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Tickit::Widget::Spinner(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Tickit::Widget::Spinner(3pm)

"Tickit::Widget::Spinner" - a widget displaying a small text animation

   use Tickit;
   use Tickit::Widget::Spinner;
   my $spinner = Tickit::Widget::Spinner->new(
      chars => [ "<X>  ", " <X> ", "  <X>", ">  <X", "X>  <" ],
   );
   Tickit->new( root => $spinner )->run;

This class provides a widget which displays a simple animation, cycling through a fixed set of strings with a fixed interval.

The default style pen is used as the widget pen.

   $spinner = Tickit::Widget::Spinner->new( %args )

Constructs a new "Tickit::Widget::Spinner" object.

Takes the following named arguments:

Optional. An ARRAY reference containing the text strings to use.
Optional. The time each string is displayed for. Defaults to 0.5.

   $spinner->start

Starts the animation effect.

   $spinner->stop

Stops the animation effect.

Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>

2020-11-04 perl v5.30.3