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widget_calendar(3tk) Various megawidgets widget_calendar(3tk)


widget_calendar - Calendar Megawidget

package require Tcl 8.4

package require Tk 8.4

package require widget ?3.0?

package require widget::calendar ?1.0.1?

widget::calendar pathname ?options?


This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget).

A script to evaluate when a date was selected.
The format of the date that is returned. Default: %m/%d/%Y.
Set first day the week, Either sunday or monday. It defaults to monday.
Select the font used in the widget. It defaults to Helvetica 9.
Selects the background color for the day that has been selected. Default: #FFCC00
Specify language of the calendar contents. The language is specified by abbreviations of the languge, for example: en - english, de - german ... It defaults to en.

Supported languages: de en es fr gr he it ja sv pl pt zh fi tr nl ru crk crx-nak crx-lhe

Selects the color of the parts that have a shaded background. Default: #888888
Specify if the past shall be shown. It is a boolean value and defaults to 1.
Specifies the name of a variable whose value is linked to the entry widget's contents. Whenever the variable changes value, the widget's contents are updated, and vice versa.

pathname get ?what?

Returns a part of the selected date or 'all'. The argument what selects the part. Valid values for what are: day, month, year and all. ´all' is the default and returns the complete date in the format given with -dateformat.

On creation of the calendar widget the following bindings are installed. When pressing a key the command is invoked and the textvariable is updated. updated.

  • Home - Move to the current date
  • Up - Move to week before current date
  • Down - Move to week after current date
  • Left - Move to day before current date
  • Right - Move to day after current date
  • Control-Left - Move to month before current date
  • Control-Right - Move to month after current date
  • Control-Up - Move to year before current date
  • Control-Down - Move to year after current date


package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all
set t [widget::calendar .t]
pack $t -fill x -expand 1

This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category widget::calendar of the Tklib Trackers [http://core.tcl.tk/tklib/reportlist]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.

calendar, date, megawidget, snit, widget

Widget

1.0.1 widget