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</pre><H3>SYNOPSIS</H3>

<B>tixOptionMenu<I> <I>pathName ?<I>options</I></B>?

<P>

</pre><H3>SUPER-CLASS</H3>

The <B>TixOptionMenu</B></I> class is derived from the <B>TixLabelWidget</B></I>

class and inherits all the commands, options and

subwidgets of its super-class.

</pre><H3>STANDARD OPTIONS</H3>

The OptionMenu widget supports all the standard Tix widget

options. See the <B>Tix-Options(n)</B></I> manual entry for details on the

standard Tix widget options.

</pre><H3>WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS</H3>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>command</B></I>

Class:          <B>Command</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-command</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the command to be called when the <B>-value</B></I> option of

the OptionMenu is changed. The command will be called with one

arguments -- the new value of the OptionMenu widget.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>disableCallback</B></I>

Class:          <B>DisableCallback</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-disablecallback</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

A boolean value indicating whether callbacks should be disabled. When

set to true, the TCL command specified by the <B>-command</B></I> option

is not executed when the <B>-value</B></I> of the OptionMenu widget

changes.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>dynamicGeometry</B></I>

Class:          <B>DynamicGeometry</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-dynamicgeometry</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

A boolean value indicating whether the size of the <B>menubutton</B></I>

subwidget should change dynamically to match the width of the

currently selected menu entry. If set to false (the default), the the

size of the menubutton subwidget will be wide enough to display every

menu entry fully and does not change when the user selects different

entries.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>label</B></I>

Class:          <B>Label</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-label</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the string to display as the label of this OptionMenu widget.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>labelSide</B></I>

Class:          <B>LabelSide</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-labelside</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies where the label should be displayed relative to the entry

subwidget. Valid options are: <B>top</B></I>, <B>left</B></I>, <B>right</B></I>,

<B>bottom</B></I>, <B>none</B></I> or <B>acrosstop</B></I>.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>state</B></I>

Class:          <B>State</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-state</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the whether the OptionMenu widget is normal or disabled. Only

the values "normal" and "disabled" are recognized.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>value</B></I>

Class:          <B>Value</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-value</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the value of the OptionMenu. The value of the OptionMenu

widget is the name of the item currently displayed by its

<B>menubutton</B></I> subwidget.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>variable</B></I>

Class:          <B>Variable</B></I>

Switch:         <B>-variable</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

Specifies the global variable in which the value of the OptionMenu

should be stored. The value of the OptionMenu will be automatically

updated when this variable is changed.

</UL>

</pre><H3>SUBWIDGETS</H3>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>menu</B></I>

Class:          <B>Menu</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The menu subwidget, which is popped up when the user press the

<B>menubutton</B></I> subwidget.

</UL>

<P>

<pre><code><code><code>

Name:           <B>menubutton</B></I>

Class:          <B>Menubutton</B></I>

</code></code></code></pre>

<UL>

The menubutton subwidget.

</UL>

</pre><HR>

</pre><H3>DESCRIPTION</H3>

<P>

The <B>tixOptionMenu</B></I> command creates a new window (given by

the <I>pathName</I></B> argument) and makes it into a OptionMenu

widget. Additional options, described above, may be specified on the

command line or in the option database to configure aspects of the

OptionMenu such as its cursor and relief.

</pre><H3>WIDGET COMMANDS</H3>

<P>

The <B>tixOptionMenu</B></I> command creates a new Tcl command whose

window. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the

widget. It has the following general form:

<pre>

<I>pathName option </I></B>?<I>arg arg ...</I></B>?

<P>

</pre>

<I>PathName</I></B> is the name of the command, which is the same as the

<I>arg</I></B>s determine the exact behavior of the command. The following

commands are possible for OptionMenu widgets:

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>add</B></I> <I>type name </I></B>?<I>option value ...</I></B>?

</I></B>

<DD> Adds a new item into the OptionMenu widget. <I>type</I></B> must be either

<B>command</B></I> or <B>separator</B></I>. The <I>options</I></B> may be any of the

valid options for the <B>command</B></I> or <B>separator</B></I> menu entry

types for the TK <B>menu</B></I> widget class, except <B>-command</B></I>.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>cget</B></I> <I>option</I></B>

</I></B>

<DD> Returns the current value of the configuration option given by

<I>option</I></B>. <I>Option</I></B> may have any of the values accepted by the

<B>tixOptionMenu</B></I> command.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>configure</B></I> ?<I>option</I></B>? <I>?value option value ...</I></B>?

</I></B>

<DD> Query or modify the configuration options of the widget.  If no

<I>option</I></B> is specified, returns a list describing all of the

available options for <I>pathName</I></B> (see <B>Tk_ConfigureInfo</B></I> for

information on the format of this list).  If <I>option</I></B> is specified

with no <I>value</I></B>, 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 <I>option</I></B> is specified).  If

one or more <I>option-value</I></B> 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. <I>Option</I></B> may have

any of the values accepted by the <B>tixOptionMenu</B></I> command.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>delete</B></I> <I>name</I></B>

</I></B>

<DD> Deletes the menu entry identified by <I>name</I></B>.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>disable</B></I> <I>name</I></B>

</I></B>

<DD> Disables the menu entry identified by <I>name</I></B>.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>enable</B></I> <I>name</I></B>

</I></B>

<DD> Enables the menu entry identified by <I>name</I></B>.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>entrycget</B></I> <I>name option</I></B>

</I></B>

<DD> Returns the current value of the configuration option given by

<I>option</I></B> in the menu entry identified by <I>name</I></B>. <I>Option</I></B>

may have any of the values accepted by the <B>add</B></I> widget command.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>entryconfigure<I> name</I></B> ?<I>option</I></B>? <I>?value option value ...</I></B>?

</I></B>

<DD> Query or modify the configuration options of the menu entry identified

by <I>name</I></B>. If no <I>option</I></B> is specified, returns a list

describing all of the available options for the menu entry (see

<B>Tk_ConfigureInfo</B></I> for information on the format of this list).

If <I>option</I></B> is specified with no <I>value</I></B>, 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

<I>option</I></B> is specified). If one or more <I>option-value</I></B> pairs

are specified, then the command modifies the given option(s) to

have the given value(s); in this case the command returns an empty

string. <I>Option</I></B> may have any of the values accepted by the

<B>add</B></I> widget command.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>entries</B></I>

</I></B>

<DD> Returns the names of all the entries currently in the OptionMenu

widget.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>subwidget <I>name ?args?</I></B>

</I></B>

<DD> When no options are given, this command returns the pathname of the

subwidget of the specified name.

When options are given, the widget command of the specified subwidget

will be called with these options.

</DL>

</pre><H3>KEYWORDS</H3>

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