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6 TixIntro - Introduction to the Tix library
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9 Tix, which stands for Tk Interface Extension, is an extension library
10 for Tcl/Tk. Tix adds many new widgets, image types and other commands
11 that allows you to create compelling Tcl/Tk-based GUI applications.
12 One advantage of Tix over other Tk widget libraries is many of the Tix
14 standard widgets are implemented in native code. This enhances perfor‐
15 mance and provides native look-and-feel for your applications.
16 This version of Tix works with Tcl/Tk version 8.0 or above. If Tix has
18 been installed properly on your system, you can load the package into
19 any Tk script by invoking the command package require Tix After this
20 command has successfully returned, you can start using the functionali‐
21 ties of the Tix library. See the EXAMPLES section below for example
22 scripts that use Tix.
23 If the "package require Tix" command fails, you probably need to
25 install a new copy of Tix on your system. You can download the latest
26 version of Tix from the web site http://tix.sourceforge.net/.
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29 Tix includes the following standard widgets which, like their counter‐
30 parts in Tk, are implemented in native code to achieve high performance
31 and native look-and-feel.
32 tixGrid
34 The tixGrid widget displays items in a spread-sheet format.
35 tixHList
37 Hierarchical listbox widget. This widget display entries in a
38 tree-like format.
39 tixInputOnly
41 A transparent window that can be used to cover another widget so
42 as to disable mouse input.
43 tixNBFrame
45 The tixNBFrame widget is used internally by the tixNoteBook wid‐
46 get to display choices among a set of overlapping pages.
47 tixTList
49 Tabular listbox widget. This widget is similar to the built-in
50 Tk listbox widget but provides more flexibility in displaying
51 the list entries.
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54 Tix provides many new types of mega widgets: these are widgets that are
55 composed of built-in Tk widgets and the Tix standard widgets mentioned
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57 tixBalloon
59 The tixBalloon widget provides context-sensitive on-screen help.
60 tixButtonBox
62 A convenience class for creating a box of button widgets.
63 tixCheckList
65 A subclass of tixTree that presents single- or multiple choices
66 to the user in a tree-like format.
67 tixComboBox
69 A combination of the listbox and entry widgets that allows the
70 user to input an item by typing or by selecting from a list of
71 items.
72 tixControl
74 The tixControl widget allows the user to adjust a value using
75 arrow buttons.
76 tixDirList
78 A directory selection widget that displays the file system as a
79 cascading list.
80 tixDirSelectDialog
82 A dialog for selecting a directory. This widget is deprecated.
83 Use tk_chooseDirectory instead.
84 tixDirTree
86 A directory selection widget that displays the file system in a
87 tree format.
88 tixExFileSelectBox
90 A widget for selecting a file. This widget is deprecated. Use
91 tk_getOpenFile instead.
92 tixExFileSelectDialog
94 A dialog for selecting a file. This widget is deprecated. Use
95 tk_getOpenFile instead.
96 tixFileEntry
98 A special entry widget that allows the user to choose a file by
99 typing in its name or by selecting from a file dialog.
100 tixFileSelectBox
102 A widget for selecting a file. This widget is deprecated. Use
103 tk_getOpenFile instead.
104 tixFileSelectDialog
106 A dialog for selecting a file. This widget is deprecated. Use
107 tk_getOpenFile instead.
108 tixLabelEntry
110 A convenience class for creating an entry with an associated
111 label widget.
112 tixLabelFrame
114 A labelled frame widget for grouping together a set of related
115 widgets.
116 tixListNoteBook
118 The tixListNoteBook widget allows the user to choose from a set
119 of over-lapping pages by selecting from a list box.
120 tixMeter
122 The tixMeter widget displays a bar graph to indicate progress.
123 tixNoteBook
125 The tixNoteBook widget allows the user to choose from a set of
126 over-lapping pages with a tabbed notebook metaphore.
127 tixOptionMenu
129 The tixOptionMenu widget allows the user to choose a value from
130 a pop-up menu.
131 tixPanedWindow
133 The tixPanedWindow widgets allows the user to adjust the visible
134 size of several frame widgets with handle bars.
135 tixPopupMenu
137 The tixPopupMenu widget can be used to implement context-sensi‐
138 tive pop-up menu.
139 tixScrolledHList
141 A tixHList widget with smart scrollbars. Like other Tix scrolled
142 widgets, the scroll bars can be displayed on an as-needed basis.
143 tixScrolledListBox
145 A Tk listbox widget with smart scrollbars.
146 tixScrolledText
148 A Tk text widget with smart scrollbars.
149 tixScrolledWindow
151 A Tk frame widget with smart scrollbars.
152 tixSelect
154 The tixSelect widget uses a set of buttons to present single- or
155 multiple selection options to the user.
156 tixStdButtonBox
158 A subclass of tixButtonBox that provides four standard buttons
159 (OK, Apply, Cancel Help) for Motif(TM)-like dialog boxes.
160 tixTree
162 A subclass of tixScrolledHList that supports expanding and col‐
163 lapsing of entries in a hierarchical list.
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166 Three Tix standard widgets tixGrid, tixHList and tixTList support the
167 Display Items mechanism. Display items are created by the widget com‐
168 mand of these standard widgets. You can customize the items using
169 styles objects.
170 tixDisplayStyle
172 Create style objects to customize display items.
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175 Tix provides two additional image types to the Tk image framework.
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178 The compound image type allows you to combine images, widgets,
179 and text strings into a single Tk image object.
180 pixmap The pixmap image type supports the XPM format.
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184 The following Tcl command are also included in the Tix library to per‐
185 form various functions.
186 tixDestroy
188 Destroy Tix objects instances of classes defined by tixClass
189 construct.
190 tixForm
192 A geometry manager based on attachment rules. This geometry man‐
193 ager is deprecated. Use the Tk grid geometry manager instead.
194 tixMwm A command to communicate with the Mwm, the Motif(TM) Window Man‐
196 ager. Works on Unix only.
197 tix The tix command controls the Tix application context.
199 tixGetBoolean
201 The tixGetBoolean command converts a string to a boolean value.
202 tixGetInt
204 The tixGetInt command converts a string to a integer value.
205 tixUtils
207 The tixUtils manual page describes some utility Tix commands.
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210 tixwish
211 The tixwish program can be used to execute Tix-based applica‐
212 tions. tixwish is deprecated. You shuld use the standard wish
213 program from Tk and access Tix via the "package require Tix"
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217 The following is an example script that uses a tixTree widget.
218 set tree [tixTree .t] pack $tree -expand yes -fill both for {set i 0}
220 {$i < 2} {incr i} {
221 $tree subwidget hlist add $i -itemtype imagetext \
222 -text "Folder $i" -image [tix getimage folder]
223 for {set j 0} {$j < 5} {incr j} {
224 $tree subwidget hlist add $i.$j -itemtype imagetext \
225 -text "File $i.$j" -image [tix getimage textfile]
226 } } $tree autosetmode
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