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iwidgets::spindate - Create and manipulate time spinner widgets

Synopsis

iwidgets::spindate pathName ?options?

Inheritance

itk::Widget <- iwidgets::Spindate

Standard Options

background cursor foreground relief

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

options.

Associated Options

textBackground textFont

See the «entryfield» manual entry for details on the above asso-

ciated options.

labelFont
labelMargin

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

associated options.
arrowOrient repeatDelay repeatInterval

See the «spinner» manual entry for details on the above associ-

ated options.

Widget-specific Options

Name: dateMargin

Class: Margin

Command-Line Switch: -datemargin

Specifies the margin space between the month, day, and year spin-

ners is any of the forms accpetable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default is 1 pixel.

Name: dayLabel

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -daylabel

Specifies the text of the label for the day spinner. The default

is «Day".

Name: dayOn

Class: dayOn

Command-Line Switch: -dayon

Specifies whether or not to display the day spinner in any of the

forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean. The default is true.

Name: dayWidth

Class: Width

Command-Line Switch: -daywidth

Specifies the width of the day spinner in any of the forms

acceptable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.

Name: labelPos

Class: Position

Command-Line Switch: -labelpos

Specifies the position of the label along the sides of the vari-

ous spinners: n, e, s, or w. The default is w.

Name: monthFormat

Class: MonthFormat

Command-Line Switch: -monthformat

Specifies the format of month display, integer (1-12) or brief

strings (Jan - Dec), or full strings (January - December).

Name: monthLabel

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -monthlabel

Specifies the text of the label for the month spinner. The

default is «Month".

Name: monthOn

Class: monthOn

Command-Line Switch: -monthon

Specifies whether or not to display the month spinner in any of

the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean. The default is true.

Name: monthWidth

Class: Width

Command-Line Switch: -monthwidth

Specifies the width of the month spinner in any of the forms

acceptable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.

Name: orient

Class: Orient

Command-Line Switch: -orient

Specifies the orientation of the month, day, and year spinners:

vertical or horizontal. The default is horizontal.

Name: yearDigits

Class: YearDigits

Command-Line Switch: -yeardigits

Specifies the number of digits to be displayed as the value for

the year spinner. The valid values are 2 and 4. The default is 2.

Name: yearLabel

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -yearlabel

Specifies the text of the label for the year spinner. The

default is «Year"

Name: yearOn

Class: yearOn

Command-Line Switch: -yearon

Specifies whether or not to display the year spinner in any of

the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean. The default is true.

Name: yearWidth

Class: Width

Command-Line Switch: -yearwidth

Specifies the width of the year spinner in any of the forms

acceptable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels. _________________________________________________________________

Description

The iwidgets::spindate command creates a set of spinners for use

in date value entry. The set includes an month, day, and year spinner widget.

Methods

The iwidgets::spindate 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 spindate widgets:

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::spindate 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 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::spindate command. pathName get ?format?

Returns the current contents of the spindate widget 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 show date

Changes the currently displayed date to be that of the date argu-

ment. 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.

Components

Name: month

Class: Spinner

The month spinner component is the month spinner of the date

spinner. See the Spinner widget manual entry for details on the month component item.

Name: day

Class: Spinint

The day spinner component is the day spinner of the date spinner.

See the SpinInt widget manual entry for details on the day compo-

nent item.

Name: year

Class: Spinint

The year spinner component is the year spinner of the date spin-

ner. See the SpinInt widget manual entry fordetails on the year component item.

Example

package require Iwidgets 4.0
iwidgets::spindate .sd
pack .sd -padx 10 -pady 10

Author

Sue Yockey

Mark L. Ulferts

Keywords

spindate, spinint, spinner, entryfield, entry, widget

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