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iwidgets::extfileselectionbox - Create and manipulate a file selection box widget

Synopsis

iwidgets::extfileselectionbox pathName ?options?

Inheritance

itk::Widget <- iwidgets::Extfileselectionbox

Standard Options

activeBackground background borderWidth cursor

foreground
highlightColor highlightThickness insertBackground insertBorderWidth insertOffTime insertOnTime insertWidth selectBackground selectBorderWidth selectForeground

See the «options» manual entry for details on the standard

options.

Associated Options

popupCursor
textBackground textFont

See the «combobox» widget manual entry for details on the above

associated options.
labelFont

See the «labeledwidget» widget manual entry for details on the

above associated options.
sashCursor

See the «panedwindow» widget manual entry for details on the

above associated options.
activeRelief elementBorderWidth jumptroughColor

See the «scrollbar» widget class manual entry for details on the

above associated options.
textBackground textFont

See the «scrolledlistbox» widget manual entry for details on the

above associated options.

Widget-specific Options

Name: automount

Class: Automount

Command-Line Switch: -automount

Specifies a list of directory prefixes to ignore. Typically, this

option would be used as follows:
-automount {export tmp_mnt}

Name: childSitePos

Class: Position

Command-Line Switch: -childsitepos

Specifies the position of the child site in the extended filese-

lection box: n, s, e, w, top, or bottom. The default is s.

Name: directory

Class: Directory

Command-Line Switch: -directory

Specifies the initial default directory. The default is the pre-

sent working directory.

Name: dirSearchCommand

Class: Command

Command-Line Switch: -dirsearchcommand

Specifies a Tcl command to be executed to perform a directory

search. The command will receive the current working directory and filter mask as arguments. The command should return a list of files which will be placed into the directory list.

Name: dirsLabel

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -dirslabel

Specifies the text of the label for the directory list. The

default is «Directories".

Name: dirsOn

Class: DirsOn

Command-Line Switch: -dirson

Specifies whether or not to display the directory list. The

value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_Get-

Boolean. The default is true.

Name: fileSearchCommand

Class: Command

Command-Line Switch: -filesearchcommand

Specifies a Tcl command to be executed to perform a file search.

The command will receive the current working directory and filter

mask as arguments. The command should return a list of files which will be placed into the file list.

Name: filesLabel

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -fileslabel

Specifies the text of the label for the files list. The default

is «Files".

Name: filesOn

Class: FilesOn

Command-Line Switch: -fileson

Specifies whether or not to display the files list. The value

may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean.

The default is true.

Name: fileType

Class: FileType

Command-Line Switch: -filetype

Specify the type of files which may appear in the file list: reg-

ular, directory, or any. The default is regular.

Name: filterCommand

Class: Command

Command-Line Switch: -filtercommand

Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon hitting the Return

key in the filter combobox widget.

Name: filterLabel

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -filterlabel

Specifies the text of the label for the filter combobox. The

default is «Filter".

Name: filterOn

Class: FilterOn

Command-Line Switch: -filteron

Specifies whether or not to display the filter combobox. The

value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_Get-

Boolean. The default is true.

Name: height

Class: Height

Command-Line Switch: -height

Specifies the height of the selection box. The value may be

specified in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 300 pixels.

Name: invalid

Class: Command

Command-Line Switch: -invalid

Command to be executed should the filter contents be proven

invalid. The default is {bell}.

Name: mask

Class: Mask

Command-Line Switch: -mask

Specifies the initial file mask string. The default is «*".

Name: noMatchString

Class: NoMatchString

Command-Line Switch: -nomatchstring

Specifies the string to be displayed in the files list should no

files match the mask. The default is «".

Name: selectDirCommand

Class: Command

Command-Line Switch: -selectdirommand

Specifies a Tcl command to be executed following selection of a

directory in the directory list.

Name: selectFileCommand

Class: Command

Command-Line Switch: -selectfileommand

Specifies a Tcl command to be executed following selection of a

file in the files list.

Name: selectionCommand

Class: Command

Command-Line Switch: -selectioncommand

Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon hitting the Return

key in the selection combobox widget.

Name: selectionLabel

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -selectionlabel

Specifies the text of the label for the selection combobox. The

default is «Selection".

Name: selectionOn

Class: SelectionOn

Command-Line Switch: -selectionon

Specifies whether or not to display the selection combobox. The

value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_Get-

Boolean. The default is true.

Name: width

Class: Width

Command-Line Switch: -width

Specifies the width of the selection box. The value may be spec-

ified in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is 350 pixels.
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Description

The iwidgets::extfileselectionbox command creates an extended

file selection box which is slightly different than the filese- lectionbox widget. The differences are mostly cosmetic in that the listboxes are within a panedwindow and the entryfields for the filter and selection have been replaced by comboboxes. Other than that the interface is practically the same.

Methods

The iwidgets::extfileselectionbox command creates a new Tcl com-

mand 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 extfileselectionbox wid-

gets:

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 iwid- gets::extfileselectionbox command.
pathName childsite

Returns the child site widget path name.

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 iwidgets::extfileselectionbox command. pathName filter

Update the current contents of the extended file selection box

based on the current filter combobox value.
pathName get

Returns the current value of the selection combobox widget.

Components

Name: dirs

Class: Scrolledlistbox

The dirs component is the directory list box for the extended

fileselection box. See the «scrolledlistbox» widget manual entry for details on the dirs component item.

Name: files

Class: Scrolledlistbox

The files component is the file list box for the extended filese-

lection box. See the «scrolledlistbox» widget manual entry for details on the files component item.

Name: filter

Class: Combobox

The filter component is the field for user input of the filter

value. See the «combobox» widget manual entry for details on the filter component item.

Name: selection

Class: Combobox

The selection component is the field for user input of the cur-

rently selected file value. See the «combobox» widget manual entry for details on the selection component item.

Example

package require Iwidgets 4.0
iwidgets::extfileselectionbox .fsb
pack .fsb -padx 10 -pady 10 -fill both -expand yes

Author(s)

Mark L. Ulferts

Anthony Parent

Keywords

extfileselectionbox, widget

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