---
name: "OptMenu"
section: "3tix"
platform: "linux"
package: "tix41-dev"
version: "4.1.0.7-4.1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/OptMenu"
---

# OptMenu(3tix)

Create and manipulate tixOptionMenu widgets

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## NAME

tixOptionMenu - Create and manipulate tixOptionMenu widgets

## SYNOPSIS

**tixOptionMenu** *pathName ?options*?

## SUPER-CLASS

The **TixOptionMenu** class is derived from the **TixLabelWidget** class and inherits all the commands, options and subwidgets of its super-class.

## STANDARD OPTIONS

The OptionMenu widget supports all the standard Tix widget options. See the **Tix-Options(n)** manual entry for details on the standard Tix widget options.

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

```
Name:		command
Class:		Command
Switch:		-command
```

-

  Specifies the command to be called when the **-value** option of the OptionMenu is changed. The command will be called with one arguments -- the new value of the OptionMenu widget.

```
Name:		disableCallback
Class:		DisableCallback
Switch:		-disablecallback
```

-

  A boolean value indicating whether callbacks should be disabled. When set to true, the TCL command specified by the **-command** option is not executed when the **-value** of the OptionMenu widget changes.

```
Name:		dynamicGeometry
Class:		DynamicGeometry
Switch:		-dynamicgeometry
```

-

  A boolean value indicating whether the size of the **menubutton** subwidget should change dynamically to match the width of the currently selected menu entry. If set to false (the default), the the size of the menubutton subwidget will be wide enough to display every menu entry fully and does not change when the user selects different entries.

```
Name:		label
Class:		Label
Switch:		-label
```

-

  Specifies the string to display as the label of this OptionMenu widget.

```
Name:		labelSide
Class:		LabelSide
Switch:		-labelside
```

-

  Specifies where the label should be displayed relative to the entry subwidget. Valid options are: **top**, **left**, **right**, **bottom**, **none** or **acrosstop**.

```
Name:		state
Class:		State
Switch:		-state
```

-

  Specifies the whether the OptionMenu widget is normal or disabled. Only the values "normal" and "disabled" are recognized.

```
Name:		value
Class:		Value
Switch:		-value
```

-

  Specifies the value of the OptionMenu. The value of the OptionMenu widget is the name of the item currently displayed by its **menubutton** subwidget.

```
Name:		variable
Class:		Variable
Switch:		-variable
```

-

  Specifies the global variable in which the value of the OptionMenu should be stored. The value of the OptionMenu will be automatically updated when this variable is changed.

## SUBWIDGETS

```
Name:		menu
Class:		Menu
```

-

  The menu subwidget, which is popped up when the user press the **menubutton** subwidget.

```
Name:		menubutton
Class:		Menubutton
```

-

  The menubutton subwidget.

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  ```

## DESCRIPTION

The **tixOptionMenu** command creates a new window (given by the *pathName* argument) and makes it into a OptionMenu widget. Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command line or in the option database to configure aspects of the OptionMenu such as its cursor and relief.

## WIDGET COMMANDS

The **tixOptionMenu** command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the path name of the OptionMenu's window. This command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has the following general form:

```

pathName option ?arg arg ...?
```

*PathName* is the name of the command, which is the same as the OptionMenu widget's path name. *Option* and the *arg*s determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands are possible for OptionMenu widgets:

- *pathName* **add** *type name* ?*option value ...*?

  Adds a new item into the OptionMenu widget. *type* must be either **command** or **separator**. The *options* may be any of the valid options for the **command** or **separator** menu entry types for the TK **menu** widget class, except **-command**.

- *pathName* **cget** *option*

  Returns the current value of the configuration option given by *option*. *Option* may have any of the values accepted by the **tixOptionMenu** 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 **tixOptionMenu** command.

- *pathName* **delete** *name*

  Deletes the menu entry identified by *name*.

- *pathName* **disable** *name*

  Disables the menu entry identified by *name*.

- *pathName* **enable** *name*

  Enables the menu entry identified by *name*.

- *pathName* **entrycget** *name option*

  Returns the current value of the configuration option given by *option* in the menu entry identified by *name*. *Option* may have any of the values accepted by the **add** widget command.

- *pathName* **entryconfigure** *name* ?*option*? *?value option value ...*?

  Query or modify the configuration options of the menu entry identified by *name*. If no *option* is specified, returns a list describing all of the available options for the menu entry (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 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 **add** widget command.

- *pathName* **entries**

  Returns the names of all the entries currently in the OptionMenu widget.

- *pathName* **subwidget** *name ?args?*

  When no options are given, this command returns the pathname of the subwidget of the specified name.

  When options are given, the widget command of the specified subwidget will be called with these options.

## KEYWORDS

Tix(n)