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<Center><H2>tixPopupMenu - Create and manipulate tixPopupMenu widgets</H2></Center><hr>

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

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

<P>

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

The <B>tixPopupMenu</B></I> class is derived from the <B>TixShell</B></I>

class and inherits all the commands, options and subwidgets of its

super-class.

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

The PopupMenu widget supports all the standard options of a frame widget.

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

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

<P>

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

Name:           <B>buttons</B></I>

Class:          <B>Buttons</B></I>

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

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

<UL>

A TCL list that specifies the mouse button(s) and key modifier(s) that

bring up the popup menu. Each element of this list is in turn a list

that contains two elements: the first element is an integer that

indicates the

mouse button that brings up the popup menu; the second element

specifies the key modifiers that should be used in conjunction with

the mouse button. For example, the value <B>{{1 {Control Meta}} {3

{Any}}}</B></I> specifies that the popup menu can be popped up by (a)

pressing mouse button 1 with either the Control or the Meta key or (b)

pressing mouse button 3 with any key modifier. The default value is

<B>{{3 {Any}}}</B></I>: only mouse button 3 brings up the popup menu.

</UL>

<P>

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

Name:           <B>postCmd</B></I>

Class:          <B>PostCmd</B></I>

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

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

<UL>

Specifies a command to be evaluated just before the menu is about to

pop-up. This command is called with two default arguments: the root

x-y coordinates where the user has pressed the mouse button. This

command must return a boolean value: a false indicates that the menu

should be popped up. This option can be used to find out where the

user has pressed the mouse-button and optionally disable the popup

menu over certain screen areas.

</UL>

<P>

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

Name:           <B>spring</B></I>

Class:          <B>Spring</B></I>

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

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

<UL>

When set to <B>true</B></I>, the menu will be automatically popped down if

the user releases the mouse button outside of the menu and no menu

commands will be invoked. This makes it easy for the user to cancel

the popup menu without pressing the Escape key. The default value is

<B>true</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>

Must be either <B>disabled</B></I> or <B>normal</B></I>. The PopupMenu widget will not

pop up unless its <B>-state</B></I> is set to <B>normal</B></I>.

</UL>

<P>

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

Name:           <B>title</B></I>

Class:          <B>Title</B></I>

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

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

<UL>

Specifies a text string to display inside the <B>menubutton</B></I>

subwidget, as the title of this PopupMenu.

</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.

</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>tixPopupMenu</B></I> command creates a new window (given by the

<I>pathName</I></B> argument) and makes it into a PopupMenu widget.

Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command

line or in the option database to configure aspects of the

PopupMenu widget such as its cursor and relief.

The Tix PopupMenu widget can be used as a replacement of the

<B>tk_popup</B></I> command. The advantage of the Tix PopupMenu widget is

it requires less application code to manipulate. Also, it provides a

title for the popup menu, which is not available from <B>tk_popup</B></I>.

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

<P>

The <B>tixPopupMenu</B></I> command creates a new Tcl command whose name is

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

determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands

are possible for PopupMenu widgets:

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>bind <I>widget </I></B>?<I>widget ...</I></B>?

</I></B>

<DD> Binds this PopupMenu to one or more <I>widgets</I></B>. The PopupMenu

will be activated when the user presses the right mouse button over

these <I>widgets</I></B>.

</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>tixPopupMenu</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>tixPopupMenu</B></I> command.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>post <I>widget x y</I></B>

</I></B>

<DD> Posts the PopupMenu inside the <I>widget</I></B> at the coordinate

<I>x</I></B>,<I>y</I></B>.

</DL>

<DL>

<DT> <I>pathName <B>unbind <I>widget </I></B>?<I>widget ...</I></B>?

</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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