NAME

PagesManager - Pages manager widget

CREATION

PagesManager pathName ?option value...?

STANDARD OPTIONS

-background

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

-height

-width

WIDGET COMMAND

pathName add page

pathName cget option

pathName compute_size

pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?

pathName delete page

pathName getframe page

pathName page first ?last?

pathName pages ?first? ?last?

pathName raise ?page?

PagesManager widget manage a set of pages and displays one of them. PagesManager does not provide any user access method, as NoteBook does, so it can be done through a listbox, a menu, radiobutton, or whatever.

-height

Specifies the desired height for the pages. If this option is equal to zero (the default) then the window will not request any size at all. In this case, user may want to call PagesManager::compute_size to make PagesManager larger enough to contains the largest page.

-width

Specifies the desired width for the pages. If this option is equal to zero (the default) then the window will not request any size at all. In this case, user may want to call PagesManager::compute_size to make PagesManager larger enough to contains the largest page.

pathName add page

Add a new page idendified by page. The pathname of the new page is returned.

pathName cget option

Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the creation command.

pathName compute_size

This command can be called to make the PagesManager large enough to contain the largest page.

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. 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 creation command. Read-only options are not be modified.

pathName delete page

Deletes the page page.

pathName getframe page

Returns the pathname of the page page.

pathName page first ?last?

Its use is deprecated. Use pages instead.
If last is omitted, returns the page at index first, or an empty string if first refers to a non-existent element. If last is specified, the command returns a list whose elements are all of the pages between first and last, inclusive. Both first and last may have any of the standard forms for indices.

pathName pages ?first? ?last?

If first and last are omitted, returns the list of all pages. If first is specified and last omitted, returns the page at index first, or an empty string if first refers to a non-existent element. If first and last are specified, the command returns a list whose elements are all of the pages between first and last, inclusive. Both first and last may have any of the standard forms for indices.

pathName raise ?page?

Raise the page page, or return the raised page if page is omitted.