<TITLE>extfileselectionbox - Create and manipulate a file selection box widget</TITLE>
<H1>extfileselectionbox - Create and manipulate a file selection box widget</H1>

</pre><H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>extfileselectionbox<I> <I>pathName </I>?<I>options</I>?
</pre><H2>INHERITANCE</H2>
itk::Widget &lt;- Extfileselectionbox
</pre><H2>STANDARD OPTIONS</H2>
<P>
<table cellpadding=5>
<td valign=top>
<B>activeBackground</B><br>
<B>foreground</B><br>
<B>insertBorderWidth</B><br>
<B>selectBackground</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>background</B><br>
<B>highlightColor</B><br>
<B>insertOffTime</B><br>
<B>selectBorderWidth</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>borderWidth</B><br>
<B>highlightThickness</B><br>
<B>insertOnTime</B><br>
<B>selectForeground</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>cursor</B><br>
<B>insertBackground</B><br>
<B>insertWidth</B><br>
</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>ASSOCIATED OPTIONS</H2>
<P>
<table cellpadding=5>
<td valign=top>
<B>popupCursor</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>textBackground</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>textFont</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
</table>
<P>
See the <A HREF="combobox.n.html"> "combobox" </A> widget manual entry for details on the above
associated options.
<P>
<table cellpadding=5>
<td valign=top>
<B>labelFont</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
</table>
<P>
See the <A HREF="labeledwidget.n.html"> "labeledwidget" </A> widget manual entry for details on the above
associated options.
<P>
<table cellpadding=5>
<td valign=top>
<B>sashCursor</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
</table>
<P>
See the <A HREF="panedwindow.n.html"> "panedwindow" </A> widget manual entry for details on the above
associated options.
<P>
<table cellpadding=5>
<td valign=top>
<B>activeRelief</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>elementBorderWidth</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>jump</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>troughColor</B><br>
</td>
</table>
<P>
See the <A HREF="http://www.sco.com/Technology/tcl/man/tk_man/scrollbar.n.html"> "scrollbar" </A> widget class manual entry for details on the above
associated options.
<P>
<table cellpadding=5>
<td valign=top>
<B>textBackground</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>textFont</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
</table>
<P>
See the <A HREF="scrolledlistbox.n.html"> "scrolledlistbox" </A> widget manual entry for details on the above
associated options.
</pre><H2>WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS</H2>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>childSitePos</B>
Class:                  <B>Position</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-childsitepos</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the position of the child site in the extended fileselection 
box: <B>n</B>, <B>s</B>, <B>e</B>, <B>w</B>, <B>top</B>, or <B>bottom</B>.  
The default is s.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>directory</B>
Class:                  <B>Directory</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-directory</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the initial default directory.  The default is the present 
working directory.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>dirSearchCommand</B>
Class:                  <B>Command</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-dirsearchcommand</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed to perform a directory search.
The command will receive the current working directory and filter
mask as arguments.  The command should return a list of files which
will be placed into the directory list.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>dirsLabel</B>
Class:                  <B>Text</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-dirslabel</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the text of the label for the directory list.  The default is
"Directories".
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>dirsOn</B>
Class:                  <B>DirsOn</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-dirson</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies whether or not to display the directory list.  The
value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to <B>Tcl_GetBoolean</B>.
The default is true.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>fileSearchCommand</B>
Class:                  <B>Command</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-filesearchcommand</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed to perform a file search.
The command will receive the current working directory and filter
mask as arguments.  The command should return a list of files which
will be placed into the file list.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>filesLabel</B>
Class:                  <B>Text</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-fileslabel</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the text of the label for the files list.  The default is "Files".
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>filesOn</B>
Class:                  <B>FilesOn</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-fileson</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies whether or not to display the files list.  The
value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to <B>Tcl_GetBoolean</B>.
The default is true.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>fileType</B>
Class:                  <B>FileType</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-filetype</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specify the type of files which may appear in the file list: <B>regular</B>,
<B>directory</B>, or <B>any</B>.  The default is regular.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>filterCommand</B>
Class:                  <B>Command</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-filtercommand</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon hitting the Return key
in the filter combobox widget.  
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>filterLabel</B>
Class:                  <B>Text</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-filterlabel</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the text of the label for the filter combobox.  The default is
"Filter".
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>filterOn</B>
Class:                  <B>FilterOn</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-filteron</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies whether or not to display the filter combobox.  The
value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to <B>Tcl_GetBoolean</B>.
The default is true.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>height</B>
Class:                  <B>Height</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-height</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the height of the selection box.  The value may be specified in 
any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.  The default is 300 pixels.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>invalid</B>
Class:                  <B>Command</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-invalid</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Command to be executed should the filter contents be proven 
invalid.  The default is {bell}.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>mask</B>
Class:                  <B>Mask</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-mask</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the initial file mask string.  The default is "*".
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>noMatchString</B>
Class:                  <B>NoMatchString</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-nomatchstring</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the string to be displayed in the files list should no files
match the mask.  The default is "".
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>selectDirCommand</B>
Class:                  <B>Command</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-selectdirommand</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed following selection of a 
directory in the directory list.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>selectFileCommand</B>
Class:                  <B>Command</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-selectfileommand</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed following selection of a 
file in the files list.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>selectionCommand</B>
Class:                  <B>Command</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-selectioncommand</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon hitting the Return key
in the selection combobox widget.  
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>selectionLabel</B>
Class:                  <B>Text</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-selectionlabel</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the text of the label for the selection combobox.  The default
is "Selection".
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>selectionOn</B>
Class:                  <B>SelectionOn</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-selectionon</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies whether or not to display the selection combobox.  The
value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to <B>Tcl_GetBoolean</B>.
The default is true.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>width</B>
Class:                  <B>Width</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-width</B>
</pre>
<UL>
Specifies the width of the selection box.  The value may be specified in 
any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.  The default is 350 pixels.
</UL>
<P>
</pre><HR>

</pre><H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<P>
The <B>extfileselectionbox</B> command creates an extended file 
selection box which is slightly different than the fileselectionbox widget.
The differences are mostly cosmetic in that the listboxes are 
within a panedwindow and the entryfields for the filter and selection
have been replaced by comboboxes.  Other than that the interface is
practically the same.

</pre><H2>METHODS</H2>
<P>
The <B>extfileselectionbox</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 extfileselectionbox widgets:

</pre><H2>WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS</H2>
<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>extfileselectionbox</B>
command.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>childsite</B>
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the child site widget path name.
</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>extfileselectionbox</B>
command.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>filter</B>
</I></B>
<DD> Update the current contents of the extended file selection box based 
on the current filter combobox value.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>get</B>
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the current value of the selection combobox widget.

</DL>
</pre><H2>COMPONENTS</H2>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>dirs</B>
Class:                  <B>Scrolledlistbox</B>
</pre>
<UL>
The dirs component is the directory list box for the extended fileselection 
box. See the "scrolledlistbox" widget manual entry for details on the dirs 
component item.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>files</B>
Class:                  <B>Scrolledlistbox</B>
</pre>
<UL>
The files component is the file list box for the extended fileselection box.
See the <A HREF="scrolledlistbox.n.html"> "scrolledlistbox" </A> widget manual entry for details on the files
component item.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>filter</B>
Class:                  <B>Combobox</B>
</pre>
<UL>
The filter component is the field for user input of the filter value.
See the <A HREF="combobox.n.html"> "combobox" </A> widget manual entry for details on the filter 
component item.
</UL>
<P>
<pre>
Name:                   <B>selection</B>
Class:                  <B>Combobox</B>
</pre>
<UL>
The selection component is the field for user input of the currently
selected file value.  See the "combobox" widget manual entry for details 
on the selection component item.
</UL>
</table>

</pre><H2>EXAMPLE</H2>
<pre>
extfileselectionbox .fsb
pack .fsb -padx 10 -pady 10 -fill both -expand yes 
</pre>
</pre><H2>AUTHORS</H2>
Mark L. Ulferts
<P>
Anthony Parent
</pre><H2>KEYWORDS</H2>
extfileselectionbox, widget