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

6       tixPopupMenu - Create and manipulate tixPopupMenu widgets
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SYNOPSIS

9       tixPopupMenu pathName ?options?
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SUPER-CLASS

12       The  tixPopupMenu class is derived from the TixShell class and inherits
13       all the commands, options and subwidgets of its super-class.
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STANDARD OPTIONS

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

21       [-buttons buttons] A Tcl list that specifies the  mouse  button(s)  and
22       key modifier(s) that bring up the popup menu. Each element of this list
23       is in turn a list that contains two elements: the first element  is  an
24       integer  that indicates the mouse button that brings up the popup menu;
25       the second element specifies the key modifiers that should be  used  in
26       conjunction  with the mouse button. For example, the value {{1 {Control
27       Meta}} {3 {Any}}} specifies that the popup menu can be popped up by (a)
28       pressing  mouse button 1 with either the Control or the Meta key or (b)
29       pressing mouse button 3 with any key modifier. The default value is {{3
30       {Any}}}:   only   mouse   button   3   brings   up   the   popup  menu.
31       [-postcmd postCmd] Specifies a command to be evaluated just before  the
32       menu  is about to pop-up. This command is called with two default argu‐
33       ments: the root x-y coordinates where the user has  pressed  the  mouse
34       button.  This  command  must  return a boolean value: a false indicates
35       that the menu shouldn't be popped up at this point;  a  true  indicates
36       that  the menu should be popped up. This option can be used to find out
37       where the user has pressed the mouse-button and optionally disable  the
38       popup  menu  over  certain  screen areas.  [-spring spring] When set to
39       true, the menu will be automatically popped down if the  user  releases
40       the  mouse  button  outside  of  the  menu and no menu commands will be
41       invoked. This makes it easy for the user to cancel the popup menu with‐
42       out pressing the Escape key. The default value is true.  [-state state]
43       Must be either disabled or normal. The PopupMenu widget will not pop up
44       unless  its  -state  is set to normal.  [-title title] Specifies a text
45       string to display inside the menubutton subwidget, as the title of this
46       PopupMenu.
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SUBWIDGETS

49       Name:          menu
50       Class:         Menu
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52              The menu subwidget.
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54       Name:          menubutton
55       Class:         Menubutton
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DESCRIPTION

60       The  tixPopupMenu  command  creates a new window (given by the pathName
61       argument) and makes it into a PopupMenu  widget.   Additional  options,
62       described  above, may be specified on the command line or in the option
63       database to configure aspects of the PopupMenu widget such as its  cur‐
64       sor and relief.
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66       The  Tix  PopupMenu widget can be used as a replacement of the tk_popup
67       command. The advantage of the Tix PopupMenu widget is it requires  less
68       application code to manipulate. Also, it provides a title for the popup
69       menu, which is not available from tk_popup.
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WIDGET COMMANDS

72       The tixPopupMenu command creates a new Tcl command whose  name  is  the
73       same  as  the path name of the PopupMenu widget's window.  This command
74       may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the fol‐
75       lowing general form:
76              pathName option ?arg arg ...?
77       PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as the PopupMenu
78       widget's path name. Option and the args determine the exact behavior of
79       the command. The following commands are possible for PopupMenu widgets:
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81       pathName bind widget ?widget ...?
82              Binds  this PopupMenu to one or more widgets. The PopupMenu will
83              be activated when the user presses the right mouse  button  over
84              these widgets.
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86       pathName cget option
87              Returns  the  current value of the configuration option given by
88              option. Option may have any of the values accepted by  the  tix‐
89              PopupMenu command.
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91       pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
92              Query  or modify the configuration options of the widget.  If no
93              option is specified, returns a list describing all of the avail‐
94              able  options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information
95              on the format of this list).  If option  is  specified  with  no
96              value,  then the command returns a list describing the one named
97              option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist
98              of  the  value  returned  if no option is specified).  If one or
99              more option-value pairs are specified, then the command modifies
100              the  given  widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in this
101              case the command returns an empty string.  Option may  have  any
102              of the values accepted by the tixPopupMenu command.
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104       pathName post widget x y
105              Posts the PopupMenu inside the widget at the coordinate x,y.
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107       pathName unbind widget ?widget ...?
108              Cancels the PopupMenu's binding with the widget(s).
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110       pathName subwidget  name ?args?
111              When  no options are given, this command returns the pathname of
112              the subwidget of the specified name.
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114              When options are given, the widget command of the specified sub‐
115              widget will be called with these options.
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KEYWORDS

118       Tix(n)
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