tixMeter(n) Tix (4.0) tixMeter(n)
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NAME
tixMeter - Create and manipulate Tix Meter widgets
SYNOPSIS
tixMeter pathName ?options?
SUPER-CLASS
None.
STANDARD OPTIONS
The Meter widget supports all the standard options of a
frame widget. See the options(n) manual entry for details
on the standard options.
Name: fillColor
Class: FillColor
Switch: -fillcolor
The color of the progress bar.
Name: text
Class: Text
Switch: -text
The text string to place inside the progress bar. If
not specified, then the text string will be the
percentage value specified by the -value option.
Name: value
Class: Value
Switch: -value
A real value that specifies the progress. Must be
between 0.0 to 1.0.
DESCRIPTION
The tixMeter command creates a new window (given by the
pathName argument) and makes it into a Meter widget.
Additional options, described above, may be specified on the
command line or in the option database to configure aspects
of the Meter widget such as its cursor and relief.
The Meter widget can be used to show the pregress of a
background job which may take a long time to execute.
WIDGET COMMANDS
The tixMeter command creates a new Tcl command whose name is
the same as the path name of the Meter widget's window.
This command may be used to invoke various operations on the
widget. It has the following general form:
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tixMeter(n) Tix (4.0) tixMeter(n)
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as
the Meter widget's path name. Option and the args determine
the exact behavior of the command. The following commands
are possible for Meter 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 tixMeter 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 tixMeter
command.
BINDINGS
There is no bindings for the Meter widget.
KEYWORDS
Tix(n), Meter Widget
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