# spindate - Create and manipulate time spinner widgets

## SYNOPSIS

spindate pathName ?options?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Widget <- Spindate

## STANDARD OPTIONS

background | cursor | foreground | relief

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

## ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

textBackground | textFont |  |

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

labelFont | labelMargin |  |

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

arrowOrient | repeatDelay | repeatInterval |

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

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

    Name:                   dateMargin
    Class:                  Margin
    Command-Line Switch:	-datemargin

Specifies the margin space between the month, day, and year spinners is any of the forms accpetable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default is 1 pixel.

    Name:                   dayLabel
    Class:                  Text
    Command-Line Switch:	-daylabel

Specifies the text of the label for the day spinner. The default is "Day".

    Name:                   dayOn
    Class:                  dayOn
    Command-Line Switch:	-dayon

Specifies whether or not to display the day spinner in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean. The default is true.

    Name:                   dayWidth
    Class:                  Width
    Command-Line Switch:	-daywidth

Specifies the width of the day spinner in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.

    Name:                   labelPos
    Class:                  Position
    Command-Line Switch:	-labelpos

Specifies the position of the label along the sides of the various spinners: n, e, s, or w. The default is w.

    Name:                   monthFormat
    Class:                  MonthFormat
    Command-Line Switch:	-monthformat

Specifies the format of month display, integer (1-12) or brief strings (Jan - Dec), or full strings (January - December).

    Name:                   monthLabel
    Class:                  Text
    Command-Line Switch:	-monthlabel

Specifies the text of the label for the month spinner. The default is "Month".

    Name:                   monthOn
    Class:                  monthOn
    Command-Line Switch:	-monthon

Specifies whether or not to display the month spinner in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean. The default is true.

    Name:                   monthWidth
    Class:                  Width
    Command-Line Switch:	-monthwidth

Specifies the width of the month spinner in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.

    Name:                   orient
    Class:                  Orient
    Command-Line Switch:	-orient

Specifies the orientation of the month, day, and year spinners: vertical or horizontal. The default is horizontal.

    Name:                   yearDigits
    Class:                  YearDigits
    Command-Line Switch:	-yeardigits

Specifies the number of digits to be displayed as the value for the year spinner. The valid values are 2 and 4. The default is 2.

    Name:                   yearLabel
    Class:                  Text
    Command-Line Switch:	-yearlabel

Specifies the text of the label for the year spinner. The default is "Year"

    Name:                   yearOn
    Class:                  yearOn
    Command-Line Switch:	-yearon

Specifies whether or not to display the year spinner in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetBoolean. The default is true.

    Name:                   yearWidth
    Class:                  Width
    Command-Line Switch:	-yearwidth

Specifies the width of the year spinner in any of the forms acceptable to Tcl_GetPixels. The default is 3 pixels.

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  The day spinner component is the day spinner of the date spinner. See the SpinInt widget manual entry for details on the day component item.

      Name:                   year
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  The year spinner component is the year spinner of the date spinner. See the SpinInt widget manual entry for details on the year component item.

  ## EXAMPLE

      spindate .sd
      pack .sd -padx 10 -pady 10

  ## AUTHORS

  Sue Yockey

  Mark L. Ulferts

  ## KEYWORDS

  spindate, spinint, spinner, entryfield, entry, widget