1tixSelect(n)                 Tix Built-In Commands                tixSelect(n)
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NAME

6       tixSelect - Create and manipulate tixSelect widgets
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SYNOPSIS

9       tixSelect pathName ?options?
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SUPER-CLASS

12       The TixSelect class is derived from the TixLabelWidget class and inher‐
13       its all the commands, options and subwidgets of its super-class.
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STANDARD OPTIONS

16       The Select widget supports all the standard options of a frame  widget.
17       See the options(n) manual entry for details on the standard options.
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WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

20       [-allowzero allowZero]  A  boolean  value  that  specifies  whether the
21       selection can be empty.  When set to false, at least one button subwid‐
22       get must be selected at any time.
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24       Note:  When  the Select widget is first constructed, the default selec‐
25       tion is always empty, even if -allowzero is set  to  false.   [-button‐
26       type buttonType]  The  type  of buttons to be used as subwidgets inside
27       the Select widget.  By default, the standard Tk button widget class  is
28       used.  [-command command] Specifies the TCL command to be executed when
29       the -value of the Select  widget  is  changed.  This  command  will  be
30       invoked with two arguments. The first is the name of the button subwid‐
31       get that has toggled. The second is a boolean value indicating  whether
32       the  button  subwidget  is selected. This command is executed only when
33       the -disableCallback option is set  to  false.   [-disablecallback dis‐
34       ableCallback]  A  boolean  value indicating whether callbacks should be
35       disabled. When set to true, the TCL command specified by  the  -command
36       option is not executed when the -value of the Select widget changes.
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38       Name:          orientation
39       Class:         Orientation
40       Switch:        -orientation
41       Alias:         -orient
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43              Specifies  the  orientation  of  the button subwidgets. Only the
44              values horizontal and vertical are recognized. This is a  static
45              option  and  it  can only be assigned during the creation of the
46              widget.  [-label label] Specifies the string to display  as  the
47              label  of  this Select widget.  [-labelside labelSide] Specifies
48              where the label should be displayed relative to the Select  wid‐
49              get.  Valid  options  are:  top,  left,  right,  bottom, none or
50              acrosstop.   [-padx padX]  Specifies  the   horizontal   padding
51              between  two  neighboring  button  subwidgets.  This is a static
52              option and it can only be assigned during the  creation  of  the
53              widget.  [-padx padY] Specifies the vertical padding between two
54              neighboring button subwidgets. This is a static  option  and  it
55              can  only  be  assigned  during  the  creation  of  the  widget.
56              [-radio radio] A boolean value that specifies whether the Select
57              widget  should act as a radio-box. When set to true, at most one
58              button subwidget can be selected at any time. This is  a  static
59              option  and  it  can only be assigned during the creation of the
60              widget.  [-selectedbg selectedBg] Specifies the background color
61              of all the selected button subwidgets.  [-state state] Specifies
62              the state of all the buttons inside the Select widget.  Only the
63              values normal and disabled are recognized. When the state is set
64              to disabled, all user actions on this Select widget are  ignore.
65              [-validatecmd validateCmd]  Specifies a TCL command to be called
66              when the -value of the Select widget is about  to  change.  This
67              command  is  called with one parameter -- the new -value entered
68              by the user. This command is  to  validate  this  new  value  by
69              returning a value it deems valid.  [-value value] The value of a
70              Select widget is a list of the names of  the  button  subwidgets
71              that have been selected by the user.
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73              When  you  assign the value of a Select widget using the "config
74              -value" widget command, the TCL command specified by  the  -com‐
75              mand  option  will be invoked if some button subwidgets are tog‐
76              gled.  [-variable variable] Specifies  the  global  variable  in
77              which the value of the Select widget should be stored. The value
78              of a Select widget is stored as a list of the names of the  but‐
79              ton subwidgets that have been selected by the user. The value of
80              the Select widget will be automatically updated when this  vari‐
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SUBWIDGETS

84       Name:          label
85       Class:         Label
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87              The label subwidget.
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89       In  addition,  all the button subwidgets created as a result of the add
90       widget command can be accessed by the subwidget command. They are iden‐
91       tified  by  the buttonName parameter to the add widget command. Here is
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94       set s [tixSelect .s] pack $s $s add eat   -text Eat $s add sleep  -text
95       Sleep $s subwidget eat   config -fg green $s subwidget sleep config -fg
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DESCRIPTION

99       The tixSelect command creates a new window (given by the pathName argu‐
100       ment) and makes it into a Select widget.  Additional options, described
101       above, may be specified on the command line or in the  option  database
102       to  configure  aspects  of  the  Select  widget  such as its cursor and
103       relief.
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105       The Select widget is a container of button subwidgets. It can  be  used
106       to  provide  radio-box  or check-box style of selection options for the
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WIDGET COMMANDS

110       The tixSelect command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the  same
111       as  the  path  name of the Select widget's window.  This command may be
112       used to invoke various operations on the widget.  It has the  following
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114              pathName option ?arg arg ...?
115       PathName  is  the  name of the command, which is the same as the Select
116       widget's path name. Option and the args determine the exact behavior of
117       the command.  The following commands are possible for Select widgets:
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119       pathName add buttonName ?option value ... ?
120              Adds  a  new  button subwidget with the name buttonName into the
121              Select widget. Additional configuration options can be given  to
122              configure the new button subwidget.
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124       pathName cget option
125              Returns  the  current value of the configuration option given by
126              option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the tixSe‐
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129       pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
130              Query  or modify the configuration options of the widget.  If no
131              option is specified, returns a list describing all of the avail‐
132              able  options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information
133              on the format of this list). If  option  is  specified  with  no
134              value,  then the command returns a list describing the one named
135              option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist
136              of  the  value  returned  if no option is specified).  If one or
137              more option-value pairs are specified, then the command modifies
138              the  given  widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in this
139              case the command returns an empty string.  Option may  have  any
140              of the values accepted by the tixSelect command.
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142       pathName invoke buttonName
143              Invokes the button subwidget with the name buttonName.
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145       pathName subwidget name ?args?
146              When no options are given, returns the pathname of the subwidget
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149              When options are given, the widget command of the specified sub‐
150              widget will be called with these options.
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BINDINGS

153       When  the  user presses the left mouse button over the a button subwid‐
154       get, it will be toggled and the -value option of the  tixSelect  widget
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EXAMPLE

158       The following example creates a radio-box style iconbar for the user to
159       choose one value among eat, work or sleep.
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161       set s [tixSelect .s -radio true -allowzero false] $s add eat    -bitmap
162       [tix  getbitmap  eat]  $s add work  -bitmap [tix getbitmap work] $s add
163       sleep -bitmap [tix getbitmap sleep]
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KEYWORDS

166       Tix(n), Container Widget
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