widget_calendar - Calendar Megawidget
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Category
Widget
tklib 1.0.2 widget_calendar(3tk)
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
Description
This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget).
widget::calendarpathname ?options?
Example
package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all
set t [widget::calendar .t]
pack $t -fill x -expand 1
Keywords
calendar, date, megawidget, snit, widget
Name
widget_calendar - Calendar Megawidget
Synopsis
package require Tcl8.4
package require Tk8.4
package require widget?3.0?
package require widget::calendar?1.0.2?widget::calendarpathname ?options?
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Widget Command
pathnameget ?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.
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.
