::GetCurrentSelection

Syntax

::model::mdlComboBoxDM:GetCurrentSelection path value

Application

MotionView Tcl GUI

Description

This command gets the currently selected entry in an mdlComboBoxDM widget.

Inputs

path

The full path to the mdlComboBoxDM of interest. This argument is the return value of the ::model::mdlComboBoxDM procedure used to create an mdlComboBoxDM.

value

Boolean value, defaults to false if not provided.

True: Returns the value of the selection (“DISP” for example).
False: Returns the label of the selection (“Displacement” for example).

Example

To get the current selection of the value of an mdlComboBoxDM widget:

::model::GetClientHandle clnt
clnt GetModelHandle mdl
clnt ReleaseHandle
mdl InterpretEntity entMot Motion mot_0 "\"Motion 0\""
mdl ReleaseHandle

set dlg [toplevel .dlg]
set frm [frame $dlg.frm -padx 10 -pady 10]
grid $frm -row 0 -column 0 -sticky nesw

set data { "DISP" "Displacement" "VEL" "Velocity" "ACCL" "Acceleration" }
set motion [::model::mdlComboBoxDM .dlg.frm.motion entMot "itype" $data -label "Type:"]
grid $motion -row 0 -column 0

set value [ ::model::mdlComboBoxDM::GetCurrentSelection $motion true]

entMot ReleaseHandle

Errors

None.