shell - Create and manipulate a shell widget
shell pathName ?options?
itk::Toplevel <- shell
background cursor foreground
options.
title
ited options.
any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. A value of zero causes the height to be adjusted to the required value based on the size requests of the components placed in the childsite.
may cause some amount of flickering on slower machines. To pre- vent it simply set the width and height to a appropriate value.
window given by the master option. The master window should be either another existing toplevel window or {} for no master. The default is {} for shells and «.» for dialogs.
different ways: application, system, or none. Application modal
prevents any other toplevel windows within the application which
are direct children of `.' from gaining focus. System modal
locks the screen and prevents all windows from gaining focus
regardless of application. A modality of none performs no grabs
at all. The default is none.
in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is
10.
in any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. The default is
10.
any of the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels. A value of zero causes the width to be adjusted to the required value based on the size requests of the components placed in the childsite.
may cause some amount of flickering on slower machines. To pre- vent it simply set the width and height to a appropriate value. _________________________________________________________________
which supports modal operation.
the widget. It has the following general form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
pathName activate
tion and system modal activations, perform a grab operation, and
wait for the result. The result may be returned via an argument
to the deactivate method.
pathName center ?widget?
argument is optional. If provided, it should be the path of
another widget with to center upon. If absent, then the shell
will be centered on the screen as a whole.
pathName cget option
option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the shell
command.
pathName childsite
pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
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 shell command.
pathName deactivate ?arg?
optional argument to be passed to the activate method which returns the value. The optional argument is only effective for application and system modal dialogs.
shell. See the «frame» widget manual entry for details on the shellchildsite component item.
shell .sh -modality application -padx 20 -pady 20 -title Shell
pack [label [.sh childsite].l -text SHELL]
.sh center
.sh activate
shell, widget