# promptdialog - Create and manipulate a prompt dialog widget

## SYNOPSIS

promptdialog pathName ?options?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Toplevel <- dialogshell <- dialog <- promptdialog

## STANDARD OPTIONS

background foreground insertBorderWidth relief | borderWidth highlightColor insertOffTime selectBackground | cursor highlightThickness insertOnTime selectBorderWidth | exportSelection insertBackground insertWidth selectForeground

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

## ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

show |  |  |

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

invalid | textBackground | textFont | validate

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

labelFont | labelPos | labelText |

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

## INHERITED OPTIONS

buttonBoxPadX padY | buttonBoxPadY separator | buttonBoxPos thickness | padX

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

height | master | modality | width

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

title |  |  |

See the "Toplevel" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

## DESCRIPTION

The promptdialog command creates a prompt dialog similar to the OSF/Motif standard prompt dialog composite widget. The promptdialog is derived from the dialog class and is composed of a EntryField with commands to manipulate the dialog buttons.

## METHODS

The promptdialog 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 promptdialog widgets:

## ASSOCIATED METHODS

delete insert | get scan | icursor selection | index xview

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

clear |  |  |

See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the above associated methods.

## INHERITED METHODS

add invoke | buttonconfigure show | default | hide

See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

childsite |  |  |

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

activate | center | deactivate |

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited 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 promptdialog 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 promptdialog command.

  ## COMPONENTS

      Name:                   prompt
      Class:                  Entryfield

  The prompt component is the entry field for user input in the prompt dialog. See the "entryfield" widget manual entry for details on the prompt component item.

  ## EXAMPLE

       option add *textBackground white

       promptdialog .pd -modality global -title Password -labeltext Password: -show *
       .pd hide Apply

       if {[.pd activate]} {
           puts "Password entered: [.pd get]"
       } else {
           puts "Password prompt cancelled"
       }

  ## AUTHOR

  Mark L. Ulferts

  ## KEYWORDS

  promptdialog, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget