TIP #149: Allow "enabled" as Synonym for "normal" in -state Option


TIP:149
Title:Allow "enabled" as Synonym for "normal" in -state Option
Version:$Revision: 1.2 $
Author:Michael A. Cleverly <michael at cleverly dot com>
State:Withdrawn
Type:Project
Tcl-Version:8.5
Vote:Pending
Created:Wednesday, 13 August 2003

Abstract

This TIP allows Tk widgets which have a configurable -state option to accept enabled as a synonym for normal.

Rationale

Tk widgets which have a configurable -state option have (at a minimum) normal and disabled states. In common usage, however, the antonym of disabled is enabled, not normal.

Even experienced Tcl/Tk programmers sometimes forget, though they usually won't come out and admit it explicitly. (Cf. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=66e286d7efc3bbb6)

Proposed Changes

Modify all Tk widgets which have a configurable -state option to accept enabled as a synonym for normal. The value returned by a widget's cget method would continue to be normal. The appropriate man pages and test suite will be updated to document and test the use of enabled as a synonym.

% $w configure -state enabled
% puts [$w cget -state]
normal

Implementation

A reference implementation will be provided shortly.

Copyright

This document is placed in the public domain.


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