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datefield - Create and manipulate a date field widget
datefield pathName ?options?
itk::Widget <- LabeledWidget <- datefield
background borderWidth cursor exportSelection
- foreground
- highlightColor highlightThicknessinsertBackground
- justify
- relief
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard
options.
- disabledForeground
- labelBitmap labelFontlabelImage
labelMargin labelPos labelText labelVariable
state
See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details on
the inherited options.
- Name:
- childSitePos
- Class:
- Position
- Command-Line Switch:
- -childsitepos
Specifies the position of the child site in the date
field: n, s, e, or w. The default is e.
- Name:
- command
- Class:
- Command
- Command-Line Switch:
- -command
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon detection
of a Return key press event.
- Name:
- iq
- Class:
- Iq
- Command-Line Switch:
- -iq
Specifies the level of intelligence to be shown in the
actions taken by the datefield during the processing of
keypress events. Valid settings include high, average,
and low. With a high iq,the date prevents the user from
typing in an invalid date. For example, if the current
date is 05/31/1997 and the user changes the month to
04, then the day will be instantly modified for them to
be 30. In addition, leap years are fully taken into
account. With average iq, the month is limited to the
values of 01-12, but it is possible to type in an
invalid day. A setting of low iq instructs the widget
to do no validity checking at all during date entry.
With both average and low iq levels, it is assumed that
the validity will be determined at a later time using
the date's isvalid command.
- Name:
- state
- Class:
- State
- Command-Line Switch:
- -state
Specifies one of two states for the datefield: normal
or disabled. If the datefield is disabled then input
is not accepted. The default is normal.
- Name:
- textBackground
- Class:
- Background
- Command-Line Switch:
- -textbackground
Background color for inside textual portion of the
entry field. The value may be given in any of the
forms acceptable to Tk_GetColor.
- Name:
- textFont
- Class:
- Font
- Command-Line Switch:
- -textfont
Name of font to use for display of text in datefield.
The value may be given in any of the forms acceptable
to Tk_GetFont.
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The datefield command creates an enhanced text entry widget
for the purpose of date entry with various degrees of
built-in intelligence.
The datefield 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 datefield
widgets:
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option
given by option. Option may have any of the values
accepted by the datefield 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 datefield command.
pathName get ?format?
Returns the current contents of the datefield in a format
of string or as an integer clock value using the
-string and -clicks format options respectively. The
default is by string. Reference the clock command for
more information on obtaining dates and their formats.
pathName isvalid
Returns a boolean indication of the validity of the
currently displayed date value. For example,
03/03/1960 is valid whereas 02/29/1997 is invalid.
pathName show date
Changes the currently displayed date to be that of the
date argument. The date may be specified either as a
string, an integer clock value or the keyword "now".
Reference the clock command for more information on
obtaining dates and their formats.
- Name:
- date
- Class:
- Entry
The date component provides the entry field for date
input and display. See the "entry" widget manual entry
for details on the date component item.
proc returnCmd {} {
puts [.df get]
}
datefield .df -command returnCmd
pack .df -fill x -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 10
Mark L. Ulferts
datefield, widget
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