I needed to disable a whole group of widgets:
I don't think this is complete, but maybe if we added some missing bits and pieces, it will be and it could be added to tklib?
# gui::recursivestate -- # # Set state for a window and its children, recursively. proc gui::recursivestate {w newstate} { variable widgetstates set clist [$w configure] set idx [lsearch $clist [list -state *]] if { $idx > -1 } { set slist [lindex $clist $idx] set currentstate [lindex $slist 4] set widgetstates($w) $currentstate $w configure -state $newstate } foreach c [winfo children $w] { gui::recursivestate $c $newstate } } # gui::restorestate -- # # Restore widgets previously affected by recursivestate to their # native state. proc gui::restorestate {} { variable widgetstates foreach {w oldstate} [array get widgetstates] { $w configure -state $oldstate } array set widgetstates {} }
MGS [2004/02/16] - I use a slightly different version:
proc lib::state {mode W {new normal}} { variable state switch -- $mode { reset { if { [info exists state($W)] } { if { [catch {$W configure -state $state($W)} error] } { puts stderr " \[$::errorCode\] $error\n" } unset state($W) } foreach w [winfo children $W] { state $mode $w $new } } set { if { [catch {$W cget -state} old] } { puts stderr " \[$W\] $old\n" } else { if { [catch {$W configure -state $new} error] } { puts stderr " \[$W\] $error\n" } elseif { ![info exists state($W)] } { set state($W) $old } } foreach w [winfo children $W] { if { [string equal [winfo toplevel $w] $W] } { state $mode $w $new } } } } }