| <TITLE>labeledwidget - Create and manipulate a labeled widget</TITLE> |
| <H1>labeledwidget - Create and manipulate a labeled widget</H1> |
| |
| </pre><H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> |
| <B>labeledwidget<I> <I>pathName </I>?<I>options</I>? |
| </pre><H2>INHERITANCE</H2> |
| itk::Widget <- labeledwidget |
| </pre><H2>STANDARD OPTIONS</H2> |
| <P> |
| <table cellpadding=5> |
| <td valign=top> |
| <B>background</B><br> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=top> |
| <B>cursor</B><br> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=top> |
| <B>foreground</B><br> |
| </td> |
| <td valign=top> |
| </td> |
| </table> |
| <P> |
| See the <A HREF="http://www.sco.com/Technology/tcl/man/tk_man/options.n.html"> "options" </A> manual entry for details on the standard options. |
| </pre><H2>WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS</H2> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>disabledForeground</B> |
| Class: <B>DisabledForeground</B> |
| Command-Line Switch: <B>-disabledforeground</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| Specifies the foreground to be used when the state is disabled. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>labelBitmap</B> |
| Class: <B>Bitmap</B> |
| Command-Line Switch: <B>-labelbitmap</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| Specifies a bitmap to display in the widget, in any of the forms |
| acceptable to <B>Tk_GetBitmap</B>. This option overrides the <I>labeltext</I> |
| option. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>labelFont</B> |
| Class: <B>Font</B> |
| Command-Line Switch: <B>-labelfont</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| Specifies the font to be used for the label. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>labelImage</B> |
| Class: <B>Image</B> |
| Command-Line Switch: <B>-labelimage</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| Specifies a image to be used as the label. The image may be any of the |
| values created by the <B>image create</B> command. This option overrides |
| both the <I>labelbitmap</I> and <I>labeletext</I> options. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>labelMargin</B> |
| Class: <B>Margin</B> |
| Command-Line Switch: <B>-labelmargin</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| Specifies the distance between the childsite and label in any of the forms |
| acceptable to <B>Tk_GetPixels</B>. The default is 2 pixel. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>labelPos</B> |
| Class: <B>Position</B> |
| Command-Line Switch: <B>-labelpos</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| Specifies the position of the label along the side of the childsite: |
| <B>nw</B>, <B>n</B>, <B>ne</B>, <B>sw</B>, <B>s</B>, <B>se</B>, <B>en</B>, <B>e</B>, |
| <B>es</B>, <B>wn</B>, <B>w</B>, or <B>ws</B>. The default is w. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>labelText</B> |
| Class: <B>Text</B> |
| Command-Line Switch: <B>-labeltext</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| Specifies the text of the label around the childsite. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>labelVariable</B> |
| Class: <B>Variable</B> |
| Command-Line Switch: <B>-labelvariable</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| Specifies the text variable of the label around the childsite. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>state</B> |
| Class: <B>State</B> |
| Command-Line Switch: <B>-state</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| Specifies one of two states for the label: <B>normal</B> or <B>disabled</B>. |
| If the label is disabled then it is displayed in a disabled foreground |
| color. The default is normal. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| </pre><HR> |
| |
| </pre><H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> |
| <P> |
| The <B>labeledwidget</B> command creates a labeled widget which contains |
| a label and child site. The child site is a frame |
| which can filled with any widget via a derived class or though the use |
| of the childsite method. This class |
| was designed to be a general purpose base class for supporting the |
| combination of label widget and a childsite. The options include the |
| ability to position the label around the childsite widget, modify the |
| font and margin, and control the display of the labels. |
| |
| </pre><H2>METHODS</H2> |
| <P> |
| The <B>labeledwidget</B> command creates a new Tcl command whose |
| name is <I>pathName</I>. This |
| command may be used to invoke various |
| operations on the widget. It has the following general form: |
| <pre> |
| <I>pathName option </I>?<I>arg arg ...</I>? |
| </pre> |
| <I>Option</I> and the <I>arg</I>s |
| determine the exact behavior of the command. The following |
| commands are possible for labeledwidget widgets: |
| </pre><H2>WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS</H2> |
| <DL> |
| <DT> <I>pathName <B>childsite</B> |
| </I></B> |
| <DD> Return the path name of the child site. |
| </DL> |
| <DL> |
| <DT> <I>pathName <B>cget</B> <I>option</I> |
| </I></B> |
| <DD> Returns the current value of the configuration option given |
| by <I>option</I>. |
| <I>Option</I> may have any of the values accepted by the <B>labeledwidget</B> |
| command. |
| </DL> |
| <DL> |
| <DT> <I>pathName</I> <B>configure</B> ?<I>option</I>? ?<I>value option value ...</I>? |
| </I></B> |
| <DD> Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. |
| If no <I>option</I> is specified, returns a list describing all of |
| the available options for <I>pathName</I> (see <B>Tk_ConfigureInfo</B> for |
| information on the format of this list). If <I>option</I> is specified |
| with no <I>value</I>, 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 <I>option</I> is specified). If |
| one or more <I>option-value</I> 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. |
| <I>Option</I> may have any of the values accepted by the <B>labeledwidget</B> |
| command. |
| |
| </DL> |
| </pre><H2>STATIC METHODS</H2> |
| <DL> |
| <DT> <B>Labeledwidget::alignlabels</B> <I>widget</I> ?<I>widget ...</I>? |
| </I></B> |
| <DD> The alignlabels procedure takes a list of widgets derived from |
| the Labeledwidget class and uses the label margin to make each widget |
| have the same total space for the combination of label and margin. The |
| net effect is to left align the labels. Generally, this method is only |
| useful with a label position of w, which is the default. |
| |
| </DL> |
| </pre><H2>COMPONENTS</H2> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>label</B> |
| Class: <B>label</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| The label component provides the label for the labeled widget. See the |
| "label" widget manual entry for details on the label component item. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| Name: <B>lwchildsite</B> |
| Class: <B>frame</B> |
| </pre> |
| <UL> |
| The lwchildsite component is the user child site for the labeled widget. See |
| the "frame" widget manual entry for details on the lwchildsite component item. |
| </UL> |
| </table> |
| |
| </pre><H2>EXAMPLE</H2> |
| <UL> |
| The labeledwidget was primarily meant to be a base class. The |
| ScrolledListBox and EntryField are good examples of derived |
| classes of the labeledwidget class. In order to provide equal |
| support for composite classes, the 'childsite' methods also exists. |
| The following is an example of 'childsite' method usage. |
| </UL> |
| <P> |
| <pre> |
| labeledwidget .lw -labeltext "Canvas Widget" -labelpos s |
| pack .lw -fill both -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 10 |
| |
| set cw [canvas [.lw childsite].c -relief raised -width 200 -height 200] |
| pack $cw -padx 10 -pady 10 |
| </pre> |
| </pre><H2>AUTHOR</H2> |
| Mark L. Ulferts |
| </pre><H2>KEYWORDS</H2> |
| labeledwidget, widget |