---
name: "pushbutton"
section: "3iwidgets"
platform: "linux"
package: "iwidgets3.1-doc"
version: "3.1.0-9"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pushbutton"
---

# pushbutton(3iwidgets)

Create and manipulate a push button widget

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## NAME

pushbutton - Create and manipulate a push button widget

## SYNOPSIS

**pushbutton** *pathName* ?*options*?

## INHERITANCE

itk::Widget \<- pushbutton

## STANDARD OPTIONS

```
activeBackground	activeForeground	background	bitmap
borderWidth	command	cursor	disabledForeground
font	foreground	highlightBackground	highlightColor
highlightThickness	image	padX	padY
state	text	underline	wrapLength
```

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

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

```
Name:	defaultRing
Class:	DefaultRing
Command-Line Switch:	-defaultring
```

-

  Boolean describing whether the button displays its default ring given in  any of the forms acceptable to **Tcl\_GetBoolean**.  The default is false.

```
Name:	defaultRingPad
Class:	Pad
Command-Line Switch:	-defaultringpad
```

-

  Specifies the amount of space to be allocated to the indentation of the default ring ring given in any of the forms acceptable to **Tcl\_GetPixels**. The option has no effect if the defaultring option is set to false.  The  default is 2 pixels.

```
Name:	height
Class:	Height
Command-Line Switch:	-height
```

-

  Specifies the height of the button inclusive of any default ring given in any of the forms acceptable to **Tk\_GetPixels**.  A value of zero lets  the push button determine the height based on the requested height plus  highlightring and defaultringpad.

```
Name:	width
Class:	Width
Command-Line Switch:	-width
```

-

  Specifies the width of the button inclusive of any default ring given in any of the forms acceptable to **Tk\_GetPixels**.  A value of zero lets  the push button determine the width based on the requested width plus  highlightring and defaultringpad.

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## DESCRIPTION

The **pushbutton** command creates a push button with an  optional default ring used for default designation and traversal.

## METHODS

The **pushbutton** 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 *arg*s determine the exact behavior of the command.  The following commands are possible for pushbutton widgets:

## ASSOCIATED METHODS

```
flash	invoke
```

See the "button" manual entry for details on the associated 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 **pushbutton** 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 **pushbutton** command.

## COMPONENTS

```
Name:	pushbutton
Class:	Button
```

-

  The pushbutton component is the button surrounded by the optional default ring. See the "button" widget manual entry for details on the pushbutton component item.

## EXAMPLE

```

pushbutton .pb -text "Hello" -command {puts "Hello World"} -defaultring 1
pack .pb -padx 10 -pady 10
```

## AUTHOR

Bret A. Schuhmacher

Mark L. Ulferts

## KEYWORDS

pushbutton, widget