promptdialog - Create and manipulate a prompt dialog widget

SYNOPSIS
promptdialog pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Toplevel <- dialogshell <- dialog <- promptdialog
STANDARD OPTIONS

background
foreground
insertBorderWidth
relief
borderWidth
highlightColor
insertOffTime
selectBackground
cursor
highlightThickness
insertOnTime
selectBorderWidth
exportSelection
insertBackground
insertWidth
selectForeground

See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

show

See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

invalid
textBackground
textFont
validate

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

labelFont
labelPos
labelText

See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

INHERITED OPTIONS

buttonBoxPadX
padY
buttonBoxPadY
separator
buttonBoxPos
thickness
padX

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

height
master
modality
width

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

title

See the "Toplevel" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

DESCRIPTION

The promptdialog command creates a prompt dialog similar to the OSF/Motif standard prompt dialog composite widget. The promptdialog is derived from the dialog class and is composed of a EntryField with commands to manipulate the dialog buttons.

METHODS

The promptdialog 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 promptdialog widgets:
ASSOCIATED METHODS

delete
insert
get
scan
icursor
selection
index
xview

See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

clear

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

INHERITED METHODS

add
invoke
buttonconfigure
show
default
hide

See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

childsite

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

activate
center
deactivate

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

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 promptdialog 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 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 promptdialog command.
COMPONENTS

Name:                   prompt
Class:                  Entryfield
    The prompt component is the entry field for user input in the prompt dialog. See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the prompt component item.
EXAMPLE
 option add *textBackground white

 promptdialog .pd -modality global -title Password -labeltext Password: -show *
 .pd hide Apply

 if {[.pd activate]} {
     puts "Password entered: [.pd get]"
 } else {
     puts "Password prompt cancelled"
 }
AUTHOR
Mark L. Ulferts
KEYWORDS
promptdialog, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget