tixExFileSelectBox(n) Tix Built-In Commands tixExFileSelectBox(n)NAMEtixExFileSelectBox - Create and manipulate tixExFileSelectBox widgets
SYNOPSIStixExFileSelectBox pathName ?options?
SUPER-CLASS
The TixExFileSelectBox class does not have a super-class.
STANDARD OPTIONS
TixExFileSelectBox supports all the standard options of a frame widget.
See the options(n) manual entry for details on the standard options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
[-browsecmd browseCmd] Specifies a command to call whenever the user
browses on a filename in the file listbox (usually by single-clicking
on the filename). The command is called with one argument, the complete
pathname of the file. [-command command] Specifies the command to be
called when the user chooses on a filename the file listbox (usually by
double-clicking on the filename). The command is called with one argu‐
ment, the complete pathname of the file. [-dialog dialog] Specifies a
dialog box which contains this ExFileSelectBox widget. The dialog box
must be a widget of the class TixShell or its descendant classes. This
is an internal option and should not be used by application program‐
mers. [-dircmd dircmd] Specifies the TCL command to be called when a
file listing is needed for a particular directory. If this option is
not specified, by default the ExFileSelectBox widget will attempt to
read the directory as a Unix directory. On special occasions, the
application programmer may want to supply a special method for reading
directories: for example, when he needs to list remote files. In this
case, the -dircmd option can be used. The specified command accepts
three arguments: the first is the name of the directory to be listed;
the second is a list of file patterns, the third is a Boolean value
indicating whether hidden files should be listed. This command returns
a list of names of the files of this directory which match with the
file patterns.
Name: directory
Class: Directory
Switch: -directory
Alias: -dir
Specifies the current directory whose files and sub-directories
are displayed in the ExFileSelectBox. [-disablecallback dis‐
ableCallback] A boolean value indicating whether callbacks
should be disabled. When set to true, the TCL command specified
by the -command option is not executed when the -value of the
ExFileSelectBox widget changes. [-filetypes fileTypes] Speci‐
fies the file types that can be selected from the "List Files of
Type:" ComboBox subwidget. The value of this option must be a
TCL list; each item of this list must in turn be a list of two
elements. The first element is a list of file patterns. The
second element is a string that describe these file patterns.
For example:
tixExFileSelectBox .box -filetypes {
{{*} {All files}}
{{*.txt} {Text files}}
{{*.c *.h} {C source files}}
}
[-showhidden showHidden] Specifies whether hidden directories
should be shown. By default, a directory name starting with a
period "." is considered as a hidden directory. [-pattern pat‐
tern] Specifies whether the file pattern(s) to match with the
files in the current directory. One or more file patterns can be
given at the same time. For example, {*.c *.h} will match all
files that have either the ".h" or ".c" extensions.
Name: value
Class: Value
Switch: -value
Alias: -selection
Specifies the name of the filename currently selected by the
user.
SUBWIDGETS
Name: cancel
Class: Button
The button widget with the "Cancel" label.
Name: dir
Class: TixComboBox
The ComboBox subwidget under the "Directories" heading.
Name: dirlist
Class: TixDirList
The DirList subwidget that shows the hierarchical list of direc‐
tories.
Name: file
Class: TixComboBox
The ComboBox subwidget under the "Files" heading.
Name: filelist
Class: TixScrolledListBox
The ScrolledListBox subwidget that shows the list of filenames.
Name: hidden
Class: Checkbutton
The checkbutton widget with the "Show Hidden Files" label.
Name: ok
Class: Button
The button widget with the "OK" label.
Name: types
Class: TixComboBox
The ComboBox subwidget under the "List Files of Type" heading.
DESCRIPTION
The tixExFileSelectBox command creates a new window (given by the path‐
Name argument) and makes it into a ExFileSelectBox widget. Additional
options, described above, may be specified on the command line or in
the option database to configure aspects of the ExFileSelectBox such as
its cursor and relief.
The ExFileSelectBox widget is usually embedded in a tixExFileSelectDia‐
log widget. It provides an convenient method for the user to select
files. The style of the ExFileSelectBox widget is very similar to the
standard file dialog in MS Windows 3.1.
WIDGET COMMANDS
The tixExFileSelectBox command creates a new Tcl command whose name is
the same as the path name of the ExFileSelectBox's window. This command
may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the fol‐
lowing general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
PathName is the name of the command, which is the same as the ExFileSe‐
lectBox widget's path name. Option and the args determine the exact
behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for
ExFileSelectBox widgets:
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the tixEx‐
FileSelectBox 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 avail‐
able 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 tixExFileSelectBox command.
pathName filter
Forces the ExFileSelectBox widget to re-filter all the filenames
according to the -pattern option.
pathName invoke
Forces the ExFileSelectBox widget to perform actions as if the
user has pressed the "OK" button.
pathName subwidget name ?args?
When no options are given, this command returns the pathname of
the subwidget of the specified name.
When options are given, the widget command of the specified sub‐
widget will be called with these options.
KEYWORDSTix(n)Tix 4.0 tixExFileSelectBox(n)
