hwtk::buttongroup

-clientdata

Database name: clientData

Database class: ClientData

Acts as a data storage for a widgets. User can store any data and this will not have any effect on widget property.

-cursor

Database name: cursor

Database class: Cursor

Specifies the mouse cursor to be used for the widget. See Tk_GetCursor and cursors(n) in the Tk reference manual for the legal values. If set to the empty string (the default), the cursor is inherited from the parent widget.

-help

Database name: help

Database class: Text

Specifies the text or help message that displays when the cursor moves over the widget.

-helpcommand

Database name: helpcommand

Database class: Command

Dynamic help which calls an assigned -helpcommand when the user moves the mouse on the widget. The text which is returned by the -helpcommand will be in turn be displayed on the tooltip.

pathName add tag ?options?

Add a button to the buttongroup named tag. Use -text option to add text to the button. Default text is tag.

pathName buttoncget index ?option?

Returns information about a specified button in the buttongroup. Index is the button’s tag from the add command, default or end. See Widget-Specific Options in hwtk::button for valid buttongroup options.

pathName buttonconfigure index ?option? ?value option value …?

Configures attributes for a specified button in the buttongroup. Index is the button’s tag from the add command, default or end. See Widget-Specific Options in hwtk::button for valid buttongroup options.

pathName buttonlist ?all?

If used without any arguments, returns a list of all shown buttons. If the argument all is used then all buttons both shown and hidden are returned.

pathName cget option

Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option.

pathName component ?name?

Returns the components of the buttongroup container if no name is specified. If a name is specified, then it returns the path to that component of the container.

pathName configure ?option? ?value option value …?

Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. 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. If option is specified with no value, then the command returns a list describing the named option: the elements of the list are the option name, database name, database class, default value, and current value. If no option is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for pathName.

pathName delete index

Deletes the button given by tag from the buttongroup container and from memory.

pathName exists tag

Checks for existence of a button given by tag in the buttongroup.

pathName hide index

Hides the button given by index, where index is the button’s tag from the add command, default or end. Unlike the delete command, the button still exists in memory.

pathName identify element x y

Returns the name of the element under the point given by x and y, or an empty string if the point does not lie within any element. x and y are pixel coordinates relative to the widget. Some widgets accept other identify subcommands.

pathName insert index tag ?options?

Creates and inserts a new button into the buttongroup where tag is button to be newly created and inserted. Index is the named index of an already existing button in the container. See Widget-Specific Options in hwtk::button for valid buttongroup options.

pathName instate statespec ?script?

Test the widget’s state. If script is not specified, returns 1 if the widget state matches statespec and 0 otherwise. If script is specified, equivalent to

if{[pathNameinstatestateSpec]}script

pathName invoke tag

Invokes the script assigned to the button given by tag.

pathName show index

Shows an already existing buttongroup button given by index, where index is the button’s named tag from the add command, default or end which has been previously hidden.

pathName state ?stateSpec?

Modify or inquire widget state. If stateSpec is present, sets the widget state: for each flag in stateSpec, sets the corresponding flag or clears it if prefixed by an exclamation point. Returns a new state spec indicating which flags were changed:

setchanges[pathNamestatespec]
pathNamestate$changes

will restore pathName to the original state. If stateSpec is not specified, returns a list of the currently-enabled state flags.

::hwtk::dialog .dlg -title "::hwtk::buttongroup"
set w [.dlg recess] 

::hwtk::buttongroup $w.bg1

$w.bg1 add b1 -text "Button One"
$w.bg1 add b2 -text "Button Two" -image productHyperWorks-24.png -compound right -help "Image button with text"
pack $w.bg1

hwtk::buttongroup $w.bg2 -border 1 -orient vertical

$w.bg2 add b3 -image productHyperWorks-24.png -state disabled -help "image only"
$w.bg2 add b4 -text "Push Me" -command {puts "Button Pushed"}
$w.bg2 insert b4 insertbutton -text "Inserted Button"
pack $w.bg2 -pady 10

.dlg post