mainwindow - Create and manipulate a mainwindow widget

mainwindow pathName ?options?

itk::Toplevel <- shell <- mainwindow

background	cursor	disabledForeground	font
foreground	highlightBackground	highlightColor	highlightThickness

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

balloonBackground	balloonDelay1	balloonDelay2	ballonFont
balloonForeground

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

title 

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

height	master	modality	padX
padY	width

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

Name:	helpLine
Class:	HelpLine
Command-Line Switch:	-helpline

Specifies whether or not to display the help line. The value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetBoolean. The default is yes.

Name:	menuBarBackground
Class:	Background
Command-Line Switch:	-menubarbackground

Specifies the normal background color for the menubar.

Name:	menuBarFont
Class:	Font
Command-Line Switch:	-menubarfont

Specifies the font to use when drawing text inside the menubar.

Name:	menuBarForeround
Class:	Foreground
Command-Line Switch:	-menubarforeground

Specifies the normal foreground color for the menubar.

Name:	statusLine
Class:	StatusLine
Command-Line Switch:	-statusline

Specifies whether or not to display the status line. The value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetBoolean. The default is yes.

Name:	toolBarBackground
Class:	Background
Command-Line Switch:	-toolbarbackground

Specifies the normal background color for the toolbar.

Name:	toolBarFont
Class:	Font
Command-Line Switch:	-toolbarfont

Specifies the font to use when drawing text inside the toolbar.

Name:	toolBarForeround
Class:	Foreground
Command-Line Switch:	-toolbarforeground

Specifies the normal foreground color for the toolbar.

The mainwindow command creates a mainwindow shell which contains a menubar, toolbar, mousebar, childsite, status line, and help line. Each item may be filled and configured to suit individual needs.

The mainwindow command create 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 mainwindow widgets:

activate	center	deactivate

See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited 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 mainwindow command.

pathName childsite

Returns the pathname of the child site widget.

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 mainwindow command.

pathName menubar ?args?

The menubar method provides access to the menubar. Invoked with no arguments it returns the pathname of the menubar. With arguments, they are evaluated against the menubar which in effect provides access to the entire API of the menubar. See the "menubar" manual entry for details on the commands available in the menubar.

pathName mousebar ?args?

The mousebar method provides access to the mousebar which is a vertical toolbar. Invoked with no arguments it returns the pathname of the mousebar. With arguments, they are evaluated against the mousebar which in effect provides access to the entire API of the underlying toolbar. See the "toolbar" manual entry for details on the commands available in the mousebar.

pathName msgd ?args?

The msgd method provides access to the messagedialog contained in the mainwindow. Invoked with no arguments it returns the pathname of the messagedialog. With arguments, they are evaluated against the messagedialog which in effect provides access to the entire API of the messagedialog. See the "messagedialog" manual entry for details on the commands available in the messagedialog.

pathName toolbar ?args?

The toolbar method provides access to the toolbar. Invoked with no arguments it returns the pathname of the toolbar. With arguments, they are evaluated against the toolbar which in effect provides access to the entire API of the toolbar. See the "toolbar" manual entry for details on the commands available in the toolbar.

Name:	help
Class:	Label

The help component provides a location for displaying any help strings provided in the menubar, toolbar, or mousebar. See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the help component item.

Name:	menubar
Class:	Menubar

The menubar component is the menubar located at the top of the window. See the "menubar" widget manual entry for details on the menubar component item.

Name:	mousebar
Class:	Toolbar

The mousebar component is the vertical toolbar located on the right side of the window. See the "toolbar" widget manual entry for details on the mousebar component item.

Name:	msgd
Class:	Messagedialog

The msgd component is a messagedialog which may be reconfigured as needed and used repeatedly throughout the application. See the "messagedialog" widget manual entry for details on the messagedialog component item.

Name:	status
Class:	Label

The status component provides a location for displaying application status information. See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the status component item.

Name:	toolbar
Class:	Toolbar

The toolbar component is the horizontal toolbar located on the top of the window. See the "toolbar" widget manual entry for details on the toolbar component item.

mainwindow .mw

# # Add a File menubutton # .mw menubar add menubutton file -text "File" -underline 0 -padx 8 -pady 2 \ -menu {options -tearoff no command new -label "New" -underline 0 \ -helpstr "Create a new file" command open -label "Open ..." -underline 0 \ -helpstr "Open an existing file" command save -label "Save" -underline 0 \ -helpstr "Save the current file" command saveas -label "Save As ..." -underline 5 \ -helpstr "Save the file as a differnet name" command print -label "Print" -underline 0 \ -helpstr "Print the file" separator sep1 command close -label "Close" -underline 0 \ -helpstr "Close the file" separator sep2 command exit -label "Exit" -underline 1 \ -helpstr "Exit this application" }

# # Install a scrolledtext widget in the childsite. # scrolledtext [.mw childsite].st pack [.mw childsite].st -fill both -expand yes

# # Activate the main window. # .mw activate

Mark L. Ulferts John A. Tucker

mainwindow, shell, widget