mentry::mentry – Create and manipulate multi-entry
    widgetsmentry::mentry pathName ?options?
-borderwidth -highlightcolor -relief -highlightbackground -highlightthickness
-background -cursor -font -foreground
-exportselection -insertwidth -selectforeground -insertbackground -invalidcommand -show -insertborderwidth -justify -state -insertofftime -selectbackground -validate -insertontime -selectborderwidth -validatecommand
-body {width ?text
    width text ...?}-disabledbackground
    color-disabledforeground
    color-readonlybackground
    color-takefocus
    0|1|""|command-textvariable
    arraynumber end
pathName adjustentry
    index stringpathName attrib ?name?
    ?value name value ...?pathName cget
    optionpathName clear first
    ?last?pathName configure
    ?option? ?value option value ...?pathName entriespathName entrycountpathName entrylimit
    indexpathName entrypath
    indexpathName getarray
    arraypathName getlistpathName getstringpathName hasattrib
    namepathName isempty
    ?index?pathName isfull
    ?index?pathName labelcountpathName labelpath
    indexpathName labelspathName put startIndex
    ?string string ...?pathName setentryextrawidth index
    amountpathName setentryfont
    index fontpathName setentrywidth
    index widthpathName unsetattrib
    namementry::mentry – Create and manipulate multi-entry
    widgetsmentry::mentry pathName ?options?
-borderwidth -highlightcolor -relief -highlightbackground -highlightthickness
-background -cursor -font -foreground
configure
    subcommand of the Tcl command corresponding to that child.  However,
    applying this method to change the font of an entry child 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 setentryfont subcommand
    of the Tcl command associated with the mentry widget for changing the value
    of the -font option of one of its entry children.-bg (for -background) and
    -fg (for -foreground) are supported
    for both classical and tile-based mentry widgets.Arc, plastik,
    tileqt, vista, and
    xpnative), the -background option
    will be ignored for the entry children of a tile-based mentry widget.-exportselection -insertwidth -selectforeground -insertbackground -invalidcommand -show -insertborderwidth -justify -state -insertofftime -selectbackground -validate -insertontime -selectborderwidth -validatecommand
configure subcommand of the Tcl command corresponding
    to that entry.  The -invalidcommand,
    -validate, and -validatecommand
    options are only supported if Tk version 8.3 or higher is used, because the
    options of the same names for entry widgets were introduced in Tk
    8.3.  The options -insertbackground,
    -insertborderwidth, -insertofftime,
    -insertontime, -insertwidth,
    -selectbackground,
    -selectborderwidth, and
    -selectforeground are only supported by the Mentry
    package, but not by Mentry_tile.  The common abbreviations
    -invcmd (for -invalidcommand) and
    -vcmd (for -validatecommand) are
    supported for both classical and tile-based mentry widgets.| Command-Line Name: | -body | 
| Database Name: |  body | 
| Database Class: |  Body | 
Specifies the initial widths of the entry children 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
-widthconfiguration option of an entry child, while each even-numbered element represents the value of the-textconfiguration 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 child widgets; these will be packed in a row, without any horizontal padding. The initial width of each entry child 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.The width of an entry child and the text displayed in a label may be changed by using the
configuresubcommand of the Tcl command corresponding to that child. However, applying this method to change the width of of an entry child 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 thesetentrywidthsubcommand of the Tcl command associated with the mentry widget for changing the value of the-widthoption of one of its entry children.
| Command-Line Name: | -disabledbackground | 
| Database Name: |  disabledBackground | 
| Database Class: |  DisabledBackground | 
This option, which is only supported for Tk versions 8.4 or higher, specifies the background color to use for all entry and label children of the given multi-entry widget when it is disabled. If the value of this option is the empty string then the normal background color is used. This option is only supported by the Mentry package, but not by Mentry_tile.
| Command-Line Name: | -disabledforeground | 
| Database Name: |  disabledForeground | 
| Database Class: |  DisabledForeground | 
This option, which is only supported for Tk versions 8.4 or higher, specifies the foreground color to use for all entry and label children of the given multi-entry widget when it is disabled. If the value of this option is the empty string then the normal foreground color is used. This option is only supported by the Mentry package, but not by Mentry_tile.
| Command-Line Name: | -readonlybackground | 
| Database Name: |  readonlyBackground | 
| Database Class: |  ReadonlyBackground | 
This option, which is only supported for Tk versions 8.4 or higher, specifies the background color to use for all entry and label children of the given multi-entry widget when it is readonly. If the value of this option is the empty string then the normal background color is used. This option is only supported by the Mentry package, but not by Mentry_tile.
| Command-Line Name: | -takefocus | 
| Database Name: |  takeFocus | 
| Database Class: |  TakeFocus | 
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 options manual entry for details). The only difference is that not the widget itself but its first enabled entry child will receive the focus during keyboard traversal with the standard keys (
TabandShift-Tab). See the DEFAULT BINDINGS section below for information on how to move the focus from one entry child to another using the keyboard.
| Command-Line Name: | -textvariable | 
| Database Name: |  textvariable | 
| Database Class: |  Variable | 
If the value of this option is not an empty string then it must be an array. In this case, for each entry child 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
-textvariableoption for that entry. The entry indices start with0. For example, specifying-textvariable arrfor a multi-entry widget having two entry children is equivalent to specifying-textvariable arr(0)for the first and-textvariable arr(1)for the second entry child of that widget.
mentry::mentry command creates a new window
    named pathName and of the class
    Mentry, and makes it into a mentry widget. 
    Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command line
    or in the option database to configure aspects of the mentry such as its
    colors, font, and children.  The mentry::mentry
    command returns its pathName argument.  At the
    time this command is invoked, there must not exist a window named
    pathName, but pathName's parent
    must exist.-body
    configuration option) also determines the maximal number of characters that
    can be inserted into it.  This is achieved with the aid of the
    wcb::callback
    command, by registering the wcb::checkEntryLen
    before-insert callback with the entry child.  In
    order to keep this callback, additional before-insert
    callbacks (if needed) should only be registered with the wcb::cbappend and wcb::cbprepend commands.  When
    reaching this limit in an entry having the input focus, the latter is set
    automatically to the next enabled entry child, 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-insert callback,
    which must be kept to be the last such callback for the entry.  For
    this reason, additional after-insert callbacks (if
    needed) should only be registered with the
    wcb::cbprepend command.  The same command should
    be used exclusively to define after-motion callbacks
    (if needed), because mentry::mentry registers one that
    must be the last after-motion callback for each entry
    child.mentry::dateMentry command
    has a type attribute having the value
    "Date" and a format attribute specifying
    the meanings of its components.  The values of these attributes are
    queried and used in the bodies of the procedures mentry::putClockVal and
    mentry::getClockVal.| number   | Specifies the child as a numerical index, where 0corresponds to the first entry or label child. | 
| end | Indicates the last entry or label child of the mentry. | 
end can be abbreviated as
    en or e.  Out-of-range indices
    are automatically rounded to the nearest legal value.mentry::mentry 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 mentry widgets:pathName
        adjustentry index stringindex if needed, to make it just large enough for
        texts of the child-specific maximal length, consisting of characters
        contained in the string argument.  Returns an
        empty string."0123456789ABCDEF" to this subcommand
        you can make sure that the entry children will have optimal widths,
        just large enough to display not only the decimal digits, but also up
        to two letters in the range A - F (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 0 -
        9 only, because in some fonts not all decimal digits have
        the same width.pathName attrib
        ?name? ?value name value ...?name is specified, the command returns a list of
        pairs, each of which contains the name and the value of an attribute
        for pathName.  If name is
        specified with no value, then the command returns
        the value of the one named attribute, or an empty string if no
        corresponding value exists (you can use the hasattrib subcommand to distinguish this
        case from the one that the value of an existing attribute is an
        empty string).  If one or more
        name-value 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. 
        name may be an arbitrary string.pathName cget
        optionoption, which may have any of the values accepted
        by the mentry::mentry command.pathName clear
        first ?last?first and last
        are indices specifying the first and last entries in the range to
        clear.  If last is not specified then it
        defaults to first, i.e., a single entry child is
        cleared.  The return value is an empty string.pathName configure
        ?option? ?value option value
        ...?option is specified, the command 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 return value is an empty
        string.  option may have any of the values
        accepted by the mentry::mentry command.pathName
        entriespathName
        entrycountpathName entrylimit
        indexindex.pathName entrypath
        indexindex.pathName getarray
        arrayarray
        having the index of the entry as element name.  The entry indices
        start with 0.  The return value is an empty
        string.pathName
        getlistpathName
        getstring-body configuration
        option.  That is, the string of the first entry child is followed
        by the text of the first label, which in turn is followed by the string
        of the second entry, and so on.pathName hasattrib
        name1 if the attribute name
        exists and 0 otherwise.pathName isempty
        ?index?index is specified then the command returns
        the value 1 if the string contained in the entry child
        identfied by index is empty and 0
        otherwise.  If this optional argument is not present then the
        command returns the value 1 if the strings contained in
        the entry children of the widget are all empty and 0
        otherwise.pathName isfull
        ?index?index is specified then the command returns
        the value 1 if the length of the string contained in the
        entry child identfied by index equals the number of
        characters that can be inserted into the entry and 0
        otherwise.  If this optional argument is not present then the
        command returns the value 1 if the lengths of the strings
        contained in the entry children of the widget all equal the numbers of
        characters that can be inserted into the respective entries (i.e., if
        all entry children are full) and 0 otherwise.pathName
        labelcountpathName labelpath
        indexindex.pathName
        labelspathName put
        startIndex ?string string ...?startIndex with the corresponding
        string arguments by using the
        delete and insert operations,
        until either the entries or the strings are
        consumed.  If one of these subcommands gets canceled by some
        before-callback in any entry child then the command restores the
        original contents of all affected entries and returns the value
        0, otherwise it returns 1.  In both
        cases, the command keeps the position of the insertion cursor in all
        entry children.pathName
        setentryextrawidth index amountindex.  amount may have
        any of the standard forms for screen distances (e.g., a number of
        pixels).  The return value is an empty string.-body option.pathName
        setentryfont index fontindex to the value given by
        font.  This is done by invoking the
        configure 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.pathName
        setentrywidth index widthindex to the number of characters given by
        width.  This is done by invoking the
        configure 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.-body option.pathName
        unsetattrib namename.  Returns an
        empty string.mentry::mentry command partially redefines the
    bindings of the children of the mentry widget it creates:Left key clears the
        selection in that entry, moves the focus to the previous enabled entry
        child, and sets the insertion cursor to the end of that widget. 
        Similarly, at the end of an entry child that is not the last enabled
        entry within the widget, the Right key clears the
        selection in that entry, moves the focus to the next enabled entry
        child, and sets the insertion cursor to the beginning of that
        widget.  If tk_strictMotif is false then
        Control-b and Control-f behave the same as
        Left and Right, respectively.Control-Left moves the focus to the
        previous enabled entry child, selects the contents of that widget, and
        sets the insertion cursor to its end; if there is no enabled entry
        child to the left of the current one then Control-Left
        moves the insertion cursor to the beginning of the current entry and
        clears the selection in that widget.  Similarly, in an entry child
        that is not the last enabled entry within the widget,
        Control-Right moves the focus to the next enabled entry
        child, selects the contents of that widget, and sets the insertion
        cursor to its end; if there is no enabled entry child to the right of
        the current one then Control-Right moves the insertion
        cursor to the end of the current entry and clears the selection in that
        widget.  If tk_strictMotif is false then
        Meta-b and Meta-f behave the same as
        Control-Left and Control-Right,
        respectively.Home key clears the selection in the
        current entry widget, moves the focus to the first enabled entry child,
        and sets the insertion cursor to the beginning of that widget. 
        Similarly, the End key clears the selection in the current
        entry widget, moves the focus to the last enabled entry child, and sets
        the insertion cursor to the end of that widget.  If
        tk_strictMotif is false then Control-a
        and Control-e behave the same as Home and
        End, respectively.Shift-Home moves the focus to the first
        enabled entry child, 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 child or not.  Similarly, Shift-End moves the
        focus to the last enabled entry child, 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 child or not.BackSpace 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 child.  The
        latter takes place at the beginning of an entry child that is not the
        first enabled entry within the widget; in this case, the
        BackSpace key also moves the focus to the previous enabled
        entry child and sets the insertion cursor to its end.  If
        tk_strictMotif is false then Control-h
        behaves the same as BackSpace.tk_strictMotif is false then
        Meta-d deletes all characters to the right of the
        insertion cursor within the current entry, while
        Meta-BackSpace and Meta-Delete delete either
        all characters to the left of the insertion cursor in the current
        entry, or the contents of the previous enabled entry child.  The
        latter takes place at the beginning of an entry child that is not the
        first enabled entry within the widget; in this case,
        Meta-BackSpace and Meta-Delete also clear the
        selection in the current entry widget and move the focus to the
        previous enabled entry child.