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guientry.choice - Function

	Package	display
	Module	widgets
	Tool	guientry

Make a widget for a choice entry

Synopsis
choice(parent, value, default, options, allowunset, editable, hlp)

Description
Constructs a widget for the choice of one string from many.

The allowed formats for user input are:

• Interactively by selecting the desired value

Arguments

parent		Parent of the menu
		Allowed:	Tk frame
value		Value to insert on start
		Allowed:	Variable or unset
default		Default value
		Allowed:	Variable
options		Possible choices
		Allowed:	Vector of strings
allowunset		Allow unset values
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	T
editable		Is the entry editable by the user
		Allowed:	Boolean
		Default:	T
hlp		Popup help string
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	Unset

Returns
guientry widget

Example

include 'guientry.g'   
f := dws.frame();
ge := dws.guientry();
ch := ge.choice(f, value='a', options="a b c");
whenever ch->value do {
  print 'Choice selected is ', ch.get();
}