- NAME
- ttk_dialog - create a dialog box
- SYNOPSIS
- ttk::dialog pathname ?options...?
- ttk::dialog::define dialogType ?options...?
- DESCRIPTION
- WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
- -title, undefined, undefined
- -message, undefined, undefined
- -detail, undefined, undefined
- -command, undefined, undefined
- -parent, undefined, undefined
- -type, undefined, undefined
- -icon, undefined, undefined
- -buttons, undefined, undefined
- -labels, undefined, undefined
- -default, undefined, undefined
- -cancel, undefined, undefined
- WIDGET COMMANDS
- ttk::dialog::clientframe dlg
- PREDEFINED DIALOG TYPES
- STOCK BUTTONS
- EXAMPLE
- SEE ALSO
ttk_dialog - create a dialog box
ttk::dialog pathname ?options...?
ttk::dialog::define dialogType ?options...?
A dialog box is a transient top-level window
containing an icon, a short message, an optional, longer, detail message,
and a row of command buttons.
When the user presses any of the buttons,
a callback function is invoked
and then the dialog is destroyed.
Additional widgets may be added in the dialog client frame.
- Command-Line Name: -title
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- Specifies a string to use as the window manager title.
- Command-Line Name: -message
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- Specifies the message to display in this dialog.
- Command-Line Name: -detail
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- Specifies a longer auxilliary message.
- Command-Line Name: -command
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- Specifies a command prefix to be invoked when the user presses
one of the command buttons.
The symbolic name of the button is passed as an additional argument
to the command.
The dialog is dismissed after invoking the command.
- Command-Line Name: -parent
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- Specifies a toplevel window for which the dialog is transient.
If omitted, the default is the nearest ancestor toplevel.
If set to the empty string, the dialog will not be a transient window.
- Command-Line Name: -type
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- Specifies a built-in or user-defined dialog type.
See PREDEFINED DIALOG TYPES, below.
- Command-Line Name: -icon
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- Specifies one of the stock dialog icons,
info, question, warning, error,
auth, or busy.
If set to the empty string (the defalt), no icon is displayed.
- Command-Line Name: -buttons
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- A list of symbolic button names.
- Command-Line Name: -labels
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- A dictionary mapping symbolic button names to textual labels.
May be omitted if all the buttons are predefined.
- Command-Line Name: -default
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- The symbolic name of the default button.
- Command-Line Name: -cancel
- Database Name: undefined
- Database Class: undefined
- The symbolic name of the "cancel" button.
The cancel button is invoked if the user presses the Escape key
and when the dialog is closed from the window manager.
If -cancel is not specified,
the dialog ignores window manager close commands (WM_DELETE_WINDOW).
- ttk::dialog::clientframe dlg
-
Returns the widget path of the client frame.
Other widgets may be added to the client frame.
The client frame appears between the detail message and the command buttons.
The -type option, if present, specifies default values
for other options. ttk::dialog::define type options...
specifies a new stock dialog type.
The following stock dialog types are predefined:
ttk::dialog::define ok \
-icon info -buttons {ok} -default ok
ttk::dialog::define okcancel \
-icon info -buttons {ok cancel} -default ok -cancel cancel
ttk::dialog::define yesno \
-icon question -buttons {yes no}
ttk::dialog::define yesnocancel \
-icon question -buttons {yes no cancel} -cancel cancel
ttk::dialog::define retrycancel \
-icon question -buttons {retry cancel} -cancel cancel
The following ``stock'' symbolic button names have predefined labels:
yes, no, ok, cancel, and retry.
It is not necessary to list these in the -labels dictionary.
proc saveFileComplete {button} {
switch -- $button {
yes { # save file ... }
no { exit }
cancel { # no-op }
}
}
ttk::dialog .saveFileDialog \
-title "Save file?" \
-icon question \
-message "Save file before closing?" \
-detail "If you do not save the file, your work will be lost" \
-buttons [list yes no cancel] \
-labels [list yes "Save file" no "Don't save"] \
-command saveFileComplete \
;
tk_messageBox, wm, toplevel
Copyright © 2005 Joe English
Copyright © 1995-1997 Roger E. Critchlow Jr.