mainwindow
mainwindow(1) [incr Widgets] mainwindow(1)
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NAME
mainwindow - Create and manipulate a mainwindow widget
SYNOPSIS
mainwindow pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Toplevel <- shell <- mainwindow
STANDARD OPTIONS
background cursor disabledForegroundfont
foreground highlightBackground highlightColorhighlightThickness
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS
balloonBackground balloonDelay1 balloonDelay2ballonFont
balloonForeground
See the "toolbar" manual entry for details on the above associated
options.
INHERITED OPTIONS
title
See the "Toplevel" manual entry for details on the above inherited
options.
height master modality padX
padY width
See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited
options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: helpLine
Class: HelpLine
Command-Line Switch: -helpline
Specifies whether or not to display the help line. The value
may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetBoolean.
The default is yes.
Name: menuBarBackground
Class: Background
Command-Line Switch: -menubarbackground
Specifies the normal background color for the menubar.
Name: menuBarFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -menubarfont
Specifies the font to use when drawing text inside the menubar.
Name: menuBarForeround
Class: Foreground
Command-Line Switch: -menubarforeground
Specifies the normal foreground color for the menubar.
Name: statusLine
Class: StatusLine
Command-Line Switch: -statusline
Specifies whether or not to display the status line. The value
may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetBoolean.
The default is yes.
Name: toolBarBackground
Class: Background
Command-Line Switch: -toolbarbackground
Specifies the normal background color for the toolbar.
Name: toolBarFont
Class: Font
Command-Line Switch: -toolbarfont
Specifies the font to use when drawing text inside the toolbar.
Name: toolBarForeround
Class: Foreground
Command-Line Switch: -toolbarforeground
Specifies the normal foreground color for the toolbar.
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DESCRIPTION
The mainwindow command creates a mainwindow shell which contains a
menubar, toolbar, mousebar, childsite, status line, and help line.
Each item may be filled and configured to suit individual needs.
METHODS
The mainwindow command create 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 mainwindow widgets:
INHERITED METHODS
activate center deactivate
See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited meth-
ods.
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 main-
window command.
pathName childsite
Returns the pathname of the child site 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 mainwindow command.
pathName menubar ?args?
The menubar method provides access to the menubar. Invoked with
no arguments it returns the pathname of the menubar. With argu-
ments, they are evaluated against the menubar which in effect
provides access to the entire API of the menubar. See the
"menubar" manual entry for details on the commands available in
the menubar.
pathName mousebar ?args?
The mousebar method provides access to the mousebar which is a
vertical toolbar. Invoked with no arguments it returns the
pathname of the mousebar. With arguments, they are evaluated
against the mousebar which in effect provides access to the
entire API of the underlying toolbar. See the "toolbar" manual
entry for details on the commands available in the mousebar.
pathName msgd ?args?
The msgd method provides access to the messagedialog contained
in the mainwindow. Invoked with no arguments it returns the
pathname of the messagedialog. With arguments, they are evalu-
ated against the messagedialog which in effect provides access
to the entire API of the messagedialog. See the "messagedialog"
manual entry for details on the commands available in the mes-
sagedialog.
pathName toolbar ?args?
The toolbar method provides access to the toolbar. Invoked with
no arguments it returns the pathname of the toolbar. With argu-
ments, they are evaluated against the toolbar which in effect
provides access to the entire API of the toolbar. See the
"toolbar" manual entry for details on the commands available in
the toolbar.
COMPONENTS
Name: help
Class: Label
The help component provides a location for displaying any help
strings provided in the menubar, toolbar, or mousebar. See the
"label" widget manual entry for details on the help component
item.
Name: menubar
Class: Menubar
The menubar component is the menubar located at the top of the
window. See the "menubar" widget manual entry for details on
the menubar component item.
Name: mousebar
Class: Toolbar
The mousebar component is the vertical toolbar located on the
right side of the window. See the "toolbar" widget manual entry
for details on the mousebar component item.
Name: msgd
Class: Messagedialog
The msgd component is a messagedialog which may be reconfigured
as needed and used repeatedly throughout the application. See
the "messagedialog" widget manual entry for details on the mes-
sagedialog component item.
Name: status
Class: Label
The status component provides a location for displaying applica-
tion status information. See the "label" widget manual entry
for details on the status component item.
Name: toolbar
Class: Toolbar
The toolbar component is the horizontal toolbar located on the
top of the window. See the "toolbar" widget manual entry for
details on the toolbar component item.
EXAMPLE
mainwindow .mw
#
# Add a File menubutton
#
.mw menubar add menubutton file -text "File" -underline 0 -padx 8 -pady 2 \
-menu {options -tearoff no
command new -label "New" -underline 0 \
-helpstr "Create a new file"
command open -label "Open ..." -underline 0 \
-helpstr "Open an existing file"
command save -label "Save" -underline 0 \
-helpstr "Save the current file"
command saveas -label "Save As ..." -underline 5 \
-helpstr "Save the file as a differnet name"
command print -label "Print" -underline 0 \
-helpstr "Print the file"
separator sep1
command close -label "Close" -underline 0 \
-helpstr "Close the file"
separator sep2
command exit -label "Exit" -underline 1 \
-helpstr "Exit this application"
}
#
# Install a scrolledtext widget in the childsite.
#
scrolledtext [.mw childsite].st
pack [.mw childsite].st -fill both -expand yes
#
# Activate the main window.
#
.mw activate
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts
John A. Tucker
KEYWORDS
mainwindow, shell, widget
Tk mainwindow(1)
