NAME

Tk::JDialog - a translation of `tk_dialog' from Tcl/Tk to TkPerl (based on John Stoffel's idea).

VERSION

Version 1.01

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use Tk::JDialog;
my $Dialog = $mw->JDialog( -option => value, ...  );
...
my $button_label = $Dialog->Show;
            
          

DESCRIPTION

            

              
              
This is an OO implementation of `tk_dialog'.  First, create all your Dialog
objects during program initialization.  When it's time to use a dialog, 
invoke the `show' method on a dialog object; the method then displays 
the dialog, waits for a button to be invoked, and returns the text 
label of the selected button.
A Dialog object essentially consists of two subwidgets: a Label widget for
the bitmap and a Label wigdet for the text of the dialog.  If required, you 
can invoke the `configure' method to change any characteristic of these 
subwidgets.
Because a Dialog object is a Toplevel widget all the 'composite' base class
methods are available to you.
            
          

EXAMPLE

            

              
              
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Tk::JDialog;
my $mw = MainWindow->new;
my $Dialog = $mw->JDialog(
    -title          => 'Choose!',   #DISPLAY A WINDOW TITLE
    -text           => 'Press Ok to Continue',  #DISPLAY A CAPTION
    -bitmap         => 'info',      #DISPLAY BUILT-IN info BITMAP.
    -default_button => '~Ok',
    -escape_button  => '~Cancel',
    -buttons        => ['~Ok', '~Cancel', '~Quit'], #DISPLAY 3 BUTTONS
    -images         => ['/tmp/ok.xpm', '', ''],     #EXAMPLE WITH IMAGE FILE
);
my $button_label = $Dialog->Show( );
print "..You pressed [$button_label]!\n";
exit(0);
            
          

OPTIONS

-title

            

              
              
(string) - Title to display in the dialog's decorative window frame.
Default:  ''.
            
          

-text

            

              
              
(string) - Message to display in the dialog widget.  Default:  ''.
            
          

-bitmap

            

              
              
(string) - Bitmap to display in the dialog.
If non-empty, specifies a bitmap to display in the top portion of
the Dialog, to the left of the text.  If this is an empty string
then no bitmap is displayed in the Dialog.
There are several built-in Tk bitmaps: 'error', 'hourglass', 'info', 
'questhead', 'question', 'warning', 'Tk', and 'transparent'.
You can also use a bitmap file name, ie. '@/path/to/my/bitmap'
Default:  ''.
            
          

-default_button

            

              
              
(string) - Text label of the button that is to display the
default border and is to be selected if the user presses [Enter].  
(''signifies no default button).  Default:  ''.
            
          

-escape_button

            

              
              
(string) - Text label of the button that is to be invoked when the 
user presses the <Esc> key.  Default:  ''.
            
          

-button_labels

            

              
              
(Reference) - A reference to a list of one or more strings to
display in buttons across the bottom of the dialog.  These strings 
(labels) are also returned by the Show() method corresponding to 
the button selected.  NOTE:  A tilde ("~") can be placed before a 
letter in a label string to indicate the <Alt-<letterkey>> that 
the user can also press to select the button, for example:
"~Ok" means select this button if the user presses <Alt-<O>>.  
The tilde is not displayed for the button text.  The text is also 
not displayed if an image file is specified in the corresponding 
optional -images array, but is returned if the button is pressed.
If this option is not given, a single button labeled "OK" is created.
            
          

-images

            

              
              
(Reference) - Specify the optional path and file id for an image 
for each button to display an image in lieu of the label text 
('' if a corresponding button is to use text).  NOTE: button
will use text if the image file is not found.  Also the 
"-button_labels" option MUST ALWAYS be specified anyway to provide 
the required return string.
            
          

-noballoons

            

              
              
(boolean) - if true (1) then no balloon displaying the "button_labels" 
label text value will be displayed when the mouse hovers over the 
corresponding buttons which display imiages.  If false (0), then 
text balloons will be displayed when hovering.  Default: 0.
            
          

METHODS

Show ( [ -global | -nograb ] )

            

              
              
$answer = $dialog->B<Show>( [ -global | -nograb ] );
This method displays the Dialog box, waits for the user's response, and
stores the text string of the selected Button in $answer.  This allows 
the programmer to determine which button the user selected.
NOTE:  Execution goes into a wait-loop here until the the user makes a 
selection!
If -global is specified a global (rather than local) grab is
performed (No other window or widget can be minipulated via the keyboard 
or mouse until a button is selected) making the dialog "modal".  
Default: "-nograb" (the dialog is "non-modal" while awaiting input).
The actual Dialog is shown using the Popup method. Any other
options supplied to Show are passed to Popup, and can be used to
position the Dialog on the screen. Please read L<Tk::Popup> for
details.
            
          

Populate ( -option => value, ... )

            

              
              
(Constructor) - my $Dialog = $mw->JDialog( -option => value, ... );
            
          

ADVERTISED WIDGETS

            

              
              
Tk::JDialog inherits all the Tk::Dialog exposed widgets and methods plus 
the following two subwidgets:
            
          

message

            

              
              
The dialog's Label widget containing the message text.
            
          

bitmap

            

              
              
The dialog's Label widget containing the bitmap image.
            
          

AUTHOR

Jim Turner, <turnerjw784 at yahoo.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-tk-jdialog at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Tk-JDialog. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

            

              
              
perldoc Tk::JDialog
            
          

You can also look for information at:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Tk-JDialog

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  http://annocpan.org/dist/Tk-JDialog

• CPAN Ratings

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Tk-JDialog

• Search CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tk-JDialog/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

            

              
              
Tk::JDialog derived from the L<Tk::Dialog> wiget from Tcl/Tk to TkPerl 
(based on John Stoffel's idea).  It addes the options:  -escape_button 
and -images,
            
          

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1997-2023 Jim Turner.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

SEE ALSO

            

              
              
L<Tk::Dialog>, L<Tk::Label>, L<Tk::Widget>, L<Tk>
            
          

cpanm Tk::JDialog

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Tk::JDialog