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iwidgets::dialog(1)                            [incr Widgets]                            iwidgets::dialog(1)



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NAME
       iwidgets::dialog - Create and manipulate a dialog widget

SYNOPSIS
       iwidgets::dialog pathName ?options?

INHERITANCE
       itk::Toplevel <- iwidgets::Shell <- iwidgets::Dialogshell <- iwidgets::Dialog

STANDARD OPTIONS
       background      cursor         foreground

       See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

INHERITED OPTIONS
       buttonBoxPadX   buttonBoxPadY  buttonBoxPos    padX
       padY            separator      thickness

       See the "dialogshell" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

       height          master         modality        width

       See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

       title

       See the "Toplevel" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.
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DESCRIPTION
       The iwidgets::dialog command creates a dialog box providing standard buttons and a child site for use
       in derived classes.  The buttons include ok, apply, cancel, and help.  Methods and Options  exist  to
       configure the buttons and their containing box.


METHODS
       The  iwidgets::dialog  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 dialog widgets:

INHERITED METHODS
       add             buttonconfigure                defaulthide
       index           insert         invoke          show

       See the "buttonbox" manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

       childsite

       See the "dialogshell" manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

       activate        center         deactivate

       See the "shell" manual entry for details on the 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 iwidgets::dialog 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 pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for informa-
              tion on the format of this list).  If option is specified with  no  value,  then  the  command
              returns a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the correspond-ing corresponding
              ing 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  val-ues values
              ues accepted by the iwidgets::dialog command.


EXAMPLE
               package require Iwidgets 4.0
               iwidgets::dialog .d -modality global
               .d buttonconfigure OK -command {puts OK; .d deactivate 1}
               .d buttonconfigure Apply -command {puts Apply}
               .d buttonconfigure Cancel -command {puts Cancel; .d deactivate 0}
               .d buttonconfigure Help -command {puts Help}

               listbox [.d childsite].lb -relief sunken
               pack [.d childsite].lb -expand yes -fill both

               if {[.d activate]} {
                   puts "Exit via OK button"
               } else {
                   puts "Exit via Cancel button"
               }


AUTHOR
       Mark L. Ulferts

       Bret A. Schuhmacher

KEYWORDS
       dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget



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