NAME
fileselectiondialog - Create and manipulate a file selec
tion dialog widget
SYNOPSIS
fileselectiondialog pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Toplevel <- Shell <- Dialogshell <- Dialog <- Filese
lectiondialog
STANDARD OPTIONS
activeBackground background borderWidthcursor
foreground highlightColor highlightThicknessinsertBackground
insertBorderWidth insertOffTime insertOnTimeinsertWidth
selectBackground selectBorderWidthselectForeground
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard
options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
textBackground textFont
See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on
the above associated options.
childSitePos directory dirsLabel dirSearchCommand
dirsOn filesLabel filesLabelOn fileSearchCommand
filesOn fileType filterLabel filterOn
invalid mask noMatchString selectionLabel
selectionOn
See the "fileselectionbox" widget manual entry for details
on the above associated options.
labelFont
See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on
the above associated options.
textBackground textFont
See the "scrolledlistbox" widget manual entry for details
on the above associated options.
activeRelief elementBorderWidth jumptroughColor
See the "scrollbar" widget class manual entry for details
on the above associated options.
buttonBoxPadX buttonBoxPadY buttonBoxPos padX
padY separator thickness
See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on
the above inherited options.
height master modality width
See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the
above inherited options.
title
See the "Toplevel" widget manual entry for details on the
above inherited options.
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DESCRIPTION
The fileselectiondialog command creates a file selection
dialog similar to the OSF/Motif standard composite widget.
The fileselectiondialog is derived from the Dialog class
and is composed of a FileSelectionBox with attributes set
to manipulate the dialog buttons.
METHODS
The fileselectiondialog 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 fol
lowing general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the
command. The following commands are possible for filese
lectiondialog widgets:
ASSOCIATED METHODS
get childsite filter
See the "fileselectionbox" class manual entry for details
on the associated methods.
INHERITED METHODS
add buttonconfigure defaulthide
insert invoke show
See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the
above inherited methods.
activate center deactivate
above inherited 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 fileselectiondialog 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 identi
cal 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 fileselectiondialog com
mand.
COMPONENTS
Name: fsb
Class: Fileselectionbox
The fsb component is the file selection box for the
file selection dialog. See the "fileselectionbox"
widget manual entry for details on the fsb compo
nent item.
EXAMPLE
#
# Non-modal example
#
proc okCallback {} {
puts "You selected [.nmfsd get]"
.nmfsd deactivate
}
fileselectiondialog .nmfsd -title Non-Modal
.nmfsd buttonconfigure OK -command okCallback
.nmfsd activate
#
# Modal example
fileselectiondialog .mfsd -modality application
.mfsd center
if {[.mfsd activate]} {
puts "You selected [.mfsd get]"
} else {
puts "You cancelled the dialog"
}
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
fileselectiondialog, fileselectionbox, dialog,
dialogshell, shell, widget
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