Tk::Splashscreen - display a Splashscreen during program initialization.
Contents
Advertised Widgets
Component subwidgets can be accessed via the Subwidget method. This mega widget has no advertised
subwidgets. Instead, treat the widget reference as a Toplevel and populate it as desired.
Bindings
<ButtonPress-3>
Notifies the Splashscreen to set a mark for an impending move.
<ButtonRelease-3>
Moves the Splashscreen from the mark to the cursor's current position.
Description
For programs that require large load times, it's a common practice to display a Splashscreen that
occupies the user's attention. This Toplevel mega widget provides all the display, destroy and timing
events. All you do it create the Splashscreen mega widget, populate it as you see fit, then invoke
Splash() to display it and Destroy() to tear it down.
Important note: be sure to sprinkle update() calls throughout your initialization code so that any
Splashscreen events are handled. Remember, the screen may be animated, or the user may be simply moving
the Splashscreen about.
Example
$splash = $mw->Splashscreen;
... populate the Splashscreen toplevel as desired ...
$splash->Splash(4000);
... program initialization ...
$splash->Destroy;
Keywords
Splashscreen, Toplevel
Tk1.0 2022-06-28 Splashscreen(3pm)
Methods
$splash->Splash([milliseconds]);
If milliseconds is specified, it's the minimum number of milliseconds the Splashscreen should remain on
the screen. This value takes precedence over that specified on the Splashscreen constructor call.
$splash->Destroy([milliseconds]);
If milliseconds is specified, it's the minimum number of milliseconds the Splashscreen should remain on
the screen. This value takes precedence over that specified on the Splash() call, which takes precedence
over that specified during Splashscreen construction.
Name
Tk::Splashscreen - display a Splashscreen during program initialization.
Options
The following option/value pairs are supported:
-milliseconds
The minimum number of milliseconds the Splashscreen should remain on the screen. Default is 0, which
means that the Splashscreen is destroyed as soon as Destroy() is called. Otherwise, Destroy() waits
for the specified time interval to elapse before destroying the Splashscreen.
Synopsis
$splash = $parent->Splashscreen(-opt => val, ... );
