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iwidgets::timeentry pathName ?options? itk::Widget <- iwid- gets::LabeledWidget <- iwidgets::Timefield <- iwidgets::Timeentry

background borderWidth cursor exportSelection foreground highlightColor highlightThickness insertBackground

justify
relief

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

tions.

disabledForeground
labelBitmap labelFontlabelImage labelMargin labelPos labelText labelVariable state sticky

See the labeledwidget class manual entry for details on these

inherited options.
command format seconds textBackground textFont

See the timefield class manual entry for details on these in-

herited options.
hourRadius hourColor minuteRadius minuteColor pivotRadius pivotColor secondRadius secondColor clockColor clockStipple tickColor watchHeight watchWidth

See the watch manual entry for details on the associated op-

tions.

Name: closeText

Class: Text

Command-Line Switch: -closetext

Specifies the text to be displayed on the close button of the

watch popup. The default is Close.

Name: grab

Class: Grab

Command-Line Switch: -grab

Specifies the grab level, local or global, to be obtained before

bringing up the popup watch. The default is global. For more information concerning grab levels, consult the documentation for

Tk's grab command.

Name: icon

Class: Icon

Command-Line Switch: -icon

Specifies the watch icon image to be used in the timeentry. This

image must have been created previously with the image create command. Should one not be provided, then one will be generated, pixmap if possible, bitmap otherwise.

Name: state

Class: State

Command-Line Switch: -state

Specifies the state of the widget which may be disabled or nor*-

mal. A disabled state prevents selection of the timefield or time icon button.
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The iwidgets::timeentry command creates a time entry field with a

popup watch by combining the timefield and watch widgets togeth- er. This allows a user to enter the time via the keyboard or by using the mouse and selecting the watch icon which brings up a popup watch.

The iwidgets::timeentry command creates a new Tcl command whose

name is pathName. This command may be used to invoke various op- erations on the widget. It has the following general form:

Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command.

The following commands are possible for timeentry widgets:

get
isvalid show

See the timefield manual entry for details on the associated

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::timeentry 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 available options for path-

Name (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::timeentry command.

Name: label

Class: Label

The label component provides a label component to used to identi-

fy the time. See the label widget manual entry for details on the label component item.

Name: iconbutton

Class: Label

The iconbutton component provides a labelbutton component to act

as a lightweight button displaying the watch icon. Upon pressing the labelbutton, the watch appears. See the label widget manu- al entry for details on the labelbutton component item.

Name: time

Class: Entry

The time component provides the entry field for time input and

display. See the entry widget manual entry for details on the time component item.

package require Iwidgets 4.0
iwidgets::timeentry .te
pack .te

Mark L. Ulferts timeentry, widget

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