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NAME

Curses::Toolkit::Widget::ProgressBar - progress bar widget base class

VERSION

version 0.211

SYNOPSIS

    # don't use this widget directly

DESCRIPTION

A ProgressBar widget is a widget that displays a progress bar horizontally or vertically

Don't use this widget directly. Please see Curses::Toolkit::Widget::HProgressBar and Curses::Toolkit::Widget::VProgressBar.

ATTRIBUTES

minimum

The minimum value (a float) for the progress bar. Default to 0.

maximum

The maximum value (a float) for the progress bar. Default to 100.

position

The current value of the progress bar. Default to 0.

label_type

What to show in the progress bar. Must be a PROGRESS_BAR_LABEL - check Curses::Toolkit::Types for valid options. Default to percent.

METHODS

new

  input:  none
  output: a Curses::Toolkit::Widget::ProgressBar

possible_signals

  my @signals = keys $progressbar->possible_signals();

Returns the possible signals that can be used on this widget. See Curses::Toolkit::Widget::signal_connect to bind signals to actions

  input:  none
  output: HASH, keys are signal names, values are signal classes

The progress bar accepts no signal.

THEME RELATED PROPERTIES

To set/get a theme properties, you should do :

  $progressbar->set_theme_property(property_name => $property_value);
  $value = $progressbar->get_theme_property('property_name');

Here is the list of properties related to the progressbar, that can be changed in the associated theme. See the Curses::Toolkit::Theme class used for the default (default class to look at is Curses::Toolkit::Theme::Default)

Don't forget to look at properties from the parent class, as these are also inherited from!

border_width (inherited)

The width of the border of the progressbar.

Example: # set the progressbar to have a border of 1 $progressbar->set_theme_property(border_width => 1 );

default_length

Sets the value of the default length of the progress bar.

Example : # set default_length $progressbar->set_theme_property(default_length => 10 );

char_done

Sets the value of the char used to represent the done portion of the progress bar.

Example : # set char_done $progressbar->set_theme_property(char_done => '=' );

char_left

Sets the value of the char used to represent the left portion of the progress bar.

Example : # set char_left $progressbar->set_theme_property(char_left => ' ' );

start_enclosing

The string to be displayed at the left/top of the progress bar. Usually some enclosing characters.

Example : # set left/top enclosing $progressbar->set_theme_property(start_enclosing => '< ' ); $progressbar->set_theme_property(start_enclosing => '[ ' );

end_enclosing

The string to be displayed at the right/bottom of the progress bar. Usually some enclosing characters.

Example : # set right/bottom enclosing $progressbar->set_theme_property(end_enclosing => ' >' ); $progressbar->set_theme_property(end_enclosing => ' ]' );

AUTHOR

Damien "dams" Krotkine

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Damien "dams" Krotkine.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.