entryfield
entryfield(1) [incr Widgets] entryfield(1)
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NAME
entryfield - Create and manipulate a entry field widget
SYNOPSIS
entryfield pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- LabeledWidget <- entryfield
STANDARD OPTIONS
background borderWidth cursor exportSelection
foreground highlightColor highlightThicknessinsertBackground
insertBorderWidth insertOffTime insertOnTimeinsertWidth
justify relief selectBackgroundselectBorderWidth
selectForeground textVariable width
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
show state
See the "entry" manual entry for details on the associated options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
disabledForeground labelBitmap labelFontlabelImage
labelMargin labelPos labelText labelVariable
state
See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details on the inherited
options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: childSitePos
Class: Position
Command-Line Switch: -childsitepos
Specifies the position of the child site in the entry 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: fixed
Class: Fixed
Command-Line Switch: -fixed
Restrict entry to the specified number of chars. A value of 0,
which is the default, denotes no limit. The value is the maxi-
mum number of chars the user may type into the field, regardles
of field width. For example, if the field width is set to 20
and the fixed value is 10, the user will only be able to type 10
characters into the field which is 20 characters long.
Name: focusCommand
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -focuscommand
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon reception of focus.
Name: invalid
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -invalid
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon determination of
invalid input. The default is bell.
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_Get-
Color.
Name: textFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -textfont
Name of font to use for display of text in entryfield. The
value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetFont.
Name: pasting
Class: Behavior
Command-Line Switch: -pasting
Option to enable/disable pasting into the entry component of the
entryfield. Valid values are 0 (disabled) or 1 (enabled).
Defaults to 1.
Name: validate
Class: Command
Command-Line Switch: -validate
The validate option allows specification of a validation mecha-
nism. Standard character validation such as numeric, alpha-
betic, integer, hexidecimal, real, and alphanumeric can be han-
dled through the use of keywords. Should more extensive valida-
tion be necessary, the value may contain the name of a command
script. The script should return a boolean value. True for
valid, false for invalid. If false is returned, then the proce-
dure associated with the invalid option will be invoked. If the
validation script contains any % characters, then the script
will not be executed directly. Instead, a new script will be
generated by replacing each %, and the character following it,
with information from the entryfield. The replacement depends
on the character following the %, as defined in the list below.
%c Replaced with the current input character.
%P Replaced with the contents of the entryfield modified to include
the latest keystoke. This is equivalent to peeking at the
future contents, enabling rejection prior to the update.
%S Replaced with the current contents of the entryfield prior to
the latest keystroke being added.
%W Replaced with the entryfield widget pathname.
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DESCRIPTION
The entryfield command creates an enhanced text entry widget with an
optional associated label. Addtional options support validation and
establishing a upper limit on the number of characters which may be
entered in the field.
METHODS
The entryfield command creates a new Tcl command whose name is path-
Name. 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 entryfield widgets:
ASSOCIATED METHODS
delete get icursor index
insert scan selection xview
See the "entry" manual entry for details on the associated 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
entryfield command.
pathName childsite
Returns the path name of the child site.
pathName clear
Clear entry widget
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 avail-
able 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 entryfield command.
COMPONENTS
Name: efchildsite
Class: frame
The efchildsite component is the user child site for the entry
field. See the "frame" widget manual entry for details on the
efchildsite component item.
Name: entry
Class: entry
The entry component provides the entry field for user text input
and display. See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on
the entry component item.
EXAMPLE
option add *textBackground white
proc returnCmd {} {
puts stdout "Return Pressed"
}
proc invalidCmd {} {
puts stdout "Alphabetic contents invalid"
}
entryfield .ef -command returnCmd
entryfield .fef -labeltext "Fixed:" -fixed 10 -width 12
entryfield .nef -labeltext "Numeric:" -validate numeric -width 12
entryfield .aef -labeltext "Alphabetic:" \
-validate alphabetic -width 12 -invalid invalidCmd
entryfield .pef -labeltext "Password:" \
-show 267 -width 12 -command returnCmd
Labeledwidget::alignlabels .ef .fef .nef .aef .pef
pack .ef -fill x -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 5
pack .fef -fill x -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 5
pack .nef -fill x -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 5
pack .aef -fill x -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 5
pack .pef -fill x -expand yes -padx 10 -pady 5
AUTHOR
Sue Yockey
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
entryfield, widget
Tk entryfield(1)
