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NAME

       Tk::HList - Create and manipulate Tix Hierarchial List widgets


SYNOPSIS

       $hlist = $parent->HList(?options?);


STANDARD OPTIONS

       -background    -borderwidth   -cursor   -exportselection
       -foreground    -font     -height   -highlightcolor
       -highlightthickness -relief   -selectbackground
       -selectforeground   -xscrollcommand     -yscrollcommand -width

       See Tk::options for details of the standard options.


WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       Name:     browsecmd
       Class:    BrowseCmd
       Switch:   -browsecmd
           Specifies a perl/Tk callback to be executed when the user browses
           through the entries in the HList widget.

       Name:     columns
       Class:    Columns
       Switch:   -columns
           Specifies the number of columns in this HList widget. This option
           can only be set during the creation of the HList widget and cannot
           be changed subsequently.

       Name:     command
       Class:    Command
       Switch:   -command
           Specifies the perl/Tk callback to be executed when the user invokes
           a list entry in the HList widget. Normally the user invokes a list
           entry by double-clicking it or pressing the Return key.

       Name:     drawBranch
       Class:    DrawBranch
       Switch:   -drawbranch
           A Boolean value to specify whether branch line should be drawn to
           connect list entries to their parents.

       Name:     foreground
       Class:    Foreground
       Switch:   -foreground
       Alias:    -fg
           [OBSOLETE] Specifies the default foreground color for the list
           entries.

       Name:     gap
       Class:    Gap
       Switch:   -gap
           [OBSOLETE] The default distance between the bitmap/image and the
           text in list entries.

       Name:     header
       Class:    Header
       Switch:   -header
           A Boolean value specifying whether headers should be displayed for
           this HList widget (see the header method below).

       Name:     height
       Class:    Height
       Switch:   -height
           Specifies the desired height for the window in number of
           characters.

       Name:     indent
       Class:    Indent
       Switch:   -indent
           Specifies the amount of horizontal indentation between a list entry
           and its children. Must be a valid screen distance value.

       Name:     indicator
       Class:    Indicator
       Switch:   -indicator
           Specifies whether the indicators should be displayed inside the
           HList widget. See the indicator method below.

       Name:     indicatorCmd
       Class:    IndicatorCmd
       Switch:   -indicatorcmd
           Specifies a perl/Tk callback to be executed when the user
           manipulates the indicator of an HList entry. The -indicatorcmd is
           triggered when the user press or releases the mouse button over the
           indicator in an HList entry. By default the perl/Tk callback
           specified by -indicatorcmd is executed with two additional
           arguments, the entryPath of the entry whose indicator has been
           triggered and additional information about the event.  The
           additional information is one of the following strings:  <Arm>,
           <Disarm>, and <Activate>.

       Name:     itemType
       Class:    ItemType
       Switch:   -itemtype
           Specifies the default type of display item for this HList widget.
           When you call the itemCreate, add and addchild methods, display
           items of this type will be created if the -itemtype option is not
           specified .

       Name:     padX
       Class:    Pad
       Switch:   -padx
           [OBSOLETE] The default horizontal padding for list entries.

       Name:     padY
       Class:    Pad
       Switch:   -padx
           [OBSOLETE] The default vertical padding for list entries.

       Name:     selectBackground
       Class:    SelectBackground
       Switch:   -selectbackground
           Specifies the background color for the selected list entries.

       Name:     selectBorderWidth
       Class:    BorderWidth
       Switch:   -selectborderwidth
           Specifies a non-negative value indicating the width of the 3-D
           border to draw around selected items.  The value may have any of
           the forms acceptable to Tk_GetPixels.

       Name:     selectForeground
       Class:    SelectForeground
       Switch:   -selectforeground
           Specifies the foreground color for the selected list entries.

       Name:     selectMode
       Class:    SelectMode
       Switch:   -selectmode
           Specifies one of several styles for manipulating the selection.
           The value of the option may be arbitrary, but the default bindings
           expect it to be either single, browse, multiple, or extended; the
           default value is single.

       Name:     sizeCmd
       Class:    SizeCmd
       Switch:   -sizecmd
           Specifies a perl/Tk callback to be called whenever the HList widget
           changes its size.  This method can be useful to implement ``user
           scroll bars when needed'' features.

       Name:     separator
       Class:    Separator
       Switch:   -separator
           Specifies the character to used as the separator character when
           intepreting the path-names of list entries. By default the
           character "." is used.

       Name:     width
       Class:    Width
       Switch:   -width
           Specifies the desired width for the window in characters.


DESCRIPTION

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

       The HList widget can be used to display any data that have a
       hierarchical structure, for example, file system directory trees. The
       list entries are indented and connected by branch lines according to
       their places in the hierachy.

       Each list entry is identified by an entryPath. The entryPath is a
       sequence of entry names separated by the separator charactor (specified
       by the -separator option). An entry name can be any string that does
       not contain the separator charactor, or it can be the a string that
       contains only one separator charactor.

       For example, when "." is used as the separator charactor,
       "one.two.three" is the entryPath for a list entry whose parent is
       "one.two", whose parent is "one", which is a toplevel entry (has no
       parents).

       Another examples: ".two.three" is the entryPath for a list entry whose
       parent is ".two", whose parent is ".", which is a toplevel entry.


DISPLAY ITEMS

       Each list entry in an HList widget is associated with a display item.
       The display item determines what visual information should be displayed
       for this list entry. Please see Tk::DItem for a list of all display
       items.  When a list entry is created by the itemCreate, add or addchild
       widget methods, the type of its display item is determined by the
       -itemtype option passed to these methods. If the -itemtype is omitted,
       then by default the type specified by this HList widget's -itemtype
       option is used.


WIDGET METHODS

       The HList method creates a widget object.  This object supports the
       configure and cget methods described in Tk::options which can be used
       to enquire and modify the options described above.  The widget also
       inherits all the methods provided by the generic Tk::Widget class.

       The following additional methods are available HList widgets:

       $hlist->add($entryPath ?,option=>value, ...?)
           Creates a new list entry with the pathname $entryPath. A list entry
           must be created after its parent is created (unless this entry is a
           top-level entry, which has no parent).  See also "BUGS" below.
           This method returns the entryPath of the newly created list entry.
           The following configuration options can be given to configure the
           list entry:

           -at => position
                   Insert the new list at the position given by position.
                   position must be a valid integer. The position 0 indicates
                   the first position, 1 indicates the second position, and so
                   on.

           -after => afterWhich
                   Insert the new list entry after the entry identified by
                   afterWhich. afterWhich must be a valid list entry and it
                   mush have the same parent as the new list entry

           -before => beforeWhich
                   Insert the new list entry before the entry identified by
                   beforeWhich. beforeWhich must be a valid list entry and it
                   mush have the same parent as the new list entry

           -data => string
                   Specifies a string to associate with this list entry. This
                   string can be queried by the info method. The application
                   programmer can use the -data option to associate the list
                   entry with the data it represents.

           -itemtype => type
                   Specifies the type of display item to be display for the
                   new list entry. type must be a valid display item type.
                   Currently the available display item types are imagetext,
                   text, and $widget. If this option is not specified, then by
                   default the type specified by this HList widget's -itemtype
                   option is used.

           -state => state
                   Specifies whether this entry can be selected or invoked by
                   the user.  Must be either normal or disabled.

           The add method accepts additional configuration options to
           configure the display item associated with this list entry. The set
           of additional configuration options depends on the type of the
           display item given by the -itemtype option. Please see Tk::DItem
           for a list of the configuration options for each of the display
           item types.

       $hlist->addchild($parentPath, ?option, value, ..., ?)
           Adds a new child entry to the children list of the list entry
           identified by $parentPath. Or, if $parentPath is set to be the
           empty string, then creates a new toplevel entry. The name of the
           new list entry will be a unique name automatically generated by the
           HList widget. Usually if $parentPath is foo, then the entryPath of
           the new entry will be foo.0, foo.1, ... etc.  This method returns
           the entryPath of the newly created list entry.  option can be any
           option for the add method.  See also "BUGS" below.

       $hlist->anchorSet($entryPath)
           Sets the anchor to the list entry identified by $entryPath.  The
           anchor is the end of the selection that is fixed while the user is
           dragging out a selection with the mouse.

       $hlist->anchorClear
           Removes the anchor, if any, from this HList widget. This only
           removes the surrounding highlights of the anchor entry and does not
           affect its selection status.

       $hlist->columnWidth($col?, -char?, ?width?)
           Querys or sets the width of a the column $col in the HList widget.
           The value of $col is zero-based: 0 stands for the first column, 1
           stands for the second, and so on. If no further parameters are
           given, returns the current width of this column (in number of
           pixels). Additional parameters can be given to set the width of
           this column:

           $hlist->columnWidth($col, '')
                   An empty string indicates that the width of the column
                   should be just wide enough to display the widest element in
                   this column. In this case, the width of this column may
                   change as a result of the elements in this column changing
                   their sizes.

           $hlist->columnWidth($col, width)
                   width must be in a form accepted by Tk_GetPixels.

           $hlist->columnWidth($col, -char, nChars)
                   The width is set to be the average width occupied by nChars
                   number of characters of the font specified by the -font
                   option of this HList widget.

       $hlist->delete(option, $entryPath)
           Delete one or more list entries. option may be one of the
           following:

           all     Delete all entries in the HList. In this case the
                   $entryPath does not need to be specified.

           entry   Delete the entry specified by $entryPath and all its
                   offsprings, if any.

           offsprings
                   Delete all the offsprings, if any, of the entry specified
                   by $entryPath. However, $entryPath itself is not deleted.

           siblings
                   Delete all the list entries that share the same parent with
                   the entry specified by $entryPath. However, $entryPath
                   itself is not deleted.

       $hlist->dragsiteSet($entryPath)
           Sets the dragsite to the list entry identified by $entryPath. The
           dragsite is used to indicate the source of a drag-and-drop action.
           Currently drag-and-drop functionality has not been implemented in
           Tix yet.

       $hlist->dragsiteClear
           Remove the dragsite, if any, from the this HList widget. This only
           removes the surrounding highlights of the dragsite entry and does
           not affect its selection status.

       $hlist->dropsiteSet($entryPath)
           Sets the dropsite to the list entry identified by $entryPath. The
           dropsite is used to indicate the target of a drag-and-drop action.
           Currently drag-and-drop functionality has not been implemented in
           Tix yet.

       $hlist->dropsiteClear
           Remove the dropsite, if any, from the this HList widget. This only
           removes the surrounding highlights of the dropsite entry and does
           not affect its selection status.

       $hlist->entrycget($entryPath, option)
           Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
           option for the entry indentfied by $entryPath. Option may have any
           of the values accepted by the add method.

       $hlist->entryconfigure($entryPath ?,option?, ?value=>option, ...?)
           Query or modify the configuration options of the list entry
           indentfied by $entryPath. If no option is specified, returns a list
           describing all of the available options for $entryPath (see
           Tk::options for information on the format of this list.) If option
           is specified with no value, then the method 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 method modifies the given option(s) to have the given value(s);
           in this case the method returns an empty string.  Option may have
           any of the values accepted by the add or addchild method. The exact
           set of options depends on the value of the -itemtype option passed
           to the the add or addchild method when this list entry is created.

       $hlist->header(option, $col ?,args, ...?)
           Manipulates the header items of this HList widget. If the -header
           option of this HList widget is set to true, then a header item is
           displayed at the top of each column. The $col argument for this
           method must be a valid integer. 0 indicates the first column, 1 the
           second column, ... and so on. This method supports the following
           options:

           $hlist->header(cget, $col, option)
                   If the $col-th column has a header display item, returns
                   the value of the specified option of the header item. If
                   the header doesn't exist, returns an error.

           $hlist->header(configure, $col, ?option?, ?value, option, value,
           ...?)
                   Query or modify the configuration options of the header
                   display item of the $col-th column. The header item must
                   exist, or an error will result.  If no option is specified,
                   returns a list describing all of the available options for
                   the header display item (see Tk::options for information on
                   the format of this list.) If option is specified with no
                   value, then the method 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 method modifies the given option(s) to
                   have the given value(s); in this case the method returns an
                   empty string. Option may have any of the values accepted by
                   the header create method. The exact set of options depends
                   on the value of the -itemtype option passed to the the
                   header create method when this display item was created.

           $hlist->header(create, $col, ?-itemtype type? ?option value ...?
                   Creates a new display item as the header for the $col-th
                   column. See also "BUGS" below.  If an header display item
                   already exists for this column, it will be replaced by the
                   new item.  An optional parameter -itemtype can be used to
                   specify what type of display item should be created. If the
                   -itemtype is not given, then by default the type specified
                   by this HList widget's -itemtype option is used. Additional
                   parameters, in option-value pairs, can be passed to
                   configure the appearance of the display item. Each option-
                   value pair must be a valid option for this type of display
                   item or one of the following:

                   -borderwidth => color
                               Specifies the border width of this header item.

                   -headerbackground => color
                               Specifies the background color of this header
                               item.

                   -relief => type
                               Specifies the relief type of the border of this
                               header item.

           $hlist->header(delete, $col)
                   Deletes the header display item for the $col-th column.

           $hlist->header(exists, $col)
                   Return true if an header display item exists for the
                   $col-th column; return false otherwise.

           $hlist->header(size, $col)
                   If an header display item exists for the $col-th column ,
                   returns its size in pixels in a two element list (width,
                   height); returns an error if the header display item does
                   not exist.

       $hlist->hide(option ?,$entryPath?)
           Makes some of entries invisible without deleting them.  Option can
           be one of the following:

           entry   Hides the list entry identified by $entryPath.

           Currently only the entry option is supported. Other options will be
           added in the next release.

       $hlist->indicator(option, $entryPath, ?args, ...?)
           Manipulates the indicator on the list entries. An indicator is
           usually a small display item (such as an image) that is displayed
           to the left to an entry to indicate the status of the entry.  For
           example, it may be used to indicate whether a directory is opened
           or closed.  Option can be one of the following:

           $hlist->indicator(cget, $entryPath, option)
                   If the list entry given by $entryPath has an indicator,
                   returns the value of the specified option of the indicator.
                   If the indicator doesn't exist, returns an error.

           $hlist->indicator(configure, $entryPath, ?option?, ?value, option,
           value, ...?)
                   Query or modify the configuration options of the indicator
                   display item of the entry specified by $entryPath. The
                   indicator item must exist, or an error will result.  If no
                   option is specified, returns a list describing all of the
                   available options for the indicator display item (see
                   Tk::options for information on the format of this list). If
                   option is specified with no value, then the method 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 method modifies the
                   given option(s) to have the given value(s); in this case
                   the method returns an empty string.  Option may have any of
                   the values accepted by the indicator create method. The
                   exact set of options depends on the value of the -itemtype
                   option passed to the the indicator create method when this
                   display item was created.

           $hlist->indicator(create, $entryPath, ?, -itemtype type? ?option
           value ...?)
                   Creates a new display item as the indicator for the entry
                   specified by $entryPath. If an indicator display item
                   already exists for this entry, it will be replaced by the
                   new item.  An optional parameter -itemtype can be used to
                   specify what type of display item should be created. If the
                   -itemtype is not given, then by default the type specified
                   by this HList widget's -itemtype option is used. Additional
                   parameters, in option-value pairs, can be passed to
                   configure the appearance of the display item. Each option-
                   value pair must be a valid option for this type of display
                   item.

           $hlist->indicator(delete, $entryPath)
                   Deletes the indicator display item for the entry given by
                   $entryPath.

           $hlist->indicator(exists, $entryPath)
                   Return true if an indicator display item exists for the
                   entry given by $entryPath; return false otherwise.

           $hlist->indicator(size, $entryPath)
                   If an indicator display item exists for the entry given by
                   $entryPath, returns its size in a two element list of the
                   form {width height}; returns an error if the indicator
                   display item does not exist.

       $hlist->info(option, arg, ...)
           Query information about the HList widget. option can be one of the
           following:

           $hlist->info(anchor)
                   Returns the entryPath of the current anchor, if any, of the
                   HList widget. If the anchor is not set, returns the empty
                   string.

           $hlist->infoBbox($entryPath)
                   Returns a list of four numbers describing the visible
                   bounding box of the entry given $entryPath. The first two
                   elements of the list give the x and y coordinates of the
                   upper-left corner of the screen area covered by the entry
                   (specified in pixels relative to the widget) and the last
                   two elements give the lower-right corner of the area, in
                   pixels. If no part of the entry given by index is visible
                   on the screen then the result is an empty string; if the
                   entry is partially visible, the result gives the only the
                   visible area of the entry.

           $hlist->info(children ?,$entryPath?)
                   If $entryPath is given, returns a list of the entryPath's
                   of its children entries. Otherwise returns a list of the
                   toplevel entryPath's.

           $hlist->info(data ?,$entryPath?)
                   Returns the data associated with $entryPath.

           $hlist->info(dragsite)
                   Returns the entryPath of the current dragsite, if any, of
                   the HList widget. If the dragsite is not set, returns the
                   empty string.

           $hlist->info(dropsite)
                   Returns the entryPath of the current dropsite, if any, of
                   the HList widget. If the dropsite is not set, returns the
                   empty string.

           $hlist->info(exists, $entryPath)
                   Returns a boolean value indicating whether the list entry
                   $entryPath exists.

           $hlist->info(hidden, $entryPath)
                   Returns a boolean value indicating whether the list entry
                   $entryPath is hidden or not.

           $hlist->info(next, $entryPath)
                   Returns the entryPath of the list entry, if any,
                   immediately below this list entry. If this entry is already
                   at the bottom of the HList widget, returns an empty string.

           $hlist->info(parent, $entryPath)
                   Returns the name of the parent of the list entry identified
                   by $entryPath. If entryPath is a toplevel list entry,
                   returns the empty string.

           $hlist->info(prev, $entryPath)
                   Returns the entryPath of the list entry, if any,
                   immediately above this list entry. If this entry is already
                   at the top of the HList widget, returns an empty string.

           $hlist->info(selection)
                   Returns a list of selected entries in the HList widget. In
                   scalar context, returns an anonymous list of the selected
                   entries.  If no entries are selected, undef is returned in
                   scalar context, and an empty list otherwise.

       $hlist->item(option, ?args, ...?)
           Creates and configures the display items at individual columns the
           entries. The form of additional of arguments depends on the choice
           of option:

           $hlist->itemCget($entryPath, $col, option)
                   Returns the current value of the configure option of the
                   display item at the column designated by $col of the entry
                   specified by $entryPath.

           $hlist->itemConfigure($entryPath, $col ?,option?, ?value, option,
           value, ...?)
                   Query or modify the configuration options of the display
                   item at the column designated by $col of the entry
                   specified by $entryPath. If no option is specified, returns
                   a list describing all of the available options for
                   $entryPath (see Tk::options for information on the format
                   of this list). If option is specified with no value, then
                   the method 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 method
                   modifies the given option(s) to have the given value(s); in
                   this case the method returns an empty string.  Option may
                   have any of the values accepted by the item create method.
                   The exact set of options depends on the value of the
                   -itemtype option passed to the the item create method when
                   this display item was created.

           $hlist->itemCreate($entryPath, $col ?,-itemtype=>type? ?,option
           value ...?)
                   Creates a new display item at the column designated by $col
                   of the entry specified by $entryPath. An optional parameter
                   -itemtype can be used to specify what type of display items
                   should be created. If the -itemtype is not specified, then
                   by default the type specified by this HList widget's
                   -itemtype option is used.  Additional parameters, in
                   option-value pairs, can be passed to configure the
                   appearance of the display item. Each option- value pair
                   must be a valid option for this type of display item.

           $hlist->itemDelete($entryPath, $col)
                   Deletes the display item at the column designated by $col
                   of the entry specified by $entryPath.

           $hlist->itemExists($entryPath, $col)
                   Returns true if there is a display item at the column
                   designated by $col of the entry specified by $entryPath;
                   returns false otherwise.

       $hlist->nearest(y)
           $hlist->nearest(y) Given a y-coordinate within the HList window,
           this method returns the entryPath of the (visible) HList element
           nearest to that y-coordinate.

       $hlist->see($entryPath)
           Adjust the view in the HList so that the entry given by $entryPath
           is visible. If the entry is already visible then the method has no
           effect; if the entry is near one edge of the window then the HList
           scrolls to bring the element into view at the edge; otherwise the
           HList widget scrolls to center the entry.

       $hlist->selection(option, arg, ...)
       $hlist->selectionOption(arg, ...)
           This method is used to adjust the selection within a HList widget.
           It has several forms, depending on option:

           $hlist->selectionClear(?from?, ?to?)
                   When no extra arguments are given, deselects all of the
                   list entrie(s) in this HList widget. When only from is
                   given, only the list entry identified by from is
                   deselected. When both from and to are given, deselects all
                   of the list entrie(s) between between from and to,
                   inclusive, without affecting the selection state of
                   elements outside that range.

           $hlist->selectionGet
                   This is an alias for the infoSelection method.

           $hlist->selectionIncludes($entryPath)
                   Returns 1 if the list entry indicated by $entryPath is
                   currently selected; returns 0 otherwise.

           $hlist->selectionSet(from?, to?)
                   Selects all of the list entrie(s) between between from and
                   to, inclusive, without affecting the selection state of
                   entries outside that range. When only from is given, only
                   the list entry identified by from is selected.

       $hlist->show(option ?,$entryPath?)
           Show the entries that are hidden by the hide method, option can be
           one of the following:

           entry   Shows the list entry identified by $entryPath.

           Currently only the entry option is supported. Other options will be
           added in future releases.

       $hlist->xview(args)
           This method is used to query and change the horizontal position of
           the information in the widget's window. It can take any of the
           following forms:

           $hlist->xview
                   Returns a list containing two elements.  Each element is a
                   real fraction between 0 and 1; together they describe the
                   horizontal span that is visible in the window.  For
                   example, if the first element is .2 and the second element
                   is .6, 20% of the HList entry is off-screen to the left,
                   the middle 40% is visible in the window, and 40% of the
                   entry is off-screen to the right. These are the same values
                   passed to scrollbars via the -xscrollcommand option.

           $hlist->xview($entryPath)
                   Adjusts the view in the window so that the list entry
                   identified by $entryPath is aligned to the left edge of the
                   window.

           $hlist->xview(moveto => fraction)
                   Adjusts the view in the window so that fraction of the
                   total width of the HList is off-screen to the left.
                   fraction must be a fraction between 0 and 1.

           $hlist->xview(scroll => number, what)
                   This method shifts the view in the window left or right
                   according to number and what. Number must be an integer.
                   What must be either units or pages or an abbreviation of
                   one of these. If what is units, the view adjusts left or
                   right by number character units (the width of the 0
                   character) on the display; if it is pages then the view
                   adjusts by number screenfuls. If number is negative then
                   characters farther to the left become visible; if it is
                   positive then characters farther to the right become
                   visible.

       $hlist->yview(?args?)
           This method is used to query and change the vertical position of
           the entries in the widget's window. It can take any of the
           following forms:

           $hlist->yview
                   Returns a list containing two elements, both of which are
                   real fractions between 0 and 1.  The first element gives
                   the position of the list element at the top of the window,
                   relative to the HList as a whole (0.5 means it is halfway
                   through the HList, for example).  The second element gives
                   the position of the list entry just after the last one in
                   the window, relative to the HList as a whole.  These are
                   the same values passed to scrollbars via the
                   -yscrollcommand option.

           $hlist->yview($entryPath)
                   Adjusts the view in the window so that the list entry given
                   by $entryPath is displayed at the top of the window.

           $hlist->yview(moveto => fraction)
                   Adjusts the view in the window so that the list entry given
                   by fraction appears at the top of the window. Fraction is a
                   fraction between 0 and 1; 0 indicates the first entry in
                   the HList, 0.33 indicates the entry one-third the way
                   through the HList, and so on.

           $hlist->yview(scroll => number, what)
                   This method adjust the view in the window up or down
                   according to number and what.  Number must be an integer.
                   What must be either units or pages.  If what is units, the
                   view adjusts up or down by number lines; if it is pages
                   then the view adjusts by number screenfuls.  If number is
                   negative then earlier entries become visible; if it is
                   positive then later entries become visible.


BINDINGS

       [1] If the -selectmode is "browse", when the user drags the mouse
           pointer over the list entries, the entry under the pointer will be
           highlighted and the -browsecmd callback will be called with one
           parameter, the entryPath of the highlighted entry. Only one entry
           can be highlighted at a time. The -command callback will be called
           when the user double-clicks on a list entry.

       [2] If the -selectmode is "single", the entries will only be
           highlighted by mouse <ButtonRelease-1> events. When a new list
           entry is highlighted, the -browsecmd callback will be called with
           one parameter indicating the highlighted list entry. The -command
           callback will be called when the user double-clicks on a list
           entry.

       [3] If the -selectmode is "multiple", when the user drags the mouse
           pointer over the list entries, all the entries under the pointer
           will be highlighted. However, only a contiguous region of list
           entries can be selected. When the highlighted area is changed, the
           -browsecmd callback will be called with an undefined parameter. It
           is the responsibility of the -browsecmd callback to find out the
           exact highlighted selection in the HList. The -command callback
           will be called when the user double-clicks on a list entry.

       [4] If the -selectmode is "extended", when the user drags the mouse
           pointer over the list entries, all the entries under the pointer
           will be highlighted. The user can also make disjointed selections
           using <Control-ButtonPress-1>. When the highlighted area is
           changed, the -browsecmd callback will be called with an undefined
           parameter. It is the responsibility of the -browsecmd callback to
           find out the exact highlighted selection in the HList. The -command
           callback will be called when the user double-clicks on a list
           entry.

       [5] Arrow key bindings: <Up> arrow key moves the anchor point to the
           item right on top of the current anchor item. <Down> arrow key
           moves the anchor point to the item right below the current anchor
           item.  <Left> arrow key moves the anchor to the parent item of the
           current anchor item. <Right> moves the anchor to the first child of
           the current anchor item. If the current anchor item does not have
           any children, moves the anchor to the item right below the current
           anchor item.


EXAMPLE

       This example demonstrates how to use an HList to store a file directory
       structure and respond to the user's browse events:

          use strict;
          use Tk;
          use Tk::Label;
          use Tk::HList;

          my $mw = MainWindow->new();
          my $label = $mw->Label(-width=>15);
          my $hlist = $mw->HList(
                              -itemtype   => 'text',
                              -separator  => '/',
                              -selectmode => 'single',
                              -browsecmd  => sub {
                                        my $file = shift;
                                        $label->configure(-text=>$file);
                                     }
                              );

          foreach ( qw(/ /home /home/ioi /home/foo /usr /usr/lib) ) {
              $hlist->add($_, -text=>$_);
          }

          $hlist->pack;
          $label->pack;

          MainLoop;


BUGS

       The fact that the display item at column 0 is implicitly associated
       with the whole entry is probably a design bug. This was done for
       backward compatibility purposes. The result is that there is a large
       overlap between the item method and the add, addchild, entrycget and
       entryconfigure methods.  Whenever multiple columns exist, the
       programmer should use ONLY the item method to create and configure the
       display items in each column; the add, addchild, entrycget and
       entryconfigure should be used ONLY to create and configure entries.


KEYWORDS

       Hierarchical Listbox


SEE ALSO

       Tk::DItem



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