datefield - Create and manipulate a date field widget

INHERITANCE

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 the inherited options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

Name:                   childSitePos
Class:                  Position
Command-Line Switch:	-childsitepos

Specifies the position of the child site in the date field: n, s, e, or w. The default is e.

Name:                   command
Class:                  Command
Command-Line Switch:	-command

Specifies a Tcl command to be executed upon detection of a Return key press event.

Name:                   gmt
Class:                  GMT
Command-Line Switch:	-gmt

Determines whether the date is calculated relative to Greenwich Mean Time. Accepts a boolean value. The default is no.

Name:                   int
Class:                  DateFormat
Command-Line Switch:	-int

Used to specify international date formats. This option must be a boolean value. When set to true, the date is formatted as YYYY-MM-DD. When set to false, it is formatted as MM/DD/YYYY. Note that this format is driven by the 'clock scan' command and that YYYY-MM-DD is supported in Tk 8.4 or later. The default is no.

Name:                   iq
Class:                  Iq
Command-Line Switch:	-iq

Specifies the level of intelligence to be shown in the actions taken by the datefield during the processing of keypress events. Valid settings include high, average, and low. With a high iq,the date prevents the user from typing in an invalid date. For example, if the current date is 05/31/1997 and the user changes the month to 04, then the day will be instantly modified for them to be 30. In addition, leap years are fully taken into account. With average iq, the month is limited to the values of 01-12, but it is possible to type in an invalid day. A setting of low iq instructs the widget to do no validity checking at all during date entry. With both average and low iq levels, it is assumed that the validity will be determined at a later time using the date's isvalid command.

Name:                   state
Class:                  State
Command-Line Switch:	-state

Specifies one of two states for the datefield: normal or disabled. If the datefield is disabled then input is not accepted. The default is normal.

Name:                   textBackground
Class:                  Background
Command-Line Switch:	-textbackground

Background color for inside textual portion of the entry field. The value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetColor.

Name:                   textFont
Class:                  Font
Command-Line Switch:	-textfont

Name of font to use for display of text in datefield. The value may be given in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetFont.

DESCRIPTION

The datefield command creates an enhanced text entry widget for the purpose of date entry with various degrees of built-in intelligence.

METHODS

The datefield 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 ...?

WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS