<TITLE>timefield - Create and manipulate a time field widget</TITLE>
<H1>timefield - Create and manipulate a time field widget</H1>

</pre><H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>timefield<I> <I>pathName </I>?<I>options</I>?
</pre><H2>INHERITANCE</H2>
itk::Widget &lt;- LabeledWidget &lt;- timefield
</pre><H2>STANDARD OPTIONS</H2>
<P>
<table cellpadding=5>
<td valign=top>
<B>background</B><br>
<B>foreground</B><br>
<B>justify</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>borderWidth</B><br>
<B>highlightColor</B><br>
<B>relief</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>cursor</B><br>
<B>highlightThickness</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>exportSelection</B><br>
<B>insertBackground</B><br>
</td>
</table>
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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>INHERITED OPTIONS</H2>
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<B>disabledForeground</B><br>
<B>labelMargin</B><br>
<B>state</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>labelBitmap</B><br>
<B>labelPos</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>labelFont</B><br>
<B>labelText</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>labelImage</B><br>
<B>labelVariable</B><br>
</td>
</table>
<P>
See the <A HREF="labeledwidget.n.html"> "labeledwidget" </A> class manual entry for details on the 
inherited options.
</pre><H2>WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS</H2>
<P>
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Name:                   <B>childSitePos</B>
Class:                  <B>Position</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-childsitepos</B>
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<UL>
Specifies the position of the child site in the time field: <B>n</B>, 
<B>s</B>, <B>e</B>, or <B>w</B>.  The default is e.
</UL>
<P>
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Name:                   <B>command</B>
Class:                  <B>Command</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-command</B>
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<UL>
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon detection of a Return key 
press event.
</UL>
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Name:                   <B>state</B>
Class:                  <B>State</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-state</B>
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<UL>
Specifies one of two states for the timefield: <B>normal</B> or <B>disabled</B>.
If the timefield is disabled then input is not accepted.  The default is
normal.
</UL>
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Name:                   <B>textBackground</B>
Class:                  <B>Background</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-textbackground</B>
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<UL>
Background color for inside textual portion of the entry field.  The value
may be given in any of the forms acceptable to <B>Tk_GetColor</B>.
</UL>
<P>
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Name:                   <B>textFont</B>
Class:                  <B>Font</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-textfont</B>
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<UL>
Name of font to use for display of text in timefield.  The value
may be given in any of the forms acceptable to <B>Tk_GetFont</B>.
</UL>
<P>
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</pre><H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<P>
The <B>timefield</B> command creates an enhanced text entry widget for
the purpose of time entry with various degrees of built-in intelligence.
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</pre><H2>METHODS</H2>
<P>
The <B>timefield</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:
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<I>pathName option </I>?<I>arg arg ...</I>?
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<I>Option</I> and the <I>arg</I>s
determine the exact behavior of the command.  The following
commands are possible for timefield 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>timefield</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>timefield</B>
command.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>get</B> ?<B>format</B>?
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the current contents of the timefield in a format of 
string or as an integer clock value using the <B>-string</B> and <B>-clicks</B>
format options respectively.  The default is by string.  Reference the 
clock command for more information on obtaining times and their 
formats.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>isvalid</B>
</I></B>
<DD> Returns a boolean indication of the validity of the currently
displayed time value.  For example, 12:59:59 is valid whereas
25:59:59 is invalid.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>show</B> <I>time</I>
</I></B>
<DD> Changes the currently displayed time to be that of the time 
argument.  The time may be specified either as a string, an
integer clock value or the keyword "now" (the default). 
Reference the clock command for more information on obtaining
times and their formats.

</DL>
</pre><H2>COMPONENTS</H2>
<P>
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Name:                   <B>time</B>
Class:                  <B>Entry</B>
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<UL>
The time component provides the entry field for time input and display.
See the <A HREF="http://www.sco.com/Technology/tcl/man/tk_man/entry.n.html"> "entry" </A> widget manual entry for details on the time component item.
</UL>
</table>

</pre><H2>EXAMPLE</H2>
<pre>
 proc returnCmd {} {
   puts [.tf get]
 }

 timefield .tf -command returnCmd
 pack .tf -fill x -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 10
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</pre><H2>AUTHOR</H2>
John A. Tucker
</pre>
Mark L. Ulferts
</pre><H2>KEYWORDS</H2>
timefield, widget