tixComboBox - Create and manipulate tixComboBox widgets
tixComboBox pathName ?options?
The TixComboBox class is derived from the
TixLabelWidget class and inherits all the commands, options and
subwidgets of its super-class.
TixComboBox supports all the standard options of a frame
widget. See the options(n) manual entry for details on the standard
options.
[-anchor anchor] Specifies
how the string inside the entry subwidget should be aligned. Only the values
"w" or "e" are allowed. When set the "w", the
entry is aligned to its beginning. When set to "e", it is aligned
to its end. [-arrowbitmap arrowBitmap]
Specifies the bitmap to be used in the arrow button beside the entry widget.
The default is an downward arrow bitmap in the file
$tix_library/bitmaps/cbxarrow [-browsecmd
browseCmd] Specifies the command to be called when the user
browses through the listbox. This command can be used to provide instant
feedback when the user examines items in the listbox before committing a
choice. [-command command] Specifies
the command to be called when the ComboBox is invoked or when the
-value of the ComboBox is changed.
[-crossbitmap crossBitmap] Specifies
the bitmap to be used in the "cross" button to the left of the
entry widget. The default is a bitmap in the file $tix_library/bitmaps/cross
[-disablecallback disableCallback] A
boolean value indicating whether callbacks should be disabled. When set to
true, the TCL command specified by the -command option is not
executed when the -value of the ComboBox. changes.
[-disabledforeground
disabledforeground] Specifies the foreground color to be used
when the ComboBox is disabled. [-dropdown
dropdown] A Boolean value specifying the style of the
ComboBox. When set to "true", the listbox is only displayed
temporarily when the arrow button is pressed. When set to "false",
the listbox is always displayed. [-editable
editable] Specifies whether the user is allowed to type into
the entry subwidget of the ComboBox. [-fancy
fancy] A Boolean value specifying whether the cross and tick
button subwidgets should be shown. [-grab
grab] Specifies the pointer grabbing policy when the listbox
is popped up. Only values "global", "local" or
"none" are allowed. By default global grab is used. However, when
you are developing your application, you may want to use only local grabbing
so that in the event of errors, your X display won't be locked up.
Name: historyLimit
Class: historyLimit
Switch: -historylimit
Alias: -histlimit
- Specifies how many previous user inputs can be stored in the history list.
[-history history] A Boolean value
specifying whether previous user inputs should be stored in the history
list. [-label label] Specifies the
string to display as the label of this ComboBox widget.
[-labelside labelSide] Specifies
where the label should be displayed relative to the entry subwidget. Valid
options are: top, left, right, bottom,
none or acrosstop. [-listcmd
listCmd] Specifies a TCL command to be called every time
when the listbox pops up. This option allows you to fill up the listbox
on-demand. This option is ignored when the listbox is not in the
dropdown style. [-listwidth
listWidth] If set, this option controls the width of the
listbox subwidget when it is popped up. The option is ignored when the
listbox is not in the dropdown style.
[-prunehistory prunehistory]
Specifies whether duplicated previous user inputs should be pruned from
the the history list. Only Boolean values are allowed.
[-selection selection] Contains the
selection in the ComboBox (the string displayed in the entry subwidget).
Depending on the -selectmode, the selection of a ComboBox may be
different than its -value. [-selection
selection] This option stores the temporary selection. When
the user types in a text string inside the entry widget, that string is
considered as a temporary input and is stored inside the -selection
option. The -value option is updated only when the user presses the
return key. [-selectmode selectMode]
Specifies the how the combobox responds to the mouse button events in the
listbox subwidget; can eithet be "browse" or
"immediate". The default -selectmode is
"browse". See the BINDINGS section below.
[-state state] Specifies the whether
the ComboBox is normal or disabled. Only the values "normal" and
"disabled" are recognized. [-tickbitmap
tickBitmap] Specifies the bitmap to be used in the
"tick" button to the left of the entry widget. The default is a
bitmap in the file $tix_library/bitmaps/tick
[-validatecmd validateCmd] Specifies
a TCL command to be called when the -value of the ComboBox is about
to change. This command is called with one parameter -- the new
-value entered by the user. This command is to validate this new
value by returning a value it deems valid. [-value
value] Specifies the string to be displayed in the entry
subwidget of the ComboBox. When queried, the returned value is the last
value selected by the user. When the -value option is changed as a
result of the config -value widget command, the TCL command
specified by the -command option is called.
[-variable variable] Specifies the
global variable in which the value of the ComboBox should be stored. The
value of the ComboBox will be automatically updated when this variable is
changed.
Name: arrow
Class: Button
- The down arrow button.
Name: cross
Class: Button
- The cross button. Available only when -fancy is set.
Name: entry
Class: Entry
- The entry that shows the value of this tixControl.
Name: label
Class: Label
- The label subwidget.
Name: listbox
Class: Listbox
- The listbox that holds all the list entries.
Name: slistbox
Class: TixScrolledListBox
- The scrolled-listbox that provides the scrollbars.
Name: tick
Class: Button
- The tick button. Available only when -fancy is set.
The tixComboBox command creates a new window (given by the
pathName argument) and makes it into a tixComboBox widget.
Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command line or
in the option database to configure aspects of the ComboBox such as its
cursor and relief.
The Tix ComboBox widget is similar to the combo box control in MS
Windows. The user can select a choice by either typing in the entry subwdget
or selecting from the listbox subwidget.
The tixComboBox command creates a new Tcl command whose
name is the same as the path name of the ComboBox's window. This command may
be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following
general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as the ComboBox
widget's path name. Option and the args determine the exact
behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for ComboBox
widgets:
- pathName
addhistory string
- Add the string to the beinning of the listbox.
- pathName
appendhistory string
- Append the string to the end of the listbox.
- pathName
cget option
- Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the
tixComboBox 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 information
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 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 tixComboBox command.
- pathName
flash index string
- Flashes the ComboBox. flash is usually called by a -command
procedure to acknowledge to the user that he has selected a value for the
ComboBox.
- pathName
insert index string
- Insert the string into the listbox at the specified index.
index must be a valid listbox index.
- pathName
pick index
- Set the (index)th item in the listbox to be the current value of
the ComboBox. As a result, the value of the ComboBox is changed and
the TCL command specified by the -command option will be
called.
- pathName
subwidget name ?args?
- When no options are given, returns the pathname of the subwidget of the
specified name.
When options are given, the widget command of the specified
subwidget will be called with these options.
- [1]
- If the -selectmode is "immediate", when the user enters a
keystroke, clicks on an item or drags the mouse pointer in the listbox,
the -value of the ComboBox will be immediately set to this item and
the -command procedure will be called.
- [2]
- If the -selectmode is "browse", when the user enters a
keystroke, clicks on an item or drags the mouse pointer in the listbox,
the -selection of the ComboBox will be immediately set to the new
content of the entry subwidget; also the -browsecmd procedure will
be called. The -value option will be changed only when the user
invokes the ComboBox (see [3] below). If the user presses the
<Escape> key at any time, any new -selection will be ignored
and the text inside the entry subwidget will be restored to the current
-value of the ComboBox.
- [3]
- If the -dropdown option is true, the user can invoke the ComboBox
by releasing the left mouse button over the desired item in the listbox.
If the -dropdown option is false, the user can invoke the ComboBox
by double-clicking over the desired item in the listbox. In both cases,
the user can also invoke the listbox by pressing the <Return> or
<Tab> key inside the entry subwidget, or switching the input focus
to another widget inside the same toplevel widget
Starting from Tix vetsion 4.0, the default -value of the
ComboBox is the empty string. If you want the ComboBox to show a string by
default, you must configure its -value option explicitly.
Tix(n), ComboBox(n), listbox(n)