NAME
dateentry - Create and manipulate a dateentry widget
SYNOPSIS
dateentry pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- LabeledWidget <- Datefield <- Dateentry
STANDARD OPTIONS
background borderWidth cursor exportSelection
foreground highlightColor highlightThicknessinsertBackground
justify relief
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard
options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
disabledForeground labelBitmap labelFontlabelImage
labelMargin labelPos labelText labelVariable
state
See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details on
these inherited options.
command iq state textBackground
textFont
See the "datefield" class manual entry for details on
these inherited options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
backwardImage buttonForeground commandcurrentDateFont
dateFont dayFont days forwardImage
outline selectColor selectThickness startDay
titleFont weekdayBackground weekendBackground
See the "calendar" manual entry for details on the associ
ated options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: grab
Class: Grab
Command-Line Switch: -grab
Specifies the grab level, local or global, to be
obtained before bringing up the popup calendar.
The default is global. For more information con
cerning grab levels, consult the documentation for
Tk's grab command.
Name: icon
Command-Line Switch: -icon
Specifies the calendar icon image to be used in the
dateentry. This image must have been created pre
viously with the image create command. Should one
not be provided, then one will be generated, pixmap
if possible, bitmap otherwise.
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DESCRIPTION
The dateentry command creates a quicken style date entry
field with a popup calendar by combining the datefield and
calendar widgets together. This allows a user to enter
the date via the keyboard or by using the mouse and
selecting the calendar icon which brings up a popup calen
dar.
METHODS
The dateentry command creates 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 dateen
try widgets:
INHERITED METHODS
get isvalid show
See the "datefield" manual entry for details on the asso
ciated methods.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC 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 dateentry command.
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 path
Name (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the
format of this list). If option is specified with
no value, then the command returns a list describ
ing the one named option (this list will be
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 dateentry command.
COMPONENTS
Name: label
Class: Label
The label component provides a label component to
used to identify the date. See the "label" widget
manual entry for details on the label component
item.
Name: iconbutton
Class: Label
The iconbutton component provides a labelbutton
component to act as a lightweight button displaying
the calendar icon. Upon pressing the labelbutton,
the calendar appears. See the "label" widget man
ual entry for details on the labelbutton component
item.
Name: date
Class: Entry
The date component provides the entry field for
date input and display. See the "entry" widget
manual entry for details on the date component
item.
EXAMPLE
dateentry .de
pack .de
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
dateentry, widget
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