radiobutton(n) Tk Built-In Commands radiobutton(n)_________________________________________________________________NAMEradiobutton - Create and manipulate radiobutton widgets
SYNOPSISradiobutton pathName ?options?
STANDARD OPTIONS-activebackground-cursor-highlightthickness-takefocus
-activeforeground-disabledforeground-image-text
-anchor-font-justify-textvariable
-background-foreground-padx-underline
-bitmap-highlightbackground-pady-wraplength
-borderwidth-highlightcolor-relief
See the options manual entry for details on the standard
options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Command-Line Name:-command
Database Name: command
Database Class: Command
Specifies a Tcl command to associate with the but-
ton. This command is typically invoked when mouse
button 1 is released over the button window. The
button's global variable (-variable option) will be
updated before the command is invoked.
Command-Line Name:-height
Database Name: height
Database Class: Height
Specifies a desired height for the button. If an
image or bitmap is being displayed in the button
then the value is in screen units (i.e. any of the
forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels); for text it is
in lines of text. If this option isn't specified,
the button's desired height is computed from the
size of the image or bitmap or text being displayed
in it.
Command-Line Name:-indicatoron
Database Name: indicatorOn
Database Class: IndicatorOn
Specifies whether or not the indicator should be
drawn. Must be a proper boolean value. If false,
the relief option is ignored and the widget's
relief is always sunken if the widget is selected
and raised otherwise.
Command-Line Name:-selectcolor
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Database Name: selectColor
Database Class: Background
Specifies a background color to use when the button
is selected. If indicatorOn is true, the color
applicies to the indicator. If indicatorOn is
false, this color is used as the background for the
entire widget, in place of background or active-
Background, whenever the widget is selected. If
specified as an empty string, no special color is
used for displaying when the widget is selected.
Command-Line Name:-selectimage
Database Name: selectImage
Database Class: SelectImage
Specifies an image to display (in place of the
image option) when the radiobutton is selected.
This option is ignored unless the image option has
been specified.
Command-Line Name:-state
Database Name: state
Database Class: State
Specifies one of three states for the radiobutton:
normal, active, or disabled. In normal state the
radiobutton is displayed using the foreground and
background options. The active state is typically
used when the pointer is over the radiobutton. In
active state the radiobutton is displayed using the
activeForeground and activeBackground options.
Disabled state means that the radiobutton should be
insensitive: the default bindings will refuse to
activate the widget and will ignore mouse button
presses. In this state the disabledForeground and
background options determine how the radiobutton is
displayed.
Command-Line Name:-value
Database Name: value
Database Class: Value
Specifies value to store in the button's associated
variable whenever this button is selected.
Command-Line Name:-variable
Database Name: variable
Database Class: Variable
Specifies name of global variable to set whenever
this button is selected. Changes in this variable
also cause the button to select or deselect itself.
Defaults to the value selectedButton.
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Command-Line Name:-width
Database Name: width
Database Class: Width
Specifies a desired width for the button. If an
image or bitmap is being displayed in the button,
the value is in screen units (i.e. any of the forms
acceptable to Tk_GetPixels); for text it is in
characters. If this option isn't specified, the
button's desired width is computed from the size of
the image or bitmap or text being displayed in it.
_________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTION
The radiobutton command creates a new window (given by the
pathName argument) and makes it into a radiobutton widget.
Additional options, described above, may be specified on
the command line or in the option database to configure
aspects of the radiobutton such as its colors, font, text,
and initial relief. The radiobutton command returns its
pathName argument. At the time this command is invoked,
there must not exist a window named pathName, but path-
Name's parent must exist.
A radiobutton is a widget that displays a textual string,
bitmap or image and a diamond called an indicator. If
text is displayed, it must all be in a single font, but it
can occupy multiple lines on the screen (if it contains
newlines or if wrapping occurs because of the wrapLength
option) and one of the characters may optionally be under-
lined using the underline option. A radiobutton has all
of the behavior of a simple button: it can display itself
in either of three different ways, according to the state
option; it can be made to appear raised, sunken, or flat;
it can be made to flash; and it invokes a Tcl command
whenever mouse button 1 is clicked over the check button.
In addition, radiobuttons can be selected. If a radiobut-
ton is selected, the indicator is normally drawn with a
sunken relief and a special color, and a Tcl variable
associated with the radiobutton is set to a particular
value. If the radiobutton is not selected, the indicator
is drawn with a raised relief and no special color. Typi-
cally, several radiobuttons share a single variable and
the value of the variable indicates which radiobutton is
to be selected. When a radiobutton is selected it sets
the value of the variable to indicate that fact; each
radiobutton also monitors the value of the variable and
automatically selects and deselects itself when the vari-
able's value changes. By default the variable selected-
Button is used; its contents give the name of the button
that is selected, or the empty string if no button associ-
ated with that variable is selected. The name of the
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variable for a radiobutton, plus the variable to be stored
into it, may be modified with options on the command line
or in the option database. Configuration options may also
be used to modify the way the indicator is displayed (or
whether it is displayed at all). By default a radiobutton
is configured to select itself on button clicks.
WIDGET COMMAND
The radiobutton command creates a new Tcl command whose
name is pathName. This command may be used to invoke var-
ious operations on the widget. It has the following gen-
eral form:
pathName option ?arg arg ...?
Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the
command. The following commands are possible for
radiobutton widgets:
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration
option given by option. Option may have any of the
values accepted by the radiobutton 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 path-
Name (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the
format of this list). If option is specified with
no value, 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, the command modi-
fies 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 radiobutton command.
pathName deselect
Deselects the radiobutton and sets the associated
variable to an empty string. If this radiobutton
was not currently selected, the command has no
effect.
pathName flash
Flashes the radiobutton. This is accomplished by
redisplaying the radiobutton several times, alter-
nating between active and normal colors. At the
end of the flash the radiobutton is left in the
same normal/active state as when the command was
invoked. This command is ignored if the radiobut-
ton's state is disabled.
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pathName invoke
Does just what would have happened if the user
invoked the radiobutton with the mouse: selects the
button and invokes its associated Tcl command, if
there is one. The return value is the return value
from the Tcl command, or an empty string if there
is no command associated with the radiobutton.
This command is ignored if the radiobutton's state
is disabled.
pathName select
Selects the radiobutton and sets the associated
variable to the value corresponding to this widget.
BINDINGS
Tk automatically creates class bindings for radiobuttons
that give them the following default behavior:
[1] The radiobutton activates whenever the mouse passes
over it and deactivates whenever the mouse leaves
the radiobutton.
[2] When mouse button 1 is pressed over a radiobutton
it is invoked (it becomes selected and the command
associated with the button is invoked, if there is
one).
[3] When a radiobutton has the input focus, the space
key causes the radiobutton to be invoked.
If the radiobutton's state is disabled then none of the
above actions occur: the radiobutton is completely non-
responsive.
The behavior of radiobuttons can be changed by defining
new bindings for individual widgets or by redefining the
class bindings.
KEYWORDS
radiobutton, widget
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