=head1 NAME
UI::Dialog::Charts
=head1 SYNOPSIS
This Perl Document details, the various attributes, widgets and all the
dialog variant-specific features made avaiable by UI::Dialog and the
specific UI::Dialog::Backend:: modules.
This document is not complete and at this time serves only as a quick
reference for the standard functions, attributes and of course the widget
chart.
=head1 STANDARD ATTRIBUTES
These can be used during object construction (as defaults) or with any
widget method call (override default).
title => "string"
backtitle => "string"
height => 20 #characters, not pixels
width => 65 # '' " ''
listheight => 5 # '' " ''
menu => [ 't1', 't1 desc', 't2', 't2 desc' ]
list => [ 't1', [ 't1 desc', 1 ], 't2', [ 't2 desc'. 0 ] ]
beepbefore => 0
beepafter => 0
autoclear => 0
=head2 STANDARD ATTRIBUTE NOTES
'autoclear' is only works in terminals and consoles (doesn't do anything
for any of the GUI backends. 'menu' is only used with the menu() widget and
'list' is used for checklist() and radiolist() widgets.
=head1 META CLASSES
The following list of classes are the "wrappers" that perform a few simple
tests that determine a suitable dialog variant to use. These allow the end-
progammer to create an application using the standard widgets without having
to force the end-user into any particular UI::Dialog::Backend::. End-users can
override the meta-class via the environment variables listed further in this
document.
This list makes references to the DISPLAY environment variable as well as
to running in a CONSOLE (terminal, xterm, etc). The DISPLAY environment
variable is not null when being run within an X-Windows session.
=over 4
=item UI::Dialog (most flexible)
::Backend::
(if DISPLAY != "") Zenity, XDialog, GDialog, KDialog
(if DISPLAY == "") CDialog, Whiptail, ASCII
=item UI::Dialog::GNOME (GNOME oriented)
::Backend::
(assumes DISPLAY) Zenity, XDialog, GDialog
=item UI::Dialog::KDE (KDE oriented)
::Backend::
(assumed DISPLAY) KDialog, XDialog
=item UI::Dialog::Console (non-GUI only)
::Backend::
(assumed CONSOLE) CDialog, Whiptail, ASCII
=item UI::Dialog::Gauged (flexible, has gauge methods)
::Backend::
(if DISPLAY != "") Zenity, XDialog
(if DISPLAY == "") CDialog, Whiptail
=back
=head1 STANDARD WIDGETS
These widgets are provided by all backends and are the only methods made
available by all meta classes.
$switch = $d->yesno( text => 'A question?' );
$switch = $d->msgbox( text => 'A message.' );
$scalar = $d->inputbox( text => 'Type visible text.' );
$scalar = $d->password( text => 'Type hidden text.' );
$switch = $d->textbox( filename => '/path/to/regular/file' );
$scalar = $d->fselect( path => '/path/to/start/browse' );
$scaler = $d->dselect( path => '/path/to/start/browse' );
$scalar = $d->menu( text => 'A message.',
menu => [ 't1', 't1 desc', 't2', 't2 desc' ] );
$scalar = $d->radiolist( text => 'A message.',
list => [ 't1', [ 't1 desc', 1 ],
't2', [ 't2 desc', 0 ] ] );
@array = $d->checklist( text => 'A message.',
list => [ 't1', [ 't1 desc', 1 ],
't2', [ 't2 desc', 0 ] ] );
=head1 COMPLETE WIDGET CHART
-----------------------------------+
Zenity \
---------------------------------+ \
XDialog \ \
-------------------------------+ \ \
Whiptail \ \ \
-----------------------------+ \ \ \
KDialog \ \ \ \
---------------------------+ \ \ \ \
GDialog \ \ \ \ \
-------------------------+ \ \ \ \ \
CDialog \ \ \ \ \ \
-----------------------+ \ \ \ \ \ \
ASCII \ \ \ \ \ \ \
---------------------+ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
Widget Method Name \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
-----------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
calendar | | C | | | | X | Z |
checklist | A | C | G | K | W | X | Z |
combobox | | | | | | X | |
draw_gauge | A | | | | | | |
dselect | A | C | G | K | W | X | Z |
editbox | | | | | | X | Z |
end_gauge | A | | | | | | |
entry | | | | | | | Z |
error | | | | K | | | Z |
fselect | A | C | G | K | W | X | Z |
gauge_dec | | C | | | W | X | Z |
gauge_inc | | C | | | W | X | Z |
gauge_set | | C | | | W | X | Z |
gauge_start | | C | | | W | X | Z |
gauge_stop | | C | | | W | X | Z |
gauge_text | | C | | | W | X | Z |
getexistingdirectory | | | | K | | | |
getopenfilename | | | | K | | | |
getopenurl | | | | K | | | |
getsavefilename | | | | K | | | |
getsaveurl | | | | K | | | |
info | | | | | | | Z |
infobox | A | C | G | | W | X | |
inputbox | A | C | G | K | W | X | Z |
inputsbox2 | | | | | | X | |
inputsbox3 | | | | | | X | |
list | | | | | | X | |
logbox | | | | | | | Z |
menu | | | | | | X | |
msgbox | A | C | G | K | W | X | Z |
noyes | | | | K | | | Z |
password | A | C | | K | W | X | Z |
passwords2 | | | | | | X | |
passwords3 | | | | | | X | |
progress_dec | | | | | | X | |
progress_inc | | | | | | X | |
progress_set | | | | | | X | |
progress_start | | | | | | X | |
progress_stop | | | | | | X | |
question | | | | | | | Z |
radiolist | A | C | G | K | W | X | Z |
rangebox | | | | | | X | |
rangesbox2 | | | | | | X | |
rangesbox3 | | | | | | X | |
sorry | | | | K | | | |
spinbox | | | | | | X | |
spinner | | | | | | X | |
spinsbox2 | | | | | | X | |
spinsbox3 | | | | | | X | |
tailbox | | C | | | | X | |
tailboxbg | | C | | | | | |
text_info | | | | | | | Z |
textbox | A | C | G | K | W | X | Z |
timebox | | C | | | | X | |
treeview | | | | | | X | |
warning | | | | | | | Z |
warningyesno | | | | K | | | |
warningyesnocancel | | | | K | | | |
yesno | A | C | G | K | W | X | Z |
yesnocancel | | | | K | | | |
=cut