Author:		Michael A. Cleverly <michael@cleverly.com>
State:		Withdrawn
Type:		Project
Vote:		Pending
Created:	13-Aug-2003
Tcl-Version:	8.5
Post-History:	

Abstract

This TIP allows Tk widgets which have a configurable -state option to accept enabled as a synonym for normal.

Rationale

Tk widgets which have a configurable -state option have (at a minimum) normal and disabled states. In common usage, however, the antonym of disabled is enabled, not normal.

Even experienced Tcl/Tk programmers sometimes forget, though they usually won't come out and admit it explicitly. (Cf. http://groups.google.com/groups?th=66e286d7efc3bbb6\)

Proposed Changes

Modify all Tk widgets which have a configurable -state option to accept enabled as a synonym for normal. The value returned by a widget's cget method would continue to be normal. The appropriate man pages and test suite will be updated to document and test the use of enabled as a synonym.

% $w configure -state enabled
% puts [$w cget -state]
normal

Implementation

A reference implementation will be provided shortly.

Copyright

This document is placed in the public domain.