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fileselectionbox - Create and manipulate a file selection box widget

Synopsis

fileselectionbox pathName ?options?

Inheritance

itk::Widget <- Fileselectionbox

Standard Options

activeBackground
background borderWidthcursor
foreground
highlightColor highlightThicknessinsertBackground
insertBorderWidth
insertOffTime insertOnTimeinsertWidth
selectBackground
selectBorderWidthselectForeground

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

options.

Associated Options

textBackground textFont

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

associated options.
labelFont

See the «labeledwidget» 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: childSitePos

Class: Position

Command-Line Switch: -childsitepos

Specifies the position of the child site in the selection box: n,

s, e, w, top, bottom, or center. The default is s.

Specifies a Tcl command procedure which is called when an file

list item is double clicked. Typically this occurs when mouse button 1 is double clicked over a file name.

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 entry widget.

Name: filterLabel

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -filterlabel

Specifies the text of the label for the filter entry field. The

default is «Filter".

Name: filterOn

Class: FilterOn

Command-Line Switch: -filteron

Specifies whether or not to display the filter entry. The value

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

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 360 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 entry widget.

Name: selectionLabel

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -selectionlabel

Specifies the text of the label for the selection entry field.

The default is «Selection".

Name: selectionOn

Class: SelectionOn

Command-Line Switch: -selectionon

Specifies whether or not to display the selection entry. 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 470 pixels.
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Description

The fileselectionbox command creates a file selection box similar

to the OSF/Motif standard Xmfileselectionbox composite widget.

The fileselectionbox is composed of directory and file scrolled

lists as well as filter and selection entry fields. Bindings are in place such that selection of a directory list item loads the filter entry field and selection of a file list item loads the selection entry field. Options exist to control the appearance and actions of the widget.

Methods

The fileselectionbox command creates a new Tcl command whose name

is pathName. This command may be used to invoke various opera- tions 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 fileselectionbox 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 files- electionbox 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 fileselectionbox command. pathName filter

Update the current contents of the file selection box based on

the current filter entry field value.
pathName get

Returns the current value of the selection entry widget.

Components

Name: dirs

Class: Scrolledlistbox

The dirs component is the directory list box for the file selec-

tion 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 file selection

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

Name: filter

Class: Entryfield

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

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

Name: selection

Class: Entryfield

The selection component is the entry field for user input of the

currently selected file value. See the «entryfield» widget man- ual entry for details on the selection component item.

Example

fileselectionbox .fsb
pack .fsb -padx 10 -pady 10 -fill both -expand yes

Author(s)

Mark L. Ulferts

Keywords

fileselectionbox, widget

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