iwidgets::dialogshell(1) [incr Widgets] iwidgets::dialogshell(1) 







iwidgets::dialogshell - Create and manipulate a dialog shell
    widget








iwidgets::dialogshell pathName
    ?options?








itk::Toplevel <- iwidgets::Shell <-
  iwidgets::Dialogshell








background	cursor	foreground


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








height	master	modality	width


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




title 


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










Name:	buttonBoxPadX
Class:	Pad
Command-Line Switch:	-buttonboxpadx



  

  
Specifies a non-negative padding distance to leave between the button
      group and the outer edge of the button box in the x direction. The value
      may be given in any of the forms accpetable to Tk_GetPixels. The
      default is 5 pixels.






Name:	buttonBoxPadY
Class:	Pad
Command-Line Switch:	-buttonboxpady



  

  
Specifies a non-negative padding distance to leave between the button
      group and the outer edge of the button box in the y direction. The value
      may be given in any of the forms accpetable to Tk_GetPixels. The
      default is 5 pixels.






Name:	buttonBoxPos
Class:	Position
Command-Line Switch:	-buttonboxpos



  

  
Attaches buttons to the given side of the dialog: n, s,
      e or w. The default is s.






Name:	padX
Class:	Pad
Command-Line Switch:	-padx



  

  
Specifies a padding distance for the childsite in the X-direction in any
      of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 10.






Name:	padY
Class:	Pad
Command-Line Switch:	-pady



  

  
Specifies a padding distance for the childsite in the Y-direction in any
      of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 10.






Name:	separator
Class:	Separator
Command-Line Switch:	-separator



  

  
Specifies whether a line is drawn to separate the buttons from the dialog
      box contents in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean. The
      default is true.






Name:	thickness
Class:	Thickness
Command-Line Switch:	-thickness



  

  
Specifies the thickness of the separator in any of the forms acceptable to
      Tk_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.
    
    

    

  










The iwidgets::dialogshell command creates a dialog shell
    which is a top level widget composed of a button box, separator, and child
    site area. The class also has methods to control button construction.










The iwidgets::dialogshell command create 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 dialogshell
  widgets:








activate	center	deactivate


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








add	buttonconfigure	default	delete
hide	index	insert	invoke
show


See the "buttonbox" manual entry for details on the
    associated methods.









  

  
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
      option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the
      iwidgets::dialogshell command.

  

  
Returns the pathname of the child site widget.

  

  
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 iwidgets::dialogshell command.
    

  










Name:	dschildsite
Class:	frame



  

  
The dschildsite component is the user child site for the dialog shell. See
      the "frame" widget manual entry for details on the dschildsite
      component item.






Name:	separator
Class:	frame



  

  
The separator component devides the area between the user child site and
      the button box. See the "frame" widget manual entry for details
      on the separator component item.






Name:	bbox
Class:	ButtonBox



  

  
The bbox component is the button box containing the buttons for the dialog
      shell. See the "ButtonBox" widget manual entry for details on
      the bbox component item.
    

    

  












 package require Iwidgets 4.0
 iwidgets::dialogshell .ds -modality none
 
 .ds add OK -text "OK" 
 .ds add Cancel -text "Cancel"
 .ds default OK
 
 .ds activate












Mark L. Ulferts








dialogshell, dialog, shell, widget







  

     
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