NAME
spindate - Create and manipulate time spinner widgets
SYNOPSIS
spindate pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- Spindate
STANDARD OPTIONS
background cursor foreground relief
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard
options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
textBackground textFont
See the "entryfield" manual entry for details on the above
associated options.
labelFont labelMargin
See the "labeledwidget" manual entry for details on the
above associated options.
arrowOrient repeatDelay repeatInterval
See the "spinner" manual entry for details on the above
associated options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: dateMargin
Class: Margin
Command-Line Switch: -datemargin
Specifies the margin space between the month, day,
and year spinners is any of the forms accpetable to
Tcl_GetPixels. The default is 1 pixel.
Name: dayLabel
Class: Text
Command-Line Switch: -daylabel
Specifies the text of the label for the day spin
ner. The default is "Day".
Name: dayOn
Class: dayOn
Command-Line Switch: -dayon
in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean.
The default is true.
Name: dayWidth
Class: Width
Command-Line Switch: -daywidth
Specifies the width of the day spinner in any of
the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default
is 3 pixels.
Name: labelPos
Class: Position
Command-Line Switch: -labelpos
Specifies the position of the label along the sides
of the various spinners: n, e, s, or w. The
default is w.
Name: monthFormat
Class: MonthFormat
Command-Line Switch: -monthformat
Specifies the format of month display, integer
(1-12) or brief strings (Jan - Dec), or full
strings (January - December).
Name: monthLabel
Class: Text
Command-Line Switch: -monthlabel
Specifies the text of the label for the month spin
ner. The default is "Month".
Name: monthOn
Class: monthOn
Command-Line Switch: -monthon
Specifies whether or not to display the month spin
ner in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_Get
Boolean. The default is true.
Name: monthWidth
Class: Width
Command-Line Switch: -monthwidth
Specifies the width of the month spinner in any of
the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default
is 3 pixels.
Name: orient
Class: Orient
Command-Line Switch: -orient
year spinners: vertical or horizontal. The default
is horizontal.
Name: yearDigits
Class: YearDigits
Command-Line Switch: -yeardigits
Specifies the number of digits to be displayed as
the value for the year spinner. The valid values
are 2 and 4. The default is 2.
Name: yearLabel
Class: Text
Command-Line Switch: -yearlabel
Specifies the text of the label for the year spin
ner. The default is "Year"
Name: yearOn
Class: yearOn
Command-Line Switch: -yearon
Specifies whether or not to display the year spin
ner in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_Get
Boolean. The default is true.
Name: yearWidth
Class: Width
Command-Line Switch: -yearwidth
Specifies the width of the year spinner in any of
the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default
is 3 pixels.
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DESCRIPTION
The spindate command creates a set of spinners for use in
date value entry. The set includes an month, day, and
year spinner widget.
METHODS
The spindate 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 spindate
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 spindate 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 spindate command.
pathName get ?format?
Returns the current contents of the spindate widget
in a format of string or as an integer clock value
using the -string and -clicks format options
respectively. The default is by string. Reference
the clock command for more information on obtaining
dates and their formats.
pathName show date
Changes the currently displayed date to be that of
the date argument. The date may be specified
either as a string, an integer clock value or the
keyword "now". Reference the clock command for
more information on obtaining dates and their for
mats.
COMPONENTS
Name: month
Class: Spinner
The month spinner component is the month spinner of
the date spinner. See the Spinner widget manual
entry for details on the month component item.
Name: day
Class: Spinint
The day spinner component is the day spinner of the
for details on the day component item.
Name: year
Class: Spinint
The year spinner component is the year spinner of
the date spinner. See the SpinInt widget manual
entry fordetails on the year component item.
EXAMPLE
spindate .sd
pack .sd -padx 10 -pady 10
AUTHOR
Sue Yockey
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
spindate, spinint, spinner, entryfield, entry, widget
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