| ActiveTcl User Guide |

# dateentry - Create and manipulate a dateentry widget

## SYNOPSIS

dateentry pathName ?options?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Widget <- LabeledWidget <- Datefield <- Dateentry

## STANDARD OPTIONS

background foreground justify | borderWidth highlightColor relief | cursor highlightThickness | exportSelection insertBackground

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

## INHERITED OPTIONS

disabledForeground labelMargin state | labelBitmap labelPos | labelFont labelText | labelImage labelVariable

See the "labeledwidget" class manual entry for details on these inherited options.

command textFont | int iq | state | textBackground

See the "datefield" class manual entry for details on these inherited options.

## ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

backwardImage dateFont outline titleFont | buttonForeground dayFont selectColor weekdayBackground | command days selectThickness weekendBackground | currentDateFont forwardImage startDay

See the "calendar" manual entry for details on the associated options.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

    Name:                   grab
    Class:                  Grab
    Command-Line Switch:    -grab

Specifies the grab level, local or global, to be obtained before bringing up the popup calendar. The default is global. For more information concerning grab levels, consult the documentation for Tk's grab command.

    Name:                   icon
    Class:                  Icon
    Command-Line Switch:    -icon

Specifies the calendar icon image to be used in the dateentry. This image must have been created previously with the image create command. Should one not be provided, then one will be generated, pixmap if possible, bitmap otherwise.

## DESCRIPTION

The dateentry command creates a quicken style date entry field with a popup calendar by combining the datefield and calendar widgets together. This allows a user to enter the date via the keyboard or by using the mouse and selecting the calendar icon which brings up a popup calendar.

## METHODS

The dateentry 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 dateentry widgets:

## INHERITED METHODS

get | isvalid | show |

See the "datefield" manual entry for details on the associated methods.

## 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 dateentry 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 dateentry command.

## COMPONENTS

    Name:                   label
    Class:                  Label

The label component provides a label component to used to identify the date. See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the label component item.

    Name:                   iconbutton
    Class:                  Label

The iconbutton component provides a labelbutton component to act as a lightweight button displaying the calendar icon. Upon pressing the labelbutton, the calendar appears. See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the labelbutton component item.

    Name:                   date
    Class:                  Entry

The date component provides the entry field for date input and display. See the "entry" widget manual entry for details on the date component item.

## EXAMPLE

     dateentry .de
     pack .de

## AUTHOR

Mark L. Ulferts

## KEYWORDS

dateentry, widget