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.so man.macros .HS iwidgets::dialogshell iwid S Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
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: -buttonboxpadxSpecifies 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: -buttonboxpadySpecifies 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: -buttonboxposAttaches buttons to the given side of the dialog: n, s, e or w. The default is s.
Name: padX Class: Pad Command-Line Switch: -padxSpecifies 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: -padySpecifies 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: -separatorSpecifies 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: -thicknessSpecifies the thickness of the separator in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels. E
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: C 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.
pathName cget option Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the iwidgets::dialogshell command.
pathName childsite Returns the pathname of the child site widget.
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 iwidgets::dialogshell command.
Name: dschildsite Class: frameThe 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: frameThe 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: ButtonBoxThe 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.