tixOptionMenu(n) Tix (4.0) tixOptionMenu(n)
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NAME
tixOptionMenu - Create and manipulate tixOptionMenu widgets
SYNOPSIS
tixOptionMenu pathName ?options?
SUPER-CLASS
The TixOptionMenu class is derived from the TixLabelWidget
class and inherits all the commands, options and subwidgets
of its super-class.
STANDARD OPTIONS
The OptionMenu widget supports all the standard Tix widget
options. See the Tix-Options(n) manual entry for details on
the standard Tix widget options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: command
Class: Command
Switch: -command
Specifies the command to be called when the -value
option of the OptionMenu is changed. The command will
be called with one arguments -- the new value of the
OptionMenu widget.
Name: disableCallback
Class: DisableCallback
Switch: -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 OptionMenu widget changes.
Name: dynamicGeometry
Class: DynamicGeometry
Switch: -dynamicgeometry
A boolean value indicating whether the size of the
menubutton subwidget should change dynamically to match
the width of the currently selected menu entry. If set
to false (the default), the the size of the menubutton
subwidget will be wide enough to display every menu
entry fully and does not change when the user selects
different entries.
Name: label
Class: Label
Switch: -label
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tixOptionMenu(n) Tix (4.0) tixOptionMenu(n)
Specifies the string to display as the label of this
OptionMenu widget.
Name: labelSide
Class: LabelSide
Switch: -labelside
Specifies where the label should be displayed relative
to the entry subwidget. Valid options are: top, left,
right, bottom, none or acrosstop.
Name: state
Class: State
Switch: -state
Specifies the whether the OptionMenu widget is normal
or disabled. Only the values "normal" and "disabled"
are recognized.
Name: value
Class: Value
Switch: -value
Specifies the value of the OptionMenu. The value of the
OptionMenu widget is the name of the item currently
displayed by its menubutton subwidget.
Name: variable
Class: Variable
Switch: -variable
Specifies the global variable in which the value of the
OptionMenu should be stored. The value of the
OptionMenu will be automatically updated when this
variable is changed.
SUBWIDGETS
Name: menu
Class: Menu
The menu subwidget, which is popped up when the user
press the menubutton subwidget.
Name: menubutton
Class: Menubutton
The menubutton subwidget.
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DESCRIPTION
The tixOptionMenu command creates a new window (given by the
pathName argument) and makes it into a OptionMenu widget.
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tixOptionMenu(n) Tix (4.0) tixOptionMenu(n)
Additional options, described above, may be specified on the
command line or in the option database to configure aspects
of the OptionMenu such as its cursor and relief.
WIDGET COMMANDS
The tixOptionMenu command creates a new Tcl command whose
name is the same as the path name of the OptionMenu'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 OptionMenu widget's path name. Option and the args
determine the exact behavior of the command. The following
commands are possible for OptionMenu widgets:
pathName add type name ?option value ...?
Adds a new item into the OptionMenu widget. type must
be either command or separator. The options may be any
of the valid options for the command or separator menu
entry types for the TK menu widget class, except
-command.
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option
given by option. Option may have any of the values
accepted by the tixOptionMenu 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
tixOptionMenu command.
pathName delete name
Deletes the menu entry identified by name.
pathName disable name
Disables the menu entry identified by name.
pathName enable name
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tixOptionMenu(n) Tix (4.0) tixOptionMenu(n)
Enables the menu entry identified by name.
pathName entrycget name option
Returns the current value of the configuration option
given by option in the menu entry identified by name.
Option may have any of the values accepted by the add
widget command.
pathName entryconfigure name ?option? ?value option value ...?
Query or modify the configuration options of the menu
entry identified by name. If no option is specified,
returns a list describing all of the available options
for the menu entry (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 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 add widget command.
pathName entries
Returns the names of all the entries currently in the
OptionMenu widget.
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.
KEYWORDS
Tix(n)
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