dateentry - Create and manipulate a dateentry widget

SYNOPSIS

dateentry pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- LabeledWidget <- Datefield <- Dateentry
STANDARD OPTIONS

background
foreground
justify
borderWidth
highlightColor
relief
cursor
highlightThickness
exportSelection
insertBackground

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

disabledForeground
labelMargin
state
labelBitmap
labelPos
labelFont
labelText
labelImage
labelVariable

See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details on these inherited options.

command
textFont
int
iq
state
textBackground

See the "datefield" class manual entry for details on these inherited options.
ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

backwardImage
dateFont
outline
titleFont
buttonForeground
dayFont
selectColor
weekdayBackground
command
days
selectThickness
weekendBackground
currentDateFont
forwardImage
startDay

See the "calendar" manual entry for details on the associated options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

Name: grab Class: Grab Command-Line Switch: -grab

Specifies the grab level, local or global, to be obtained before bringing up the popup calendar. The default is global. For more information concerning grab levels, consult the documentation for Tk's grab command.

Name: icon Class: Icon Command-Line Switch: -icon

Specifies the calendar icon image to be used in the dateentry. This image must have been created previously with the image create command. Should one not be provided, then one will be generated, pixmap if possible, bitmap otherwise.

DESCRIPTION

The dateentry command creates a quicken style date entry field with a popup calendar by combining the datefield and calendar widgets together. This allows a user to enter the date via the keyboard or by using the mouse and selecting the calendar icon which brings up a popup calendar.
METHODS

The dateentry command creates 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 dateentry widgets:
INHERITED METHODS

get
isvalid
show

See the "datefield" manual entry for details on the associated methods.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC 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 dateentry 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 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 dateentry command.

COMPONENTS

Name:                   label
Class:                  Label

The label component provides a label component to used to identify the date. See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the label component item.

Name:                   iconbutton
Class:                  Label

The iconbutton component provides a labelbutton component to act as a lightweight button displaying the calendar icon. Upon pressing the labelbutton, the calendar appears. See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the labelbutton component item.

Name:                   date
Class:                  Entry

"entry"

EXAMPLE

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AUTHOR

Mark L. Ulferts

KEYWORDS

dateentry, widget