ActiveTcl User Guide

promptdialog - Create and manipulate a prompt dialog widget

SYNOPSIS

INHERITANCE

STANDARD OPTIONS

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

ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

INHERITED OPTIONS

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION

The promptdialog command creates a prompt dialog similar to the OSF/Motif standard prompt dialog composite widget. The promptdialog is derived from the dialog class and is composed of a EntryField with commands to manipulate the dialog buttons.

METHODS

The promptdialog 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 ...?

ASSOCIATED METHODS

See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

INHERITED METHODS

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

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

See the "shell" widget 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 promptdialog 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 promptdialog command.

COMPONENTS

Name:                   prompt
Class:                  Entryfield

EXAMPLE

 option add *textBackground white

 promptdialog .pd -modality global -title Password -labeltext Password: -show *
 .pd hide Apply

 if {[.pd activate]} {
     puts "Password entered: [.pd get]"
 } else {
     puts "Password prompt cancelled"
 }

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