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55<H3><A NAME="SECTION0018221000000000000000">
5616.2.2.1 Basic Widgets</A>
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60<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
61 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4845' xml:id='l2h-4845' class="class">Balloon</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
62 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
63<dd>
64A <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixBalloon.htm"
65 >Balloon</a>
66that pops up over a widget to provide help. When the user moves the
67cursor inside a widget to which a Balloon widget has been bound, a
68small pop-up window with a descriptive message will be shown on the
69screen.
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72<P>
73<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
74 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4846' xml:id='l2h-4846' class="class">ButtonBox</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
75 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
76<dd>
77The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixButtonBox.htm"
78 >ButtonBox</a>
79widget creates a box of buttons, such as is commonly used for <code>Ok
80Cancel</code>.
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83<P>
84<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
85 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4847' xml:id='l2h-4847' class="class">ComboBox</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
86 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
87<dd>
88The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixComboBox.htm"
89 >ComboBox</a>
90widget is similar to the combo box control in MS Windows. The user can
91select a choice by either typing in the entry subwdget or selecting
92from the listbox subwidget.
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96<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
97 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4848' xml:id='l2h-4848' class="class">Control</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
98 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
99<dd>
100The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixControl.htm"
101 >Control</a>
102widget is also known as the <tt class="class">SpinBox</tt> widget. The user can
103adjust the value by pressing the two arrow buttons or by entering the
104value directly into the entry. The new value will be checked against
105the user-defined upper and lower limits.
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109<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
110 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4849' xml:id='l2h-4849' class="class">LabelEntry</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
111 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
112<dd>
113The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixLabelEntry.htm"
114 >LabelEntry</a>
115widget packages an entry widget and a label into one mega widget. It
116can be used be used to simplify the creation of ``entry-form'' type of
117interface.
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121<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
122 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4850' xml:id='l2h-4850' class="class">LabelFrame</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
123 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
124<dd>
125The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixLabelFrame.htm"
126 >LabelFrame</a>
127widget packages a frame widget and a label into one mega widget. To
128create widgets inside a LabelFrame widget, one creates the new widgets
129relative to the <tt class="member">frame</tt> subwidget and manage them inside the
130<tt class="member">frame</tt> subwidget.
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136 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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138The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixMeter.htm"
139 >Meter</a>
140widget can be used to show the progress of a background job which may
141take a long time to execute.
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145<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
146 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4852' xml:id='l2h-4852' class="class">OptionMenu</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
147 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
148<dd>
149The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixOptionMenu.htm"
150 >OptionMenu</a>
151creates a menu button of options.
152</dl>
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155<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
156 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4853' xml:id='l2h-4853' class="class">PopupMenu</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
157 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
158<dd>
159The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixPopupMenu.htm"
160 >PopupMenu</a>
161widget can be used as a replacement of the <code>tk_popup</code>
162command. The advantage of the <tt class="module"><a href="module-Tix.html">Tix</a></tt> <tt class="class">PopupMenu</tt> widget
163is it requires less application code to manipulate.
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167<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
168 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4854' xml:id='l2h-4854' class="class">Select</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
169 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
170<dd>
171The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixSelect.htm"
172 >Select</a>
173widget is a container of button subwidgets. It can be used to provide
174radio-box or check-box style of selection options for the user.
175</dl>
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178<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
179 <td><nobr><b><span class="typelabel">class</span>&nbsp;<tt id='l2h-4855' xml:id='l2h-4855' class="class">StdButtonBox</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
180 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
181<dd>
182The <a class="ulink" href="http://tix.sourceforge.net/dist/current/man/html/TixCmd/tixStdButtonBox.htm"
183 >StdButtonBox</a>
184widget is a group of standard buttons for Motif-like dialog boxes.
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