---
name: "tixStdButtonBox"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "tix-dev"
version: "8.4.3-14"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tixStdButtonBox"
---

# tixStdButtonBox(3)

Create and manipulate Tix StdButtonBox widgets

## NAME

tixStdButtonBox - Create and manipulate Tix StdButtonBox widgets

## SYNOPSIS

**tixStdButtonBox** *pathName* ?*options*? -anchor	-background	-cursor -relief	-borderWidth

## WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

\[**-orientation** *orientation Orientation*\] **Static Option**. Specifies the orientation of the button subwidgets. Only the values "horizontal" and "vertical" are recognized. \[**-padx** *padx Pad*\] Specifies the horizontal padding between two neighboring button subwidgets in the StdButtonBox widget.

\[**-padx** *padx Pad*\] Specifies the vertical padding between two neighboring button subwidgets in the StdButtonBox widget. \[**-state** *state State*\] Specifies the state of all the buttons inside the StdButtonBox widget.

*Note*: Setting this option using the *config* widget command will enable or disable all the buttons subwidgets. Original states of the individual buttons are *not* saved.

## SUBWIDGETS

```
Name:		ok
Class:		Button
```

-

  The first button subwidget. By default it displays the text string "Ok"

```
Name:		apply
Class:		Button
```

-

  The second button subwidget. By default it displays the text string "Apply"

```
Name:		cancel
Class:		Button
```

-

  The third button subwidget. By default it displays the text string "Cancel"

```
Name:		help
Class:		Button
```

-

  The fourth button subwidget. By default it displays the text string "Help"

## DESCRIPTION

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

The StdButtonBox widget is a group of Standard buttons for Motif-like dialog boxes.

## WIDGET COMMAND

The **tixStdButtonBox** command creates a new Tcl command whose name is the same as the path name of the StdButtonBox'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 StdButtonBox widget's path name.  *Option* and the *arg*s determine the exact behavior of the command.  The following commands are possible for StdButtonBox widgets:

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

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

- *pathName* **invoke** *buttonName*

  Invoke the button subwidget with the name *buttonName*.

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

  When no additional arguments are given, returns the pathname of the subwidget of the specified name.

When no additional arguments are given, the widget command of the specified subwidget will be called with these parameters.

## BINDINGS

TixStdButtonBox widgets have no default bindings. The button subwidgets retain their default Tk bindings.

## KEYWORDS

Tix(n), Container Widgets