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diff --git a/tk8.6/doc/listbox.n b/tk8.6/doc/listbox.n deleted file mode 100644 index 66b75b9..0000000 --- a/tk8.6/doc/listbox.n +++ /dev/null @@ -1,582 +0,0 @@ -'\" -'\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. -'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -'\" -'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution -'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. -'\" -.TH listbox n 8.4 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands" -.so man.macros -.BS -'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! -.SH NAME -listbox \- Create and manipulate 'listbox' item list widgets -.SH SYNOPSIS -\fBlistbox\fR \fIpathName \fR?\fIoptions\fR? -.SO -\-background \-borderwidth \-cursor -\-disabledforeground \-exportselection \-font -\-foreground \-highlightbackground \-highlightcolor -\-highlightthickness \-justify \-relief -\-selectbackground \-selectborderwidth \-selectforeground -\-setgrid \-takefocus \-xscrollcommand -\-yscrollcommand -.SE -.SH "WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS" -.OP \-activestyle activeStyle ActiveStyle -Specifies the style in which to draw the active element. This must be -one of \fBdotbox\fR (show a focus ring around the active element), -\fBnone\fR (no special indication of active element) or -\fBunderline\fR (underline the active element). -The default is \fBunderline\fR on Windows, and \fBdotbox\fR elsewhere. -.OP \-height height Height -Specifies the desired height for the window, in lines. -If zero or less, then the desired height for the window is made just -large enough to hold all the elements in the listbox. -.OP \-listvariable listVariable Variable -Specifies the name of a global variable. The value of the variable is a list to -be displayed inside the widget; if the variable value changes then the -widget will automatically update itself to reflect the new value. Attempts -to assign a variable with an invalid list value to \fB\-listvariable\fR -will cause an error. Attempts to unset a variable in use as a -\fB\-listvariable\fR will fail but will not generate an error. -.OP \-selectmode selectMode SelectMode -Specifies one of several styles for manipulating the selection. -The value of the option may be arbitrary, but the default bindings -expect it to be either \fBsingle\fR, \fBbrowse\fR, \fBmultiple\fR, -or \fBextended\fR; the default value is \fBbrowse\fR. -.OP \-state state State -Specifies one of two states for the listbox: \fBnormal\fR or \fBdisabled\fR. -If the listbox is disabled then items may not be inserted or deleted, -items are drawn in the \fB\-disabledforeground\fR color, and selection -cannot be modified and is not shown (though selection information is retained). -.OP \-width width Width -Specifies the desired width for the window in characters. -If the font does not have a uniform width then the width of the character -.QW 0 -is used in translating from character units to screen units. -If zero or less, then the desired width for the window is made just -large enough to hold all the elements in the listbox. -.BE -.SH DESCRIPTION -.PP -The \fBlistbox\fR command creates a new window (given by the -\fIpathName\fR argument) and makes it into a listbox widget. -Additional -options, described above, may be specified on the command line -or in the option database -to configure aspects of the listbox such as its colors, font, -text, and relief. The \fBlistbox\fR command returns its -\fIpathName\fR argument. At the time this command is invoked, -there must not exist a window named \fIpathName\fR, but -\fIpathName\fR's parent must exist. -.PP -A listbox is a widget that displays a list of strings, one per line. -When first created, a new listbox has no elements. -Elements may be added or deleted using widget commands described -below. In addition, one or more elements may be selected as described -below. -If a listbox is exporting its selection (see \fB\-exportselection\fR -option), then it will observe the standard X11 protocols -for handling the selection. -Listbox selections are available as type \fBSTRING\fR; -the value of the selection will be the text of the selected elements, with -newlines separating the elements. -.PP -It is not necessary for all the elements to be -displayed in the listbox window at once; commands described below -may be used to change the view in the window. Listboxes allow -scrolling in both directions using the standard \fB\-xscrollcommand\fR -and \fB\-yscrollcommand\fR options. -They also support scanning, as described below. -.SH "INDICES" -.PP -Many of the widget commands for listboxes take one or more indices -as arguments. -An index specifies a particular element of the listbox, in any of -the following ways: -.TP 12 -\fInumber\fR -. -Specifies the element as a numerical index, where 0 corresponds -to the first element in the listbox. -.TP 12 -\fBactive\fR -. -Indicates the element that has the location cursor. This element -will be displayed as specified by \fB\-activestyle\fR when the listbox -has the keyboard focus, and it is specified with the \fBactivate\fR -widget command. -.TP 12 -\fBanchor\fR -. -Indicates the anchor point for the selection, which is set with the -\fBselection anchor\fR widget command. -.TP 12 -\fBend\fR -. -Indicates the end of the listbox. -For most commands this refers to the last element in the listbox, -but for a few commands such as \fBindex\fR and \fBinsert\fR -it refers to the element just after the last one. -.TP 12 -\fB@\fIx\fB,\fIy\fR -Indicates the element that covers the point in the listbox window -specified by \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR (in pixel coordinates). If no -element covers that point, then the closest element to that -point is used. -.LP -In the widget command descriptions below, arguments named \fIindex\fR, -\fIfirst\fR, and \fIlast\fR always contain text indices in one of -the above forms. -.SH "WIDGET COMMAND" -.PP -The \fBlistbox\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose -name is \fIpathName\fR. This -command may be used to invoke various -operations on the widget. It has the following general form: -.CS -\fIpathName option \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR? -.CE -\fIOption\fR and the \fIarg\fRs -determine the exact behavior of the command. The following -commands are possible for listbox widgets: -.TP -\fIpathName \fBactivate\fR \fIindex\fR -. -Sets the active element to the one indicated by \fIindex\fR. -If \fIindex\fR is outside the range of elements in the listbox -then the closest element is activated. -The active element is drawn as specified by \fB\-activestyle\fR when the -widget has the input focus, and its index may be retrieved with the -index \fBactive\fR. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBbbox\fR \fIindex\fR -. -Returns a list of four numbers describing the bounding box of -the text in the element given by \fIindex\fR. -The first two elements of the list give the x and y coordinates -of the upper-left corner of the screen area covered by the text -(specified in pixels relative to the widget) and the last two -elements give the width and height of the area, in pixels. -If no part of the element given by \fIindex\fR is visible on the -screen, -or if \fIindex\fR refers to a non-existent element, -then the result is an empty string; if the element is -partially visible, the result gives the full area of the element, -including any parts that are not visible. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBcget\fR \fIoption\fR -. -Returns the current value of the configuration option given -by \fIoption\fR. -\fIOption\fR may have any of the values accepted by the \fBlistbox\fR -command. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBconfigure\fR ?\fIoption\fR? ?\fIvalue option value ...\fR? -. -Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. -If no \fIoption\fR is specified, returns a list describing all of -the available options for \fIpathName\fR (see \fBTk_ConfigureInfo\fR for -information on the format of this list). If \fIoption\fR is specified -with no \fIvalue\fR, 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 \fIoption\fR is specified). If -one or more \fIoption\-value\fR 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. -\fIOption\fR may have any of the values accepted by the \fBlistbox\fR -command. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBcurselection\fR -. -Returns a list containing the numerical indices of -all of the elements in the listbox that are currently selected. -If there are no elements selected in the listbox then an empty -string is returned. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBdelete \fIfirst \fR?\fIlast\fR? -. -Deletes one or more elements of the listbox. \fIFirst\fR and \fIlast\fR -are indices specifying the first and last elements in the range -to delete. If \fIlast\fR is not specified it defaults to -\fIfirst\fR, i.e. a single element is deleted. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBget \fIfirst\fR ?\fIlast\fR? -. -If \fIlast\fR is omitted, returns the contents of the listbox -element indicated by \fIfirst\fR, -or an empty string if \fIfirst\fR refers to a non-existent element. -If \fIlast\fR is specified, the command returns a list whose elements -are all of the listbox elements between \fIfirst\fR and \fIlast\fR, -inclusive. -Both \fIfirst\fR and \fIlast\fR may have any of the standard -forms for indices. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBindex \fIindex\fR -. -Returns the integer index value that corresponds to \fIindex\fR. -If \fIindex\fR is \fBend\fR the return value is a count of the number -of elements in the listbox (not the index of the last element). -.TP -\fIpathName \fBinsert \fIindex \fR?\fIelement element ...\fR? -. -Inserts zero or more new elements in the list just before the -element given by \fIindex\fR. If \fIindex\fR is specified as -\fBend\fR then the new elements are added to the end of the -list. Returns an empty string. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBitemcget \fIindex option\fR -. -Returns the current value of the item configuration option given -by \fIoption\fR. \fIOption\fR may have any of the values accepted -by the \fBitemconfigure\fR command. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBitemconfigure \fIindex\fR ?\fIoption\fR? ?\fIvalue\fR? ?\fIoption value ...\fR? -. -Query or modify the configuration options of an item in the listbox. -If no \fIoption\fR is specified, returns a list describing all of -the available options for the item (see \fBTk_ConfigureInfo\fR for -information on the format of this list). If \fIoption\fR is specified -with no \fIvalue\fR, 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 \fIoption\fR is specified). If -one or more \fIoption\-value\fR 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. The following options -are currently supported for items: -.RS -.TP -\fB\-background \fIcolor\fR -. -\fIColor\fR specifies the background color to use when displaying the -item. It may have any of the forms accepted by \fBTk_GetColor\fR. -.TP -\fB\-foreground \fIcolor\fR -. -\fIColor\fR specifies the foreground color to use when displaying the -item. It may have any of the forms accepted by \fBTk_GetColor\fR. -.TP -\fB\-selectbackground \fIcolor\fR -. -\fIcolor\fR specifies the background color to use when displaying the -item while it is selected. It may have any of the forms accepted by -\fBTk_GetColor\fR. -.TP -\fB\-selectforeground \fIcolor\fR -. -\fIcolor\fR specifies the foreground color to use when displaying the -item while it is selected. It may have any of the forms accepted by -\fBTk_GetColor\fR. -.RE -.TP -\fIpathName \fBnearest \fIy\fR -. -Given a y-coordinate within the listbox window, this command returns -the index of the (visible) listbox element nearest to that y-coordinate. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBscan\fR \fIoption args\fR -. -This command is used to implement scanning on listboxes. It has -two forms, depending on \fIoption\fR: -.RS -.TP -\fIpathName \fBscan mark \fIx y\fR -. -Records \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR and the current view in the listbox -window; used in conjunction with later \fBscan dragto\fR commands. -Typically this command is associated with a mouse button press in -the widget. It returns an empty string. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBscan dragto \fIx y\fR. -. -This command computes the difference between its \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR -arguments and the \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR arguments to the last -\fBscan mark\fR command for the widget. -It then adjusts the view by 10 times the -difference in coordinates. This command is typically associated -with mouse motion events in the widget, to produce the effect of -dragging the list at high speed through the window. The return -value is an empty string. -.RE -.TP -\fIpathName \fBsee \fIindex\fR -. -Adjust the view in the listbox so that the element given by \fIindex\fR -is visible. -If the element is already visible then the command has no effect; -if the element is near one edge of the window then the listbox -scrolls to bring the element into view at the edge; otherwise -the listbox scrolls to center the element. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBselection \fIoption arg\fR -. -This command is used to adjust the selection within a listbox. It -has several forms, depending on \fIoption\fR: -.RS -.TP -\fIpathName \fBselection anchor \fIindex\fR -. -Sets the selection anchor to the element given by \fIindex\fR. -If \fIindex\fR refers to a non-existent element, then the closest -element is used. -The selection anchor is the end of the selection that is fixed -while dragging out a selection with the mouse. -The index \fBanchor\fR may be used to refer to the anchor -element. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBselection clear \fIfirst \fR?\fIlast\fR? -. -If any of the elements between \fIfirst\fR and \fIlast\fR -(inclusive) are selected, they are deselected. -The selection state is not changed for elements outside -this range. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBselection includes \fIindex\fR -. -Returns 1 if the element indicated by \fIindex\fR is currently -selected, 0 if it is not. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBselection set \fIfirst \fR?\fIlast\fR? -. -Selects all of the elements in the range between -\fIfirst\fR and \fIlast\fR, inclusive, without affecting -the selection state of elements outside that range. -.RE -.TP -\fIpathName \fBsize\fR -. -Returns a decimal string indicating the total number of elements -in the listbox. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBxview \fR?\fIargs\fR -. -This command is used to query and change the horizontal position of the -information in the widget's window. It can take any of the following -forms: -.RS -.TP -\fIpathName \fBxview\fR -. -Returns a list containing two elements. -Each element is a real fraction between 0 and 1; together they describe -the horizontal span that is visible in the window. -For example, if the first element is .2 and the second element is .6, -20% of the listbox's text is off-screen to the left, the middle 40% is visible -in the window, and 40% of the text is off-screen to the right. -These are the same values passed to scrollbars via the \fB\-xscrollcommand\fR -option. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBxview \fIindex\fR -. -Adjusts the view in the window so that the character position given by -\fIindex\fR is displayed at the left edge of the window. -Character positions are defined by the width of the character \fB0\fR. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBxview moveto\fI fraction\fR -. -Adjusts the view in the window so that \fIfraction\fR of the -total width of the listbox text is off-screen to the left. -\fIfraction\fR must be a fraction between 0 and 1. -.TP -\fIpathName \fBxview scroll \fInumber what\fR -. -This command shifts the view in the window left or right according to -\fInumber\fR and \fIwhat\fR. -\fINumber\fR must be an integer. -\fIWhat\fR must be either \fBunits\fR or \fBpages\fR or an abbreviation -of one of these. -If \fIwhat\fR is \fBunits\fR, the view adjusts left or right by -\fInumber\fR character units (the width of the \fB0\fR character) -on the display; if it is \fBpages\fR then the view adjusts by -\fInumber\fR screenfuls. -If \fInumber\fR is negative then characters farther to the left -become visible; if it is positive then characters farther to the right -become visible. -.RE -.TP -\fIpathName \fByview \fR?\fIargs\fR? -. -This command is used to query and change the vertical position of the -text in the widget's window. -It can take any of the following forms: -.RS -.TP -\fIpathName \fByview\fR -Returns a list containing two elements, both of which are real fractions -between 0 and 1. -The first element gives the position of the listbox element at the -top of the window, relative to the listbox as a whole (0.5 means -it is halfway through the listbox, for example). -The second element gives the position of the listbox element just after -the last one in the window, relative to the listbox as a whole. -These are the same values passed to scrollbars via the \fB\-yscrollcommand\fR -option. -.TP -\fIpathName \fByview \fIindex\fR -. -Adjusts the view in the window so that the element given by -\fIindex\fR is displayed at the top of the window. -.TP -\fIpathName \fByview moveto\fI fraction\fR -. -Adjusts the view in the window so that the element given by \fIfraction\fR -appears at the top of the window. -\fIFraction\fR is a fraction between 0 and 1; 0 indicates the first -element in the listbox, 0.33 indicates the element one-third the -way through the listbox, and so on. -.TP -\fIpathName \fByview scroll \fInumber what\fR -. -This command adjusts the view in the window up or down according to -\fInumber\fR and \fIwhat\fR. -\fINumber\fR must be an integer. -\fIWhat\fR must be either \fBunits\fR or \fBpages\fR. -If \fIwhat\fR is \fBunits\fR, the view adjusts up or down by -\fInumber\fR lines; if it is \fBpages\fR then -the view adjusts by \fInumber\fR screenfuls. -If \fInumber\fR is negative then earlier elements -become visible; if it is positive then later elements -become visible. -.RE -.SH "DEFAULT BINDINGS" -.PP -Tk automatically creates class bindings for listboxes that give them -Motif-like behavior. Much of the behavior of a listbox is determined -by its \fB\-selectmode\fR option, which selects one of four ways -of dealing with the selection. -.PP -If the selection mode is \fBsingle\fR or \fBbrowse\fR, at most one -element can be selected in the listbox at once. -In both modes, clicking button 1 on an element selects -it and deselects any other selected item. -In \fBbrowse\fR mode it is also possible to drag the selection -with button 1. -On button 1, the listbox will also take focus if it has a \fBnormal\fR -state. -.PP -If the selection mode is \fBmultiple\fR or \fBextended\fR, -any number of elements may be selected at once, including discontiguous -ranges. In \fBmultiple\fR mode, clicking button 1 on an element -toggles its selection state without affecting any other elements. -In \fBextended\fR mode, pressing button 1 on an element selects -it, deselects everything else, and sets the anchor to the element -under the mouse; dragging the mouse with button 1 -down extends the selection to include all the elements between -the anchor and the element under the mouse, inclusive. -.PP -Most people will probably want to use \fBbrowse\fR mode for -single selections and \fBextended\fR mode for multiple selections; -the other modes appear to be useful only in special situations. -.PP -Any time the set of selected item(s) in the listbox is updated by the -user through the keyboard or mouse, the virtual event -\fB<<ListboxSelect>>\fR will be generated. This virtual event will not -be generated when adjusting the selection with the \fIpathName -\fBselection\fR command. It is easiest to bind to this event to be -made aware of any user changes to listbox selection. -.PP -In addition to the above behavior, the following additional behavior -is defined by the default bindings: -.IP [1] -In \fBextended\fR mode, the selected range can be adjusted by pressing -button 1 with the Shift key down: this modifies the selection to -consist of the elements between the anchor and the element under -the mouse, inclusive. -The un-anchored end of this new selection can also be dragged with -the button down. -.IP [2] -In \fBextended\fR mode, pressing button 1 with the Control key down -starts a toggle operation: the anchor is set to the element under -the mouse, and its selection state is reversed. The selection state -of other elements is not changed. -If the mouse is dragged with button 1 down, then the selection state -of all elements between the anchor and the element under the mouse -is set to match that of the anchor element; the selection state of -all other elements remains what it was before the toggle operation -began. -.IP [3] -If the mouse leaves the listbox window with button 1 down, the window -scrolls away from the mouse, making information visible that used -to be off-screen on the side of the mouse. -The scrolling continues until the mouse re-enters the window, the -button is released, or the end of the listbox is reached. -.IP [4] -Mouse button 2 may be used for scanning. -If it is pressed and dragged over the listbox, the contents of -the listbox drag at high speed in the direction the mouse moves. -.IP [5] -If the Up or Down key is pressed, the location cursor (active -element) moves up or down one element. -If the selection mode is \fBbrowse\fR or \fBextended\fR then the -new active element is also selected and all other elements are -deselected. -In \fBextended\fR mode the new active element becomes the -selection anchor. -.IP [6] -In \fBextended\fR mode, Shift-Up and Shift-Down move the location -cursor (active element) up or down one element and also extend -the selection to that element in a fashion similar to dragging -with mouse button 1. -.IP [7] -The Left and Right keys scroll the listbox view left and right -by the width of the character \fB0\fR. -Control-Left and Control-Right scroll the listbox view left and -right by the width of the window. -Control-Prior and Control-Next also scroll left and right by -the width of the window. -.IP [8] -The Prior and Next keys scroll the listbox view up and down -by one page (the height of the window). -.IP [9] -The Home and End keys scroll the listbox horizontally to -the left and right edges, respectively. -.IP [10] -Control-Home sets the location cursor to the first element in -the listbox, selects that element, and deselects everything else -in the listbox. -.IP [11] -Control-End sets the location cursor to the last element in -the listbox, selects that element, and deselects everything else -in the listbox. -.IP [12] -In \fBextended\fR mode, Control-Shift-Home extends the selection -to the first element in the listbox and Control-Shift-End extends -the selection to the last element. -.IP [13] -In \fBmultiple\fR mode, Control-Shift-Home moves the location cursor -to the first element in the listbox and Control-Shift-End moves -the location cursor to the last element. -.IP [14] -The space and Select keys make a selection at the location cursor -(active element) just as if mouse button 1 had been pressed over -this element. -.IP [15] -In \fBextended\fR mode, Control-Shift-space and Shift-Select -extend the selection to the active element just as if button 1 -had been pressed with the Shift key down. -.IP [16] -In \fBextended\fR mode, the Escape key cancels the most recent -selection and restores all the elements in the selected range -to their previous selection state. -.IP [17] -Control-slash selects everything in the widget, except in -\fBsingle\fR and \fBbrowse\fR modes, in which case it selects -the active element and deselects everything else. -.IP [18] -Control-backslash deselects everything in the widget, except in -\fBbrowse\fR mode where it has no effect. -.IP [19] -The F16 key (labelled Copy on many Sun workstations) or Meta-w -copies the selection in the widget to the clipboard, if there is -a selection. -.PP -The behavior of listboxes can be changed by defining new bindings for -individual widgets or by redefining the class bindings. -.SH "SEE ALSO" -ttk::treeview(n) -.SH KEYWORDS -listbox, widget -'\" Local Variables: -'\" mode: nroff -'\" End: |