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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>The mentry::mentry Command</title>
<meta name="Author" content="Csaba Nemethi">
<meta name="Keywords" content="mentry, widget, entry, label">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css">
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h1>The <code><b>mentry::mentry</b></code> Command</h1>
<h2>For Mentry Version 4.3</h2>
<h3>by</h3>
<h2>Csaba Nemethi</h2>
<address>
<a href="mailto:csaba.nemethi@t-online.de">csaba.nemethi@t-online.de</a>
</address>
</div>
<hr>
<h2 id="contents">Contents</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#quick_ref">Quick Reference</a></li>
<li><a href="#detailed_ref">Detailed Reference</a></li>
</ul>
<div>
<p><a href="index.html">Start page</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<h2 id="quick_ref">Quick Reference</h2>
<dl>
<dt><a href="#name">NAME</a></dt>
<dd><code>mentry::mentry</code> – Create and manipulate multi-entry
widgets</dd>
<dt class="tm"><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></dt>
<dd>
<pre>
<b>mentry::mentry</b> <i>pathName</i> ?<i>options</i>?
</pre>
</dd>
<dt><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></dt>
<dt class="tm"><a href="#std_options">STANDARD OPTIONS</a></dt>
<dd>
<pre>
<b>-borderwidth -highlightcolor -relief
-highlightbackground -highlightthickness</b>
</pre>
</dd>
<dt><a href="#child_options">OPTIONS FOR ALL ENTRY AND LABEL
COMPONENTS</a></dt>
<dd>
<pre>
<b>-background -cursor -font -foreground</b>
</pre>
</dd>
<dt><a href="#entry_options">OPTIONS FOR ALL ENTRY COMPONENTS</a></dt>
<dd>
<pre>
<b>-exportselection -insertwidth -selectforeground
-insertbackground -invalidcommand -show
-insertborderwidth -justify -state
-insertofftime -selectbackground -validate
-insertontime -selectborderwidth -validatecommand</b>
</pre>
</dd>
<dt><a href="#widget_options">WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS</a></dt>
<dd><code><b><a href="#body">-body</a></b> {<i>width</i> ?<i>text</i>
<i>width</i> <i>text</i> ...?}</code></dd>
<dd><code><b><a href="#disabledbackground">-disabledbackground</a></b>
<i>color</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><b><a href="#disabledforeground">-disabledforeground</a></b>
<i>color</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><b><a href="#readonlybackground">-readonlybackground</a></b>
<i>color</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><b><a href="#takefocus">-takefocus</a></b>
<b>0</b>|<b>1</b>|<b>""</b>|<i>command</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><b><a href="#textvariable">-textvariable</a></b>
<i>array</i></code></dd>
<dt class="tm"><a href="#indices">INDICES</a></dt>
<dd>
<pre>
<i>number</i> <b>end</b>
</pre>
</dd>
<dt class="tm"><a href="#widget_command">WIDGET COMMAND</a></dt>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#adjustentry">adjustentry</a></b>
<i>index</i> <i>string1</i> ?<i>string2</i>?</code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#attrib">attrib</a></b> ?<i>name</i>?
?<i>value</i> <i>name</i> <i>value</i> ...?</code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#cget">cget</a></b>
<i>option</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#clear">clear</a></b> <i>first</i>
?<i>last</i>?</code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#configure">configure</a></b>
?<i>option</i>? ?<i>value</i> <i>option</i> <i>value</i> ...?</code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#entries">entries</a></b></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href=
"#entrycount">entrycount</a></b></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#entrylimit">entrylimit</a></b>
<i>index</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#entrypath">entrypath</a></b>
<i>index</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#getarray">getarray</a></b>
<i>array</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#getlist">getlist</a></b></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href=
"#getstring">getstring</a></b></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#hasattrib">hasattrib</a></b>
<i>name</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#isempty">isempty</a></b>
?<i>index</i>?</code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#isfull">isfull</a></b>
?<i>index</i>?</code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href=
"#labelcount">labelcount</a></b></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#labelpath">labelpath</a></b>
<i>index</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#labels">labels</a></b></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#put">put</a></b> <i>startIndex</i>
?<i>string</i> <i>string</i> ...?</code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href=
"#setentryextrawidth">setentryextrawidth</a></b> <i>index</i>
<i>amount</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#setentryfont">setentryfont</a></b>
<i>index</i> <i>font</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#setentrywidth">setentrywidth</a></b>
<i>index</i> <i>width</i></code></dd>
<dd><code><i>pathName</i> <b><a href="#unsetattrib">unsetattrib</a></b>
<i>name</i></code></dd>
<dt class="tm"><a href="#bindings">DEFAULT BINDINGS</a></dt>
<dt class="tm"><a href="#keywords">KEYWORDS</a></dt>
<dd>mentry, widget, entry, label</dd>
</dl>
<div>
<p><a href="#contents">Contents</a> <a href=
"index.html">Start page</a></p>
</div>
<hr>
<h2 id="detailed_ref">Detailed Reference</h2>
<dl>
<dt id="name"><b>NAME</b></dt>
<dd><code>mentry::mentry</code> – Create and manipulate multi-entry
widgets</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="synopsis"><b>SYNOPSIS</b></dt>
<dd>
<pre>
<b>mentry::mentry</b> <i>pathName</i> ?<i>options</i>?
</pre>
</dd>
<dt id="description"><b>DESCRIPTION</b></dt>
<dd>The <code><b>mentry::mentry</b></code> command creates a new window
named <code><i>pathName</i></code> and of the class
<code><b>Mentry</b></code>, and makes it into a <b>mentry</b> widget.
Additional options, described below, may be specified on the command line
or in the option database to configure aspects of the mentry such as its
colors, font, and components. The <code><b>mentry::mentry</b></code>
command returns its <code><i>pathName</i></code> argument. At the
time this command is invoked, there must not exist a window named
<code><i>pathName</i></code>, but <code><i>pathName</i></code>'s parent
must exist.</dd>
<dd class="tm">The word <i>mentry</i> is an abbreviation of
<i>multi-entry</i>. A mentry is a mega-widget consisting of any
number of entries separated by labels, all embedded in a frame. Due
to appropriately chosen configuration options for the entries and labels, a
mentry widget looks like one single entry containing preinserted text
pieces that cannot be moved, changed, or deleted by the user.</dd>
<dd class="tm">In the Mentry package both the entry and label components
are direct children of the mentry widget. In the Mentry_tile package
only the labels are direct children, while the entry components are
grandchildren of the mentry (for technical reasons, the entry components of
a tile-based mentry widget are embedded in frame widgets, which in turn are
children of the mentry).</dd>
<dd class="tm">The initial width of each entry component (specified by the
<code><b><a href="#body">-body</a></b></code> configuration option) also
determines the maximal number of characters that can be inserted into
it. This is achieved with the aid of the <code><b><a href=
"wcbRef.html#callback">wcb::callback</a></b></code> command, by registering
the <code><b><a href=
"wcbRef.html#entrycb">wcb::checkEntryLen</a></b></code>
before-<code><b>insert</b></code> callback with the entry component.
In order to keep this callback, additional
before-<code><b>insert</b></code> callbacks (if needed) should only be
registered with the <code><b><a href=
"wcbRef.html#cbappend">wcb::cbappend</a></b></code> and <code><b><a href=
"wcbRef.html#cbprepend">wcb::cbprepend</a></b></code> commands. When
reaching this limit in an entry having the input focus, the latter is set
automatically to the next enabled entry component, the contents of that
widget is selected, and the insertion cursor is set to its end. This
is made sure by defining an appropriate after-<code><b>insert</b></code>
callback, which must be kept to be the last such callback for the
entry. For this reason, additional after-<code><b>insert</b></code>
callbacks (if needed) should only be registered with the
<code><b>wcb::cbprepend</b></code> command. The same command should
be used exclusively to define after-<code><b>motion</b></code> callbacks
(if needed), because <code><b>mentry::mentry</b></code> registers one that
must be the last after-<code><b>motion</b></code> callback for each entry
component.</dd>
<dd class="tm">Each mentry widget may have any number of <b>attributes</b>,
which can be used in commands that create or manipulate mentry widgets for
particular purposes. For example, each date mentry created by the
<code><b><a href=
"mentryDateTime.html#dateMentry">mentry::dateMentry</a></b></code> command
has a <code><b>type</b></code> attribute having the value
<code>"Date"</code> and a <code><b>format</b></code> attribute specifying
the meanings of its components. The values of these attributes are
queried and used in the bodies of the procedures <code><b><a href=
"mentryDateTime.html#putClockVal">mentry::putClockVal</a></b></code> and
<code><b><a href=
"mentryDateTime.html#getClockVal">mentry::getClockVal</a></b></code>.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="std_options"><b>STANDARD OPTIONS</b></dt>
<dd>
<pre>
<b>-borderwidth -highlightcolor -relief
-highlightbackground -highlightthickness</b>
</pre>
</dd>
<dd>See the <b>options</b> manual entry for details on the standard Tk
widget options. These options are only supported by the Mentry
package, but not by Mentry_tile.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="child_options"><b>OPTIONS FOR ALL ENTRY AND LABEL
COMPONENTS</b></dt>
<dd>
<pre>
<b>-background -cursor -font -foreground</b>
</pre>
</dd>
<dd>These options (described in the <b>options</b> manual entry) specify
the values of the options of the same names for all entry and label
components of the given multi-entry widget. These values may be
changed for an individual component by using the
<code><b>configure</b></code> subcommand of the Tcl command corresponding
to that component. However, applying this method to change the font
of an entry of a tile-based mentry widget might break the latter's
appearance (this has tile-related technical reasons). To avoid this
problem, it is recommended to use the <code><b><a href=
"#setentryfont">setentryfont</a></b></code> subcommand of the Tcl command
associated with the mentry widget for changing the value of the
<code><b>-font</b></code> option of one of its entry components.</dd>
<dd class="tm">When using the package Mentry_tile, these options have
theme-specific default values. The common abbreviations
<code><b>-bg</b></code> (for <code><b>-background</b></code>) and
<code><b>-fg</b></code> (for <code><b>-foreground</b></code>) are supported
for both classical and tile-based mentry widgets.</dd>
<dd class="tm"><b>REMARK:</b> Please take into account that for some
themes (like <code><b>Arc</b></code>, <code><b>plastik</b></code>,
<code><b>tileqt</b></code>, <code><b>vista</b></code>, and
<code><b>xpnative</b></code>), the <code><b>-background</b></code> option
will be ignored for the entry components of a tile-based mentry
widget. The same holds true for the <code>aqua</code> theme in dark
mode and with some Tk versions in the light appearance, too.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="entry_options"><b>OPTIONS FOR ALL ENTRY
COMPONENTS</b></dt>
<dd>
<pre>
<b>-exportselection -insertwidth -selectforeground
-insertbackground -invalidcommand -show
-insertborderwidth -justify -state
-insertofftime -selectbackground -validate
-insertontime -selectborderwidth -validatecommand</b>
</pre>
</dd>
<dd>These options specify the values of the options of the same names for
all entry components of the given multi-entry widget. These values
may be changed for an individual entry component by using the
<code><b>configure</b></code> subcommand of the Tcl command corresponding
to that entry. The options <code><b>-insertbackground</b></code>,
<code><b>-insertborderwidth</b></code>, <code><b>-insertofftime</b></code>,
<code><b>-insertontime</b></code>, <code><b>-insertwidth</b></code>,
<code><b>-selectbackground</b></code>,
<code><b>-selectborderwidth</b></code>, and
<code><b>-selectforeground</b></code> are only supported by the Mentry
package, but not by Mentry_tile. The common abbreviations
<code><b>-invcmd</b></code> (for <code><b>-invalidcommand</b></code>) and
<code><b>-vcmd</b></code> (for <code><b>-validatecommand</b></code>) are
supported for both classical and tile-based mentry widgets.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="widget_options"><b>WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS</b></dt>
<dd class="tm" id="body">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Command-Line Name: </td>
<td><code><b>-body</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Name:</td>
<td><code><b> body</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Class:</td>
<td><code><b> Body</b></code></td>
</tr>
</table>
<blockquote>
<p>Specifies the initial widths of the entry components of the given
multi-entry widget, as well as the texts to be displayed in the labels
separating the entries. The value of this option is viewed as a
list. Each odd-numbered element is interpreted as the value of
the <code><b>-width</b></code> configuration option of an entry
component, while each even-numbered element represents the value of the
<code><b>-text</b></code> configuration option of a label child.
That is, each entry width must be followed by a label text, except for
the last one, for which a corresponding label text is optional.
The order of the list elements determines the creation order of the
components; these will be packed in a row, without any horizontal
padding. The initial width of each entry also determines the
number of characters that can be inserted into it; this maximal length
remains unchanged even if the entry's width is set to a new value later
on.</p>
<p>The width of an entry component and the text displayed in a label
may be changed by using the <code><b>configure</b></code> subcommand of
the Tcl command corresponding to that component. However,
applying this method to change the width of of an entry of a tile-based
mentry widget might break the latter's appearance (this has
tile-related technical reasons). To avoid this problem, it is
recommended to use the <code><b><a href=
"#setentrywidth">setentrywidth</a></b></code> subcommand of the Tcl
command associated with the mentry widget for changing the value of the
<code><b>-width</b></code> option of one of its entry components.</p>
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dd id="disabledbackground">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Command-Line Name: </td>
<td><code><b>-disabledbackground</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Name:</td>
<td><code><b> disabledBackground</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Class:</td>
<td><code><b> DisabledBackground</b></code></td>
</tr>
</table>
<blockquote>
<p>This option specifies the background color to use for all entry and
label components of the given multi-entry widget when it is
disabled. If the value of this option is an empty string then the
normal background color is used. This option is only supported by
the Mentry package, but not by Mentry_tile.</p>
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dd id="disabledforeground">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Command-Line Name: </td>
<td><code><b>-disabledforeground</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Name:</td>
<td><code><b> disabledForeground</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Class:</td>
<td><code><b> DisabledForeground</b></code></td>
</tr>
</table>
<blockquote>
<p>This option specifies the foreground color to use for all entry and
label components of the given multi-entry widget when it is
disabled. If the value of this option is an empty string then the
normal foreground color is used. This option is only supported by
the Mentry package, but not by Mentry_tile.</p>
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dd id="readonlybackground">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Command-Line Name: </td>
<td><code><b>-readonlybackground</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Name:</td>
<td><code><b> readonlyBackground</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Class:</td>
<td><code><b> ReadonlyBackground</b></code></td>
</tr>
</table>
<blockquote>
<p>This option specifies the background color to use for all entry and
label components of the given multi-entry widget when it is
readonly. If the value of this option is an empty string then the
normal background color is used. This option is only supported by
the Mentry package, but not by Mentry_tile.</p>
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dd id="takefocus">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Command-Line Name: </td>
<td><code><b>-takefocus</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Name:</td>
<td><code><b> takeFocus</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Class:</td>
<td><code><b> TakeFocus</b></code></td>
</tr>
</table>
<blockquote>
<p>This option determines whether the widget accepts the focus during
keyboard traversal. It is almost identical to the standard option
of the same name (see the <b>options</b> manual entry for
details). The only difference is that not the widget itself but
its first enabled entry component will receive the focus during keyboard
traversal with the standard keys (<code>Tab</code> and
<code>Shift-Tab</code>). See the <a href="#bindings">DEFAULT
BINDINGS</a> section below for information on how to move the focus
from one entry component to another one using the keyboard.</p>
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dd id="textvariable">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>Command-Line Name: </td>
<td><code><b>-textvariable</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Name:</td>
<td><code><b> textvariable</b></code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Class:</td>
<td><code><b> Variable</b></code></td>
</tr>
</table>
<blockquote>
<p>If the value of this option is not an empty string then it must be
an array. In this case, for each entry component of the given
multi-entry widget the value of the array element with the index of the
entry as element name specifies the value of the
<code><b>-textvariable</b></code> option for that entry. The
entry indices start with <code>0</code>. For example,
specifying <code>-textvariable arr</code> for a multi-entry
widget having two entry components is equivalent to specifying
<code>-textvariable arr(0)</code> for the first and
<code>-textvariable arr(1)</code> for the second entry of that
widget.</p>
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dt id="indices"><b>INDICES</b></dt>
<dd>Some of the widget commands for mentries take an index as
argument. An index specifies a particular entry or label component of
the mentry, in any of the following ways:</dd>
<dd class="tm">
<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td><code><i>number </i></code></td>
<td>Specifies the component as a numerical index, where
<code>0</code> corresponds to the first entry or label
component.</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><code><b>end</b></code></td>
<td>Indicates the last entry or label component of the mentry.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</dd>
<dd class="tm">The word <code><b>end</b></code> can be abbreviated as
<code><b>en</b></code> or <code><b>e</b></code>. Out-of-range indices
are automatically rounded to the nearest legal value.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="widget_command"><b>WIDGET COMMAND</b></dt>
<dd>
The <code><b>mentry::mentry</b></code> command creates a new Tcl command
whose name is <code><i>pathName</i></code>. This command may be
used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the
following general form:
<blockquote>
<pre>
<i>pathName</i> <i>option</i> ?<i>arg</i> <i>arg</i> ...?
</pre>
</blockquote>
</dd>
<dd><code><i>option</i></code> and the <code><i>arg</i></code>s determine
the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are
possible for mentry widgets:</dd>
<dd>
<dl>
<dt class="tm" id="adjustentry"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>adjustentry</b> <i>index</i> <i>string1</i>
?<i>string2</i>?</code></dt>
<dd>Increases the width in pixels of the entry component identified by
<code><i>index</i></code> if needed, to make it just large enough for
texts of the entry-specific maximal length, consisting of characters
contained in the <code><i>string1</i></code> argument, excepting at
most one character, which may be contained in the optional
<code><i>string2</i></code> argument. Returns an empty
string.</dd>
<dd class="tm">For example, when constructing a mentry widget whose
components will accept up to two uppercase hexadecimal digits only, by
passing the string <code>"0123456789ABCDEF"</code> to this subcommand
you can make sure that the entry components will have optimal widths,
just large enough to display not only the decimal digits, but also up
to two letters in the range <code>A</code> - <code>F</code> (which need
more room than the decimal digits when using a proportionally-spaced
font). It is recommended to invoke this subcommand even if the
allowed characters are restricted to the digits <code>0</code> -
<code>9</code> only, because in some fonts not all decimal digits have
the same width.</dd>
<dd class="tm">An example for the case where both string arguments are
used is a mentry widget for (signed) real numbers in fixed-point
format. For its first entry component (displaying the integer
part of a real number), this subcommand should be invoked with
<code>"0123456789"</code> as its <code><i>string1</i></code> argument
and <code>"+-"</code> as its <code><i>string2</i></code> argument,
being that the entry's first character can be not only a decimal digit
but also the sign <code>"+"</code> or <code>"-"</code>. (Note
that in most proportional fonts, the width of the <code>"+"</code>
character is larger than that of <code>"0"</code>.)</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="attrib"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>attrib</b>
?<i>name</i>? ?<i>value</i> <i>name</i> <i>value</i> ...?</code></dt>
<dd>Queries or modifies the attributes of the widget. If no
<code><i>name</i></code> is specified, the command returns a list of
pairs, each of which contains the name and the value of an attribute
for <code><i>pathName</i></code>. If <code><i>name</i></code> is
specified with no <code><i>value</i></code>, then the command returns
the value of the one named attribute, or an empty string if no
corresponding value exists (you can use the <code><b><a href=
"#hasattrib">hasattrib</a></b></code> subcommand to distinguish this
case from the one that the value of an <i>existing</i> attribute is an
empty string). If one or more
<code><i>name</i></code>-<code><i>value</i></code> pairs are specified,
then the command sets the given widget attribute(s) to the given
value(s); in this case the return value is an empty string.
<code><i>name</i></code> may be an arbitrary string.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="cget"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>cget</b>
<i>option</i></code></dt>
<dd>Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
<code><i>option</i></code>, which may have any of the values accepted
by the <code><b>mentry::mentry</b></code> command.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="clear"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>clear</b>
<i>first</i> ?<i>last</i>?</code></dt>
<dd>Erases the contents of one or more entry components of the
widget. <code><i>first</i></code> and <code><i>last</i></code>
are indices specifying the first and last entries in the range to
clear. If <code><i>last</i></code> is not specified then it
defaults to <code><i>first</i></code>, i.e., a single entry is
cleared. The return value is an empty string.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="configure"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>configure</b>
?<i>option</i>? ?<i>value</i> <i>option</i> <i>value</i>
...?</code></dt>
<dd>Queries or modifies the configuration options of the widget.
If no <code><i>option</i></code> is specified, the command returns a
list describing all of the available options for
<code><i>pathName</i></code> (see <code><b>Tk_ConfigureInfo</b></code>
for information on the format of this list). If
<code><i>option</i></code> is specified with no
<code><i>value</i></code>, 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 <code><i>option</i></code> is
specified). If one or more
<code><i>option</i></code>-<code><i>value</i></code> pairs are
specified, then the command modifies the given widget option(s) to have
the given value(s); in this case the return value is an empty
string. <code><i>option</i></code> may have any of the values
accepted by the <code><b>mentry::mentry</b></code> command.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="entries"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>entries</b></code></dt>
<dd>Returns a list containing the path names of all entry components of
the widget.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="entrycount"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>entrycount</b></code></dt>
<dd>Returns the number of all entry components of the widget.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="entrylimit"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>entrylimit</b>
<i>index</i></code></dt>
<dd>Returns the number of characters that can be inserted into the
entry component identfied by <code><i>index</i></code>.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="entrypath"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>entrypath</b>
<i>index</i></code></dt>
<dd>Returns the path name of the entry component identfied by
<code><i>index</i></code>.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="getarray"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>getarray</b>
<i>array</i></code></dt>
<dd>For each entry component of the widget, the command assigns the
string contained in the entry to the element of
<code><i>array</i></code> having the index of the entry as element
name. The entry indices start with <code>0</code>. The
return value is an empty string.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="getlist"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>getlist</b></code></dt>
<dd>Returns a list containing the strings of all entry components of
the widget.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="getstring"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>getstring</b></code></dt>
<dd>Returns a string built by concatenating the strings contained in
the entry components of the widget with the texts displayed in the
labels separating the entries, in the creation order of the components,
as given by the <code><b><a href="#body">-body</a></b></code>
configuration option. That is, the string of the first entry is
followed by the text of the first label, which in turn is followed by
the string of the second entry, and so on.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="hasattrib"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>hasattrib</b>
<i>name</i></code></dt>
<dd>Returns <code>1</code> if the attribute <code><i>name</i></code>
exists and <code>0</code> otherwise.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="isempty"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>isempty</b>
?<i>index</i>?</code></dt>
<dd>If <code><i>index</i></code> is specified then the command returns
the value <code>1</code> if the string contained in the entry component
identfied by <code><i>index</i></code> is empty and <code>0</code>
otherwise. If this optional argument is not present then the
command returns the value <code>1</code> if the strings contained in
the entry components of the widget are all empty and <code>0</code>
otherwise.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="isfull"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>isfull</b>
?<i>index</i>?</code></dt>
<dd>If <code><i>index</i></code> is specified then the command returns
the value <code>1</code> if the length of the string contained in the
entry component identfied by <code><i>index</i></code> equals the
number of characters that can be inserted into the entry and
<code>0</code> otherwise. If this optional argument is not
present then the command returns the value <code>1</code> if the
lengths of the strings contained in the entry components of the widget
all equal the numbers of characters that can be inserted into the
respective entries (i.e., if all entry components are full) and
<code>0</code> otherwise.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="labelcount"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>labelcount</b></code></dt>
<dd>Returns the number of all label children of the widget.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="labelpath"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>labelpath</b>
<i>index</i></code></dt>
<dd>Returns the path name of the label child identfied by
<code><i>index</i></code>.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="labels"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>labels</b></code></dt>
<dd>Returns a list containing the path names of all label children of
the widget.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="put"><code><i>pathName</i> <b>put</b>
<i>startIndex</i> ?<i>string</i> <i>string</i> ...?</code></dt>
<dd>Replaces the texts of the entry components whose indices are greater
than or equal to <code><i>startIndex</i></code> with the corresponding
<code><i>string</i></code> arguments by using the
<code><b>delete</b></code> and <code><b>insert</b></code> operations,
until either the entries or the <code><i>string</i></code>s are
consumed. If one of these subcommands gets canceled by some
before-callback in any entry component then the command restores the
original contents of all affected entries and returns the value
<code>0</code>, otherwise it returns <code>1</code>. In both
cases, the command keeps the position of the insertion cursor in all
entry components.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="setentryextrawidth"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>setentryextrawidth</b> <i>index</i> <i>amount</i></code></dt>
<dd>Specifies additonal width to provide for the entry component
identified by <code><i>index</i></code>.
<code><i>amount</i></code> may have any of the standard forms for
screen distances (e.g., a number of pixels). The return value is
an empty string.</dd>
<dd class="tm">Notice that changing the width of an entry component has
no impact on the number of characters that can be inserted into it,
which remains set to the corresponding component of the value of the
mentry's <code><b><a href="#body">-body</a></b></code> option.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="setentryfont"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>setentryfont</b> <i>index</i> <i>font</i></code></dt>
<dd>Sets the font of the entry component identified by
<code><i>index</i></code> to the value given by
<code><i>font</i></code>. This is done by invoking the
<code><b>configure</b></code> subcommand of the Tcl command
corresponding to the entry. When using the package Mentry_tile,
this command also performs some additional steps necessary for updating
the appearance of the tile-based mentry widget. The return value
is an empty string.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="setentrywidth"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>setentrywidth</b> <i>index</i> <i>width</i></code></dt>
<dd>Sets the width of the entry component identified by
<code><i>index</i></code> to the number of characters given by
<code><i>width</i></code>. This is done by invoking the
<code><b>configure</b></code> subcommand of the Tcl command
corresponding to the entry. When using the package Mentry_tile,
this command also performs some additional steps necessary for updating
the appearance of the tile-based mentry widget. The return value
is an empty string.</dd>
<dd class="tm">Notice that changing the width of an entry component has
no impact on the number of characters that can be inserted into it,
which remains set to the corresponding component of the value of the
mentry's <code><b><a href="#body">-body</a></b></code> option.</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="unsetattrib"><code><i>pathName</i>
<b>unsetattrib</b> <i>name</i></code></dt>
<dd>Unsets the attribute <code><i>name</i></code>. Returns an
empty string.</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="bindings"><b>DEFAULT BINDINGS</b></dt>
<dd>The <code><b>mentry::mentry</b></code> command partially redefines the
bindings of the components of the mentry widget it creates:</dd>
<dd>
<ol>
<li class="tm">Clicking mouse button 1 in a label child positions the
insertion cursor to the end of the last enabled entry preceding the
label, sets the input focus to that entry, and clears any selection in
it.</li>
<li class="tm">If in a non-empty entry component a character is typed
that is contained in the label following that entry (if any), then the
focus is moved to the next enabled entry component, the contents of
that entry are selected, and the insertion cursor is set to its
end.</li>
<li class="tm">At the beginning of an entry component that is not the
first enabled entry within the widget, the <code>Left</code> key clears
the selection in that entry, moves the focus to the previous enabled
entry component, and sets the insertion cursor to the end of that
widget. Similarly, at the end of an entry component that is not
the last enabled entry within the widget, the <code>Right</code> key
clears the selection in that entry, moves the focus to the next enabled
entry component, and sets the insertion cursor to the beginning of that
widget. If <code><b>tk_strictMotif</b></code> is false then
<code>Control-b</code> and <code>Control-f</code> behave the same as
<code>Left</code> and <code>Right</code>, respectively.</li>
<li class="tm">In an entry component that is not the first enabled
entry within the widget, <code>Control-Left</code> moves the focus to
the previous enabled entry component, selects the contents of that
widget, and sets the insertion cursor to its end; if there is no
enabled entry component to the left of the current one then
<code>Control-Left</code> moves the insertion cursor to the beginning
of the current entry and clears the selection in that widget.
Similarly, in an entry component that is not the last enabled entry
within the widget, <code>Control-Right</code> moves the focus to the
next enabled entry component, selects the contents of that widget, and
sets the insertion cursor to its end; if there is no enabled entry
component to the right of the current one then
<code>Control-Right</code> moves the insertion cursor to the end of the
current entry and clears the selection in that widget. If
<code><b>tk_strictMotif</b></code> is false then <code>Meta-b</code>
and <code>Meta-f</code> behave the same as <code>Control-Left</code>
and <code>Control-Right</code>,
respectively.</li>
<li class="tm">The <code>Home</code> key clears the selection in the
current entry widget, moves the focus to the first enabled entry
component, and sets the insertion cursor to the beginning of that
widget. Similarly, the <code>End</code> key clears the selection
in the current entry widget, moves the focus to the last enabled entry
component, and sets the insertion cursor to the end of that
widget. If <code><b>tk_strictMotif</b></code> is false then
<code>Control-a</code> and <code>Control-e</code> behave the same as
<code>Home</code> and <code>End</code>, respectively.</li>
<li class="tm"><code>Shift-Home</code> moves the focus to the first
enabled entry component, sets the insertion cursor to the beginning of
that widget, and either extends the selection to that position, or
clears the selection in the current entry and selects the contents of
the new widget, depending upon whether the current entry is the first
enabled entry component or not. Similarly, <code>Shift-End</code>
moves the focus to the last enabled entry component, sets the insertion
cursor to the end of that widget, and either extends the selection to
that position, or clears the selection in the current entry and selects
the contents of the new widget, depending upon whether the current
entry is the last enabled entry component or not.</li>
<li class="tm">The <code>BackSpace</code> key deletes the selection if
there is one in the current entry. Otherwise, it deletes either
the character to the left of the insertion cursor in the current entry,
or the last character of the previous enabled entry component.
The latter takes place at the beginning of an entry component that is
not the first enabled entry within the widget; in this case, the
<code>BackSpace</code> key also moves the focus to the previous enabled
entry component and sets the insertion cursor to its end. If
<code><b>tk_strictMotif</b></code> is false then <code>Control-h</code>
behaves the same as <code>BackSpace</code>.</li>
<li class="tm">If <code><b>tk_strictMotif</b></code> is false then
<code>Meta-d</code> deletes all characters to the right of the
insertion cursor within the current entry, while
<code>Meta-BackSpace</code> and <code>Meta-Delete</code> delete either
all characters to the left of the insertion cursor in the current
entry, or the contents of the previous enabled entry component.
The latter takes place at the beginning of an entry component that is
not the first enabled entry within the widget; in this case,
<code>Meta-BackSpace</code> and <code>Meta-Delete</code> also clear the
selection in the current entry widget and move the focus to the
previous enabled entry component.</li>
</ol>
</dd>
<dt class="tm" id="keywords"><b>KEYWORDS</b></dt>
<dd>mentry, widget, entry, label</dd>
</dl>
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