode is discouraged. For effective
use of the FileEntry widget, one should use the normal mode together with the
update widget command (see below). [
-state
state] Specifies the whether the FileEntry widget is normal or
disabled. Only the values "normal" and "disabled" are
recognized. [
-validatecmd validateCmd]
Specifies a TCL command to be called when the -value of the FileEntry widget
is about to change. This command is called with one parameter -- the new
-value entered by the user. This command is to validate this new value
by returning a value it deems valid. [
-value
value] Specifies the value of the FileEntry.
[
-variable variable] Specifies the
global variable in which the value of the FileEntry should be stored. The
value of the FileEntry will be automatically updated when this variable is
changed.
Name: button
Class: Button
- The button subwidget next to the entry subwidget.
Name: entry
Class: Entry
- The entry subwidget in which the user can type in a filename.
The
tixFileEntry command creates a new window (given by the
pathName argument) and makes it into a FileEntry widget. Additional
options, described above, may be specified on the command line or in the
option database to configure aspects of the FileEntry such as its cursor and
relief.
The FileEntry widget can be used to input a filename. The user can type in the
filename manually. Alternatively, the user can press the button widget that
sits next to the entry, which will bring up a file selection dialog of the
type specified by the
-dialogtype option.
The
tixFileEntry command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same
as the path name of the FileEntry'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 FileEntry
widget's path name.
Option and the
args determine the exact
behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for FileEntry
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
tixFileEntry 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 tixFileEntry command.
- pathName invoke
- Forces the FileEntry widget to act as if the user has pressed the
<return> key inside the entry subwidget.
- pathName filedialog ?args?
- When no additional arguments are given, this command returns the pathname
of the file dialog box associated with this FileEnt widget. When
additional arguments are given, the widget command of the file dialog will
be called with these arguments.
- 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.
- pathName update
- If the user has modified the entry using keyboard inputs, the update
command will update the -value of this FileEntry widget.
When the FileEntry widget's -selectmode option is set to
"normal", one should call the update command on this
widget before examining its -value option. This command has no
effect in if the -selectmode option is set to
"immediate".
Tix(n)