swaplistAndialog which allows a user to move options between two liswaplist(n)______________________________________________________________________________NAMEswaplist - A dialog which allows a user to move options between two
lists
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.4
package require Tk 8.4
package require swaplist ?0.1?
::swaplist::swaplist pathName variable completeList selectedList
?options?
_________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTION
This package provides a dialog which consists of 2 listboxes, along
with buttons to move items between them and reorder the right list.
::swaplist::swaplist pathName variable completeList selectedList
?options?
Creates a dialog which presents the user with a pair of list‐
boxes. Items are selected by using the buttons to move them to
the right list. The contents of the right list are put in the
variable upon closure of the dialog. The command returns a
boolean indicating if the user pressed OK or not. If -geometry
is not specified, the dialog is centered in its parent toplevel
unless its parent is . in which case the dialog is centered in
the screen.
Options:
-embed if this flag is supplied, the procedure will create a
swaplist widget named pathName, with the variable set as
the listvariable for the right side listbox. This flag
will also cause the -title and -geometry flags to be
ignored.
-reorder
boolean specifying if buttons allowing the user to change
the order of the right listbox should appear or not.
defaults to true
-title sets the title of the dialog window. defaults to "Config‐
uration"
-llabel
sets the heading above the left list. defaults to "Avail‐
able:"
-rlabel
sets the heading above the right list. defaults to
"Selected:"
-lbuttontext
sets the text on the "move left" button. defaults to "<<"
-rbuttontext
sets the text on the "move right" button. defaults to
">>"
-ubuttontext
sets the text on the "move up" button. defaults to "Move
Up"
-dbuttontext
sets the text on the "move down" button. defaults to
"Move Down"
-geometry
sets the geometry of the dialog window.
EXAMPLE
package require swaplist
namespace import swaplist::*
if {[swaplist .slist opts "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9" "1 3 5"]} {
puts "user chose numbers: $ops"
}
KEYWORDS
dialog, disjointlistbox, listbox
swaplist 0.1 swaplist(n)
