The London Perl and Raku Workshop takes place on 26th Oct 2024. If your company depends on Perl, please consider sponsoring and/or attending.

NAME

Tk::Poplevel - Popping a toplevel without decoration relative to a widget

SYNOPSIS

require Tk::Poplevel;
my $pop = $window->Poplevel(@options,
   -widget => $somewidget,
);
$pop->popUp;

DESCRIPTION

This widget pops a toplevel without ornaments relative to the widget specified in the -widget option. It aligns its size and position to the widget.

Clicking outside the toplevel will pop it down.

OPTIONS

Accepts all the options of a Toplevel widget;

-confine

Default value is 0. If set the popup will have the equal with of the widget.

-popalign

Default value 'left'. Can be 'left' or 'right'. This is the preferred horizontal alignment. Does nothing when -confine is set.

-popdirection

Default value 'down'. Can be 'up' or 'down'. Specifies if the popup should be preferrably above or below the widget. Does nothing when -confine is set.

-widget

Mandatory!

Reference to the widget the list should pop relative to.

Only available at create time.

METHODS

calculateHeight

For you to overwrite. Returns the requested height of the Polevel.

calculateWidth

For you to overwrite. Returns the requested width of the Polevel.

popDirection

Returns the direction of the popup. It is '' when not yet calculated. Can be 'up' or 'down'.

popDown

Hides the PopList.

popFlip

Hides the PopList if it shown. Shows the PopList if it is hidden.

Shows the PopList.

LICENSE

Same as Perl.

AUTHOR

Hans Jeuken (hanje at cpan dot org)

BUGS

Unknown. If you find any, please contact the author.

SEE ALSO

Tk
Tk::Toplevel
Tk::Listbox