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NAME
iwidgets::notebook - create and manipulate notebook widgets
SYNOPSIS
iwidgets::notebook pathName ?options?
INHERITANCE
itk::Widget <- iwidgets::Notebook
STANDARD OPTIONS
background foreground scrollCommand width
cursor height
See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
Name: auto
Class: Auto
Command-Line Switch: -auto
Specifies whether to use the automatic packing/unpacking algorithm of the notebook. A value of
true indicates that page frames will be unpacked and packed acoording to the algorithm described
in the select command. A value of false leaves the current page packed and subsequent selects,
next, or previous commands do not switch pages automatically. In either case the page's associated
command (see the add command's description of the command option) is invoked. The value may have
any of the forms accepted by the Tcl_GetBoolean, such as true, false, 0, 1, yes, or no.
For example, if a series of pages in a notebook simply change certain display configurations of a
graphical display, the -auto flag could be used. By setting it, the -command procs could do the
appropriate reconfiguring of the page when the page is switched.
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DESCRIPTION
The iwidgets::notebook command creates a new window (given by the pathName argument) and makes it into a
notebook widget. Additional options, described above may be specified on the command line or in the
option database to configure aspects of the notebook such as its colors, font, and text. The
iwidgets::notebook command returns its pathName argument. At the time this command is invoked, there must
not exist a window named pathName, but pathName's parent must exist.
A notebook is a widget that contains a set of pages. It displays one page from the set as the selected
page. When a page is selected, the page's contents are displayed in the page area. When first created a
notebook has no pages. Pages may be added or deleted using widget commands described below.
NOTEBOOK PAGES
A notebook's pages area contains a single child site frame. When a new page is created it is a child of
this frame. The page's child site frame serves as a geometry container for applications to pack widgets
into. It is this frame that is automatically unpacked or packed when the auto option is true. This
creates the effect of one page being visible at a time. When a new page is selected, the previously
selected page's child site frame is automatically unpacked from the notebook's child site frame and the
newly selected page's child site is packed into the notebook's child site frame.
However, sometimes it is desirable to handle page changes in a different manner. By specifying the auto
option as false, child site packing can be disabled and done differently. For example, all widgets might
be packed into the first page's child site frame. Then when a new page is selected, the application can
reconfigure the widgets and give the appearance that the page was flipped.
In both cases the command option for a page specifies a Tcl Command to execute when the page is selected.
In the case of auto being true, it is called between the unpacking of the previously selected page and
the packing of the newly selected page.
WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS
The iwidgets::notebookfR 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 ...? option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command.
Many of the widget commands for a notebook take as one argument an indicator of which page of the
notebook to operate on. These indicators are called indexes and may be specified in any of the following
forms:
number Specifies the index of the the component. For menus, 0 corresponds to the left-most menu of the
menu bar. For entries, 0 corresponds to the top-most entry of the menu. number Specifies the page
numerically, where 0 corresponds to the first page in the notebook, 1 to the second, and so on.
select Specifies the currently selected page's index. If no page is currently selected, the value -1 is
returned.
end Specifes the last page in the notebooks's index. If the notebook is empty this will return -1.
pattern
If the index doesn't satisfy the form of a number, then this form is used. Pattern is pattern-
matched against the label of each page in the notebook, in order from the first to the last page,
until a matching entry is found. The rules of Tcl_StringMatch are used.
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The following commands are possible for notebook widgets:
pathName add ?option value?
Add a new page at the end of the notebook. A new child site frame is created. Returns the child
site pathName. If additional arguments are present, they specify any of the following options:
-background value
Specifies a background color to use for displaying the child site frame of this page. If
this option is specified as an empty string (the default), then the background option for
the overall notebook is used.
-command value
Specifies a Tcl command to be executed when this page is selected. This allows the
programmer a hook to reconfigure this page's widgets or any other page's widgets.
If the notebook has the auto option set to true, when a page is selected this command will
be called immediately after the previously selected page is unpacked and immediately before
this page is selected. The index value select is valid during this Tcl command. `index
select' will return this page's page number.
If the auto option is set to false, when a page is selected the unpack and pack calls are
bypassed. This Tcl command is still called.
-foreground value
Specifies a foreground color to use for displaying tab labels when tabs are in their normal
unselected state. If this option is specified as an empty string (the default), then the
foreground option for the overall notebook is used.
-label value
Specifies a string to associate with this page. This label serves as an additional
identifier used to reference the page. This label may be used for the index value in widget
commands.
pathName childSite ?index?
If passed no arguments, returns a list of pathNames for all the pages in the notebook. If the
notebook is empty, an empty list is returned
If index is passed, it returns the pathName for the page's child site frame specified by index.
Widgets that are created with this pathName will be displayed when the associated page is
selected. If index is not a valid index, an empty string is returned.
pathName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option.
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 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
iwidgets::notebook command.
pathName delete index1 ?index2?
Delete all of the pages between index1 and index2 inclusive. If index2 is omitted then it
defaults to index1. Returns an empty string.
pathName index index
Returns the numerical index corresponding to index.
pathName insert index ?option value?
Insert a new page in the notebook before the page specified by index. A new child site frame is
created. See the add command for valid options. Returns the child site pathName.
pathName next
Advances the selected page to the next page (order is determined by insertion order). If the
currently selected page is the last page in the notebook, the selection wraps around to the first
page in the notebook.
For notebooks with auto set to true the current page's child site is unpacked from the notebook's
child site frame. Then the next page's child site is packed into the notebooks child site frame.
The Tcl command given with the command option will be invoked between these two operations.
For notebooks with auto set to false the Tcl command given with the command option will be
invoked.
pathName pagecget index ?option?
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option for the page specified by
index. The valid available options are the same as available to the add command.
pathName pageconfigure index ?option? ?value option value ...?
This command is similar to the configure command, except that it applies to the options for an
individual page, whereas configure applies to the options for the notebook. Options may have any
of the values accepted by the add widget command. If options are specified, options are modified
as indicated in the command and the command returns an empty string. If no options are specified,
returns a list describing the current options for page index (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information
on the format of this list).
pathName prev
Moves the selected page to the previous page (order is determined by insertion order). If the
currently selected page is the first page in the notebook, the selection wraps around to the last
page in the notebook.
For notebooks with auto set to true the current page's child site is unpacked from the notebook's
child site frame. Then the previous page's child site is packed into the notebooks child site
frame. The Tcl command given with the command option will be invoked between these two operations.
For notebooks with auto set to false the Tcl command given with the command option will be
invoked.
pathName select index
Selects the page specified by index as the currently selected page.
For notebooks with auto set to true the current page's child site is unpacked from the notebook's
child site frame. Then the index page's child site is packed into the notebooks child site frame.
The Tcl command given with the command option will be invoked between these two operations.
For notebooks with auto set to false the Tcl command given with the command option will be
invoked.
pathName view
Returns the currently selected page. This command is for compatibility with the scrollbar widget.
pathName view index
Selects the page specified by index as the currently selected page. This command is for
compatibility with the scrollbar widget.
pathName view moveto fraction
Uses the fraction value to determine the corresponding page to move to. This command is for
compatibility with the scrollbar widget.
pathName view scroll num what
Uses the num value to determine how many pages to move forward or backward (num can be negative or
positive). The what argument is ignored. This command is for compatibility with the scrollbar
widget.
EXAMPLE
Following is an example that creates a notebook with two pages. In this example, we use a scrollbar
widget to control the notebook widget.
package require Iwidgets 4.0
# Create the notebook widget and pack it.
iwidgets::notebook .nb -width 100 -height 100
pack .nb -anchor nw \
-fill both \
-expand yes \
-side left \
-padx 10 \
-pady 10
# Add two pages to the notebook, labelled
# "Page One" and "Page Two", respectively.
.nb add -label "Page One"
.nb add -label "Page Two"
# Get the child site frames of these two pages.
set page1CS [.nb childsite 0]
set page2CS [.nb childsite "Page Two"]
# Create buttons on each page of the notebook
button $page1CS.b -text "Button One"
pack $page1CS.b
button $page2CS.b -text "Button Two"
pack $page2CS.b
# Select the first page of the notebook
.nb select 0
# Create the scrollbar and associate teh scrollbar
# and the notebook together, then pack the scrollbar
scrollbar .scroll -command ".nb view"
.nb configure -scrollcommand ".scroll set"
pack .scroll -fill y -expand yes -pady 10
AUTHOR
Bill W. Scott
KEYWORDS
notebook page
Tk iwidgets::notebook(1)