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iwidgets::mainwindow pathName ?options? itk::Toplevel <- iwid- gets::Shell <- iwidgets::Mainwindow

background cursor disabledForeground font foreground highlightBackground highlightColor highlightThickness

See the options manual entry for details on the standard op-

tions.

balloonBackground
balloonDelay1 balloonDelay2ballonFont balloonForeground

See the toolbar manual entry for details on the above associat-

ed options.
title

See the Toplevel manual entry for details on the above inherit-

ed options.
height master modality padX

padY
width

See the shell manual entry for details on the above inherited

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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The iwidgets::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. erations 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:

activate center deactivate

See the shell manual entry for details on the above inherited

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 iwidgets::mainwindow command. pathName childsite Returns the pathname of the child site widget. path-

Name configure ?option? ?value option value ...? Query or modify

the configuration options of the widget. If no option is speci- fied, returns a list describing all of the available options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of this list). If option is specified with no value, then the com- mand returns a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist of the value re- turned 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 ac- cepted by the iwidgets::mainwindow command. pathName menubar ?args? The menubar method provides access to the menubar. In- voked with no arguments it returns the pathname of the menubar.

With arguments, 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 pro- vides access to the mousebar which is a vertical toolbar. In- voked 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 tool- bar. 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 message-

dialog. With arguments, they are evaluated against the message- dialog 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 messagedialog. pathName toolbar ?args? The toolbar method provides access to the toolbar. In- voked with no arguments it returns the pathname of the toolbar.

With arguments, 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.

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 de- tails on the toolbar component item.

package require Iwidgets 4.0
iwidgets::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. #
iwidgets::scrolledtext [.mw childsite].st
pack [.mw childsite].st -fill both -expand yes

#
# Activate the main window.
#
.mw activate

Mark L. Ulferts

John A. Tucker mainwindow, shell, widget

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