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Selecting text field widget

literal type exactly as shown argument replace with your value ?optional? may be omitted

Synopsis#

ttk::spinbox pathName ?options?

Description#

A ttk::spinbox widget is a ttk::entry widget with built-in up and down buttons that are used to either modify a numeric value or to select among a set of values. The widget implements all the features of the ttk::entry widget including support of the -textvariable option to link the value displayed by the widget to a Tcl variable.

Standard Options#

See the ttk_widget manual entry for details on the standard options.

Standard Options#

See the ttk_entry manual entry for details on the standard options.

Widget-specific options#

-command#

Database name	command
Database class	Command

Specifies a Tcl command to be invoked whenever a spinbutton is invoked.

-format#

Database name	format
Database class	Format

Specifies an alternate format to use when setting the string value when using the -from and -to range. This must be a format specifier of the form %<pad>.<pad>f, as it will format a floating-point number.

-from#

Database name	from
Database class	From

A floating-point value specifying the lowest value for the spinbox. This is used in conjunction with -to and -increment to set a numerical range.

-increment#

Database name	increment
Database class	Increment

A floating-point value specifying the change in value to be applied each time one of the widget spin buttons is pressed. The up button applies a positive increment, the down button applies a negative increment.

-to#

Database name	to
Database class	To

A floating-point value specifying the highest permissible value for the widget. See also -from and -increment. range.

-values#

Database name	values
Database class	Values

This must be a Tcl list of values. If this option is set then this will override any range set using the -from, -to and -increment options. The widget will instead use the values specified beginning with the first value.

-wrap#

Database name	wrap
Database class	Wrap

Must be a proper boolean value. If on, the spinbox will wrap around the values of data in the widget.

Indices#

See the ttk::entry manual for information about indexing characters.

Validation#

See the ttk::entry manual for information about using the -validate and -validatecommand options.

Widget command#

The following subcommands are possible for spinbox widgets in addition to the commands described for the ttk::entry widget:

pathName get

Returns the spinbox's current value.

pathName set value

Set the spinbox string to value. If a -format option has been configured then this format will be applied. If formatting fails or is not set or the -values option has been used then the value is set directly.

Virtual events#

The spinbox widget generates a <<Increment>> virtual event when the user presses <Up>, and a <<Decrement>> virtual event when the user presses <Down>.

Styling options#

The class name for a ttk::spinbox is TSpinbox.

Dynamic states: active, disabled, focus, readonly.

TSpinbox styling options configurable with ttk::style are:

-arrowcolor color
-arrowsize amount
-background color

-bordercolor color
-darkcolor color
-fieldbackground color
-foreground color
-insertcolor color
-insertwidth amount
-lightcolor color
-padding padding
-placeholderforeground color
-selectbackground color
-selectforeground color

Some options are only available for specific themes.

See the ttk::style manual page for information on how to configure ttk styles.

Keywords#

entry · spinbox · widget · text field

Copyright#

• Copyright © 2008 Pat Thoyts