promptdialog - Create and manipulate a prompt dialog widget

SYNOPSIS

promptdialog pathName ?options?

INHERITANCE

itk::Toplevel <- dialogshell <- dialog <- promptdialog

STANDARD OPTIONS

background
foreground
insertBorderWidth
justify
selectForeground
 borderWidth
highlightColor
insertOffTime
relief
textVariable
 cursor
highlightThickness
insertOnTime
selectBackground
 exportSelection
insertBackground
insertWidth
selectBorderWidth

See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

show
 state
 width

See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

childSitePos
textFont
 fixed
validate
 invalid
 textBackground

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

labelBitmap
olabelPos
 labelFont
labelText
 labelImage
 labelMargin

See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

INHERITED OPTIONS

buttonBoxPadX
padY
 buttonBoxPadY
separator
 buttonBoxPos
thickness
 padX

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

master
 modality
 title

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

DESCRIPTION

The promptdialog command creates a prompt dialog similar to the OSF/Motif standard prompt dialog composite widget. The promptdialog is derived from the dialog class and is composed of a EntryField with commands to manipulate the dialog buttons.

METHODS

The promptdialog command creates a new Tcl command whose name is pathName. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general form: 

pathName option ?arg arg ...?
Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for promptdialog widgets:

ASSOCIATED METHODS

delete
insert
 get
scan
 icursor
selection
 index
xview

See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

clear

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

INHERITED METHODS

add
invoke
 buttonconfigure
show
 default
 hide

See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

childsite

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

activate
 center
 deactivate

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the promptdialog command.
pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no option is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of this list). If option is specified with no value, then the command 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 an empty string. Option may have any of the values accepted by the promptdialog command.

COMPONENTS

Name:                   ef
Class:                  Entryfield

EXAMPLE

 option add *textBackground white

 promptdialog .pd -modality global -title Password -labeltext Password: -show *
 .pd buttonconfigure OK -command {.pd deactivate 1}
 .pd hide Apply
 .pd buttonconfigure Cancel -command {.pd deactivate 0}
 .pd hide Help

 if {[.pd activate]} {
     puts "Password entered: [.pd get]"
 } else {
     puts "Password prompt cancelled"
 }

AUTHOR

Mark L. Ulferts

KEYWORDS

promptdialog, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget