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busy(n)			     BLT Built-In Commands		       busy(n)

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NAME
       busy - Make Tk widgets busy, temporarily blocking user interactions.

SYNOPSIS
       busy hold window ?option value?...

       busy release window ?window?...

       busy configure window ?option value?...

       busy forget window ?window?...

       busy isbusy ?pattern?

       busy names ?pattern?

       busy status window
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DESCRIPTION
       The busy command provides a simple means to block keyboard, button, and
       pointer events from Tk widgets, while overriding	 the  widget's	cursor
       with a configurable busy cursor.

INTRODUCTION
       There  are  many	 times	in  applications where you want to temporarily
       restrict what actions the user can take.	 For example,  an  application
       could  have  a "run" button that when pressed causes some processing to
       occur.  But while the application  is  busy  processing,	 you  probably
       don't  want  the	 the  user to be able to click the "run" button again.
       You may also want restrict the user from other tasks such as clicking a
       "print" button.

       The  busy  command  lets you make Tk widgets busy. This means that user
       interactions such as button clicks, moving the  mouse,  typing  at  the
       keyboard, etc. are ignored by the widget.  You can set a special cursor
       (like a watch) that overrides the  widget's  normal  cursor,  providing
       feedback that the application (widget) is temporarily busy.

       When  a widget is made busy, the widget and all of its descendents will
       ignore events.  It's easy to make an entire panel of widgets busy.  You
       can simply make the toplevel widget (such as ".") busy.	This is easier
       and far much more efficient  than  recursively  traversing  the	widget
       hierarchy, disabling each widget and re-configuring its cursor.

       Often,  the  busy  command  can	be  used instead of Tk's grab command.
       Unlike grab which restricts all user interactions to one	 widget,  with
       the busy command you can have more than one widget active (for example,
       a "cancel" dialog and a "help" button).

EXAMPLE
       You can make several widgets busy by simply making its ancestor	widget
       busy using the hold operation.

	      frame .top
	      button .top.button; canvas .top.canvas
	      pack .top.button .top.canvas
	      pack .top
		. . .
	      busy hold .top
	      update

       All  the	 widgets  within  .top	(including  .top) are now busy.	 Using
       update insures that busy command will take effect before any other user
       events can occur.

       When  the  application is no longer busy processing, you can allow user
       interactions again by the release operation.

	 busy release .top

       The busy window has a configurable cursor.  You	can  change  the  busy
       cursor using the configure operation.

	 busy configure .top -cursor "watch"

       Finally,	 when you no longer need to the busy window, invoke the forget
       operation to free any resources it allocated.

	 busy forget .top

       Destroying the widget will also clean up any resources allocated by the
       busy command.

OPERATIONS
       The following operations are available for the busy command:

       busy hold window ?option value?...
	      Makes  the  widget  window (and its descendants in the Tk window
	      hierarchy) busy.	Window must be a valid path name of a Tk  wid‐
	      get.   The  busy	window	is mapped the next time idle tasks are
	      processed, and the widget and its descendants  will  be  blocked
	      from  user interactions. All events in the widget window and its
	      descendants are ignored.	Normally update should be called imme‐
	      diately afterward to insure that the hold operation is in effect
	      before the application starts its processing. The following con‐
	      figuration options are valid:

	      -cursor cursorName
		     Specifies	the  cursor to be displayed when the widget is
		     made busy.	 CursorName can be in  any  form  accepted  by
		     Tk_GetCursor.  The default cursor is watch.

       busy configure window ?option value?...
	      Queries  or  modifies the busy command configuration options for
	      window. Window must be the path name of a widget previously made
	      busy by the hold operation.  If no options are specified, a list
	      describing all of the available options for window (see  Tk_Con‐
	      figureInfo  for  information  on	the  format  of	 this list) is
	      returned.	 If option is specified with no value, then  the  com‐
	      mand  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 the empty string.  Option may	 have  any  of
	      the values accepted by the hold operation.

	      Please  note that the option database is referenced through win‐
	      dow.  For example, if the widget .frame is to be made busy,  the
	      busy cursor can be specified for it by either option command:

		option add *frame.busyCursor gumby
		option add *Frame.BusyCursor gumby

       busy forget window ?window?...
	      Releases	resources  allocated  by  the busy command for window,
	      including the busy window.  User events will again  be  received
	      again  by	 window.   Resources  are also released when window is
	      destroyed. Window must be the name of a widget specified in  the
	      hold operation, otherwise an error is reported.

       busy isbusy ?pattern?
	      Returns  the  pathnames  of all widgets that are currently busy.
	      If a pattern is given, the path names of busy  widgets  matching
	      pattern are returned.

       busy names ?pattern?
	      Returns  the  pathnames of all widgets that have previously been
	      made busy (i.e. a busy window is allocated and  associated  with
	      the  widget).  It makes no difference if the window is currently
	      busy or not.  If a pattern is given, the path names of busy wid‐
	      gets matching pattern are returned.

       busy release window ?window?...
	      Restores	user  interactions  to	the widget window again.  This
	      differs from the forget operation in that the busy window is not
	      destroyed,  but  simply  unmapped.  Window must be the name of a
	      widget specified in a hold  operation,  otherwise	 an  error  is
	      reported.

       busy status window
	      Returns  the status of a widget window previously made busy.  An
	      error is reported if window was never made busy, or  the	forget
	      operation	 was invoked (i.e. does not currently have a busy win‐
	      dow associated with it).	If window is presently can not receive
	      user interactions, 1 is returned, otherwise 0.

BINDINGS
       The  event  blocking  feature  is implemented by creating and mapping a
       transparent window that completely covers the widget.   When  the  busy
       window  is  mapped,  it	invisibly shields the widget and its hierarchy
       from all events that may be sent.  Like Tk widgets, busy	 windows  have
       widget  names  in the Tk window hierarchy.  This means that you can use
       the bind command, to handle events in the busy window.

	      busy hold .frame.canvas
	      bind .frame.canvas_Busy <Enter> { ... }

       Normally the busy window is a sibling of the widget.  The name  of  the
       busy  window is "widget_Busy" where widget is the name of the widget to
       be made busy.  In the previous example, the pathname of the busy window
       is  ".frame.canvas_Busy" The exception is when the widget is a toplevel
       widget (such as ".")  where the busy window can't be  made  a  sibling.
       The  busy  window  is  then  a child of the widget named "widget._Busy"
       where widget is the name of the	toplevel  widget.   In	the  following
       example, the pathname of the busy window is "._Busy"

	      busy hold .
	      bind ._Busy <Enter> { ... }

ENTER/LEAVE EVENTS
       Mapping and unmapping busy windows generates Enter/Leave events for all
       widgets they cover.  Please note this if you are	 tracking  Enter/Leave
       events in widgets.

KEYBOARD EVENTS
       When  a	widget	is made busy, the widget is prevented from gaining the
       keyboard focus by the busy window. But if the widget already had focus,
       it  still may received keyboard events.	To prevent this, you must move
       focus to another window.

	      busy hold .frame
	      label .dummy
	      focus .dummy
	      update

       The above example moves the focus from .frame immediately after	invok‐
       ing  the	 hold so that no keyboard events will be sent to .frame or any
       of its descendants.

KEYWORDS
       busy, keyboard events, pointer events, window, cursor

BLT				      2.4			       busy(n)
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