# extfileselectiondialog - Create and manipulate a file selection dialog widget

## SYNOPSIS

extfileselectiondialog pathName ?options?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Toplevel <- Shell <- Dialogshell <- Dialog <- Extfileselectiondialog

## STANDARD OPTIONS

activeBackground foreground insertBorderWidth selectBackground | background highlightColor insertOffTime selectBorderWidth | borderWidth highlightThickness insertOnTime selectForeground | cursor insertBackground insertWidth

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

## ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

popupCursor | textBackground | textFont |

See the "combobox" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

childSitePos dirsOn filesOn invalid selectionOn | directory filesLabel fileType mask | dirsLabel filesLabelOn filterLabel noMatchString | dirSearchCommand fileSearchCommand filterOn selectionLabel

See the "extfileselectionbox" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

labelFont |  |  |

See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

sashCursor |  |  |

See the "panedwindow" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

labelFont |  |  |

See the "labeledwidget" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

activeRelief | elementBorderWidth | jump | troughColor

See the "scrollbar" widget class manual entry for details on the above associated options.

textBackground | textFont |  |

See the "scrolledlistbox" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

## INHERITED OPTIONS

buttonBoxPadX padY | buttonBoxPadY separator | buttonBoxPos thickness | padX

See the "dialogshell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

height | master | modality | width

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

title |  |  |

See the "Toplevel" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

## DESCRIPTION

The extfileselectiondialog command creates an extended file selection dialog which is slightly different than the fileselectiondialog widget. The differences are mostly cosmetic in that the listboxes are within a panedwindow and the entryfields for the filter and selection have been replaced by comboboxes. Other than that the interface is practically the same.

## METHODS

The extfileselectiondialog command creates a new Tcl command whose name is pathName. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general form:

    pathName option ?arg arg ...?

Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for extfileselectiondialog widgets:

## ASSOCIATED METHODS

get | childsite | filter |

See the "fileselectionbox" class manual entry for details on the associated methods.

## INHERITED METHODS

add insert | buttonconfigure invoke | default show | hide

See the "buttonbox" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

activate | center | deactivate |

See the "shell" widget manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS

pathName cget option

  Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option. Option may have any of the values accepted by the extfileselectiondialog command.
  pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
    Query or modify the configuration options of the widget. If no option is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of this list). If option is specified with no value, then the command returns a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist of the value returned if no option is specified). 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. Option may have any of the values accepted by the extfileselectiondialog command.

  ## COMPONENTS

      Name:                   fsb
      Class:                  Fileselectionbox

  The fsb component is the extfileselectionbox for the extfileselectiondialog. See the "extfileselectionbox" widget manual entry for details on the fsb component item.

  ## EXAMPLE

       #
       # Non-modal example
       #
       proc okCallback {} {
           puts "You selected [.nmfsd get]"
           .nmfsd deactivate
       }

       extfileselectiondialog .nmfsd -title Non-Modal
       .nmfsd buttonconfigure OK -command okCallback

       .nmfsd activate

       #
       # Modal example
       #
       extfileselectiondialog .mfsd -modality application
       .mfsd center

       if {[.mfsd activate]} {
           puts "You selected [.mfsd get]"
       } else {
           puts "You cancelled the dialog"
       }

  ## AUTHORS

  Mark L. Ulferts

  Anthony L. Parent

  ## KEYWORDS

  extfileselectiondialog, extfileselectionbox, dialog, dialogshell, shell, widget