NAME
timefield - Create and manipulate a time field widget
SYNOPSIS
timefield pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- LabeledWidget <- timefield
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
the inherited options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: childSitePos
Class: Position
Command-Line Switch: -childsitepos
Specifies the position of the child site in the
time field: n, s, e, or w. The default is e.
Name: command
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -command
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon detec
tion of a Return key press event.
Name: state
Class: State
Command-Line Switch: -state
Specifies one of two states for the timefield: nor
mal or disabled. If the timefield is disabled then
input is not accepted. The default is normal.
Name: textBackground
Class: Background
Command-Line Switch: -textbackground
entry field. The value may be given in any of the
forms acceptable to Tk_GetColor.
Name: textFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -textfont
Name of font to use for display of text in time
field. The value may be given in any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetFont.
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DESCRIPTION
The timefield command creates an enhanced text entry wid
get for the purpose of time entry with various degrees of
built-in intelligence.
METHODS
The timefield 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 time
field widgets:
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 timefield 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
pathName get ?format?
Returns the current contents of the timefield in a
format of string or as an integer clock value using
the -string and -clicks format options respec
tively. The default is by string. Reference the
clock command for more information on obtaining
times and their formats.
pathName isvalid
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.
pathName show time
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.
COMPONENTS
Name: time
Class: Entry
The time component provides the entry field for
time input and display. See the "entry" widget
manual entry for details on the time component
item.
EXAMPLE
proc returnCmd {} {
puts [.tf get]
}
timefield .tf -command returnCmd
pack .tf -fill x -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 10
AUTHOR
John A. Tucker
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
timefield, widget
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