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# iwidgets::disjointlistbox - Create and manipulate a disjointlistbox widget

## SYNOPSIS

iwidgets::disjointlistbox pathName ?options?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Widget <- iwidgets::Disjointlistbox

## STANDARD OPTIONS

activeForeground buttonPlacement highlightColor | activeBackground activeRelief clientData highlightThickness | selectBorderWidth background cursor disabledForeground | selectForeground borderWidth foreground elementBorderWidth

See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

## ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

lhsButtonLabel | rhsButtonLabel |  |

See the "button" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

labelFont | lhsLabelText | rhsLabelText |

See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

jump | troughColor |  |

See the "scrollbar" widget class manual entry for details on the above associated options.

textBackground | textFont | lhsItems | rhsItems

See the "scrolledlistbox" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

    Name:                   buttonPlacement
    Class:                  ButtonPlacement
    Command-Line Switch:    -buttonplacement

Specifies the placement of the insertion and removal buttons relative to the scrolledlistbox widgetsn, bottom, or center. The default is bottom.

    Name:                   lhsLabelText
    Class:                  LabelText
    Command-Line Switch:    -lhslabeltext

Specifies the text for the label of the lhs scrolledlistbox. The default is "Available".

    Name:                   rhsLabelText
    Class:                  LabelText
    Command-Line Switch:    -rhslabeltext

Specifies the text for the label of the rhs scrolledlistbox. The default is "Available".

    Name:                   lhsButtonLabel
    Class:                  LabelText
    Command-Line Switch:    -lhsbuttonlabel

Specifies the text for the button of the lhs scrolledlistbox. The default is "Insert >>".

    Name:                   rhsButtonLabel
    Class:                  LabelText
    Command-Line Switch:    -rhsbuttonlabel

Specifies the text for the button of the rhs scrolledlistbox. The default is "<< Remove".

    Name:                   lhsSortOption
    Class:                  LhsSortOption
    Command-Line Switch:    -lhssortoption

Specifies the sort function to be applied to the lhs scrolledlistbox after items are inserted. Accepts the same sort options as the scrolledlistbox sort method (Tcl's lsort command). If "none" is specified, the inserted items are appended to the end of the list, and no sorting is performed. The default is "increasing".

    Name:                   rhsSortOption
    Class:                  RhsSortOption
    Command-Line Switch:    -rhssortoption

Specifies the sort function to be applied to the rhs scrolledlistbox after items are inserted. Accepts the same sort options as the scrolledlistbox sort method (Tcl's lsort command). If "none" is specified, the inserted items are appended to the end of the list, and no sorting is performed. The default is "increasing".

## DESCRIPTION

The iwidgets::disjointlistbox command creates a disjoint pair of listboxs similar to the OSF/Motif "Book" printing dialog of the "FrameMaker" program. It is implementation constists of a two Scrolledlistboxs, 2 buttons, and 2 labels. The disjoint behavior of this widget exists between the interaction of the two Scrolledlistboxes with one another. That is, a given instance of a Disjointlistbox will never exist, without the aid of a hack magician, which has Scrolledlistbox widgets with items in common. That means the relationship between the two is maintained similar to that of disjoint sets. Users may transfer items between the two Listbox widgets using the the two buttons. Options exists which include the ability to configure the "items" displayed by the 2 Scrolledlistboxes and to control the placement of the insertion and removal buttons.

## METHODS

The iwidgets::disjointlistbox 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. The following commands are possible for disjointlistbox widgets:

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

pathName cget option
  Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the iwidgets::disjointlistbox 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 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::disjointlistbox command.

pathName setlhs
  Set the current contents of the left-most Scrolledlistbox with the input list of items. Removes all (if any) items from the right-most Scrolledlistbox which exist in the input list option to maintain the disjoint property between the two

pathName setrhs
  Set the current contents of the right-most Scrolledlistbox with the input list of items. Removes all (if any) items from the left-most Scrolledlistbox which exist in the input list option to maintain the disjoint property between the two

pathName getlhs
  Returns the current contents of the left-most Scrolledlistbox

pathName getrhs
  Returns the current contents of the right-most Scrolledlistbox

pathName insertlhs
  Add the input list of items to the current contents of the left-most Scrolledlistbox. Removes all (if any) items from the right-most Scrolledlistbox which exist in the input list option to maintain the disjoint property between the two

pathName insertrhs
  Add the input list of items to the current contents of the right-most Scrolledlistbox. Removes all (if any) items from the left-most Scrolledlistbox which exist in the input list option to maintain the disjoint property between the two.

## COMPONENTS

    Name:                   lhs
    Class:                  Scrolledlistbox

The lhs component is the scrolledlistbox for the rhs button. See the "scrolledlistbox" widget manual entry for details on the lhs component item.

    Name:                   rhs
    Class:                  Scrolledlistbox

The rhs component is the scrolledlistbox for the rhs button. See the "scrolledlistbox" widget manual entry for details on the rhs component item.

    Name:                   lhsbutton
    Class:                  utton

The lhsbutton component is the button for users to remove selected items from the lhs Scrolledlistbox. See the "button" widget manual entry for details on the lhs button component.

    Name:                   rhsbutton
    Class:                  Button

The rhsbutton component is the button for users to remove selected items from the rhs Scrolledlistbox. See the "button" widget manual entry for details on the rhs button component.

    Name:                   lhsCount
    Class:                  Label

The lhsCount component is the label for displaying a count of the current items in the Scrolledlistbox. See the "Label" widget manual entry for details on the lhsCount label component.

    Name:                   rhsCount
    Class:                  Label

The rhsCount component is the label for displaying a count of the current items in the Scrolledlistbox. See the "Label" widget manual entry for details on the rhsCount label component.

## EXAMPLE

    package require Iwidgets 4.0
    iwidgets::disjointlistbox .dlb
    pack .dlb -padx 10 -pady 10 -fill both -expand yes

## AUTHOR(S)

John A. Tucker Anthony Parent

## KEYWORDS

disjointlistbox, widget