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authordgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2016-04-19 17:29:39 (GMT)
committerdgp <dgp@users.sourceforge.net>2016-04-19 17:29:39 (GMT)
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diff --git a/doc/spinbox.n b/doc/spinbox.n
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ A floating-point value corresponding to the lowest value for a spinbox, to
be used in conjunction with \fB\-to\fR and \fB\-increment\fR. When all
are specified correctly, the spinbox will use these values to control its
contents. This value must be less than the \fB\-to\fR option.
-If \fB\-values\fR is specified, it supercedes this option.
+If \fB\-values\fR is specified, it supersedes this option.
.OP "\-invalidcommand or \-invcmd" invalidCommand InvalidCommand
Specifies a script to eval when \fB\-validatecommand\fR returns 0. Setting
it to an empty string disables this feature (the default). The best use of
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ A floating-point value corresponding to the highest value for the spinbox,
to be used in conjunction with \fB\-from\fR and \fB\-increment\fR. When
all are specified correctly, the spinbox will use these values to control
its contents. This value must be greater than the \fB\-from\fR option.
-If \fB\-values\fR is specified, it supercedes this option.
+If \fB\-values\fR is specified, it supersedes this option.
.OP \-validate validate Validate
Specifies the mode in which validation should operate: \fBnone\fR,
\fBfocus\fR, \fBfocusin\fR, \fBfocusout\fR, \fBkey\fR, or \fBall\fR.
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ dangerous to mix. Any problems have been overcome so that using the
the spinbox widget. Using the \fB\-textvariable\fR for read-only purposes will
never cause problems. The danger comes when you try set the
\fB\-textvariable\fR to something that the \fB\-validatecommand\fR would not
-accept, which causes \fB\-validate\fR to become \fInone\fR (the
+accept, which causes \fB\-validate\fR to become \fBnone\fR (the
\fB\-invalidcommand\fR will not be triggered). The same happens
when an error occurs evaluating the \fB\-validatecommand\fR.
.PP
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ in the \fB\-validatecommand\fR or \fB\-invalidcommand\fR (whichever one you
were editing the spinbox widget from). It is also recommended to not set an
associated \fB\-textvariable\fR during validation, as that can cause the
spinbox widget to become out of sync with the \fB\-textvariable\fR.
+.PP
+Also, the \fBvalidate\fR option will set itself to \fBnone\fR when the
+spinbox value gets changed because of adjustment of \fBfrom\fR or \fBto\fR
+and the \fBvalidateCommand\fR returns false. For instance
+.CS
+ \fIspinbox pathName \-from 1 \-to 10 \-validate all \-vcmd {return 0}\fR
+.CE
+will in fact set the \fBvalidate\fR option to \fBnone\fR because the default
+value for the spinbox gets changed (due to the \fBfrom\fR and \fBto\fR
+options) to a value not accepted by the validation script.
.SH "WIDGET COMMAND"
.PP
The \fBspinbox\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose