NAME

widget_calendar - Calendar Megawidget

Table Of Contents

• Table Of Contents

• Synopsis

• Description

• WIDGET OPTIONS

• WIDGET COMMAND

• DEFAULT BINDINGS

• EXAMPLE

• Bugs, Ideas, Feedback

• Keywords

• Category

SYNOPSIS

package require Tcl 8.4
package require Tk 8.4
package require widget ?3.0?
package require widget::calendar ?1.0.2?

widget::calendar pathname ?options?

DESCRIPTION

This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget).

• widget::calendar pathname ?options?

WIDGET OPTIONS

• -command

  A script to evaluate when a date was selected.

• -dateformat

  The format of the date that is returned. Default: %m/%d/%Y.

• -firstday

  Set first day the week, Either sunday or monday. It defaults to monday.

• -font

  Select the font used in the widget. It defaults to Helvetica 9.

• -highlightcolor

  Selects the background color for the day that has been selected. Default: #FFCC00

• -language

  Specify language of the calendar contents. The language is specified by abbreviations of the languge, for example: en - english, de - german ... It defaults to en.

  Supported languages: de en es fr gr he it ja sv pl pt zh fi tr nl ru crk crx-nak crx-lhe

• -shadecolor

  Selects the color of the parts that have a shaded background. Default: #888888

• -showpast

  Specify if the past shall be shown. It is a boolean value and defaults to 1.

• -textvariable

  Specifies the name of a variable whose value is linked to the entry widget's contents. Whenever the variable changes value, the widget's contents are updated, and vice versa.

WIDGET COMMAND

pathname get ?what?

Returns a part of the selected date or 'all'. The argument what selects the part. Valid values for what are: day, month, year and all. 'all' is the default and returns the complete date in the format given with -dateformat.

DEFAULT BINDINGS

On creation of the calendar widget the following bindings are installed. When pressing a key the command is invoked and the textvariable is updated. updated.

• Home - Move to the current date

• Up - Move to week before current date

• Down - Move to week after current date

• Left - Move to day before current date

• Right - Move to day after current date

• Control-Left - Move to month before current date

• Control-Right - Move to month after current date

• Control-Up - Move to year before current date

• Control-Down - Move to year after current date

EXAMPLE

package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all
set t [widget::calendar .t]
pack $t -fill x -expand 1

Bugs, Ideas, Feedback

This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category widget::calendar of the Tklib Trackers. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.

KEYWORDS

calendar, date, megawidget, snit, widget

CATEGORY

Widget