SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.4package require Tk 8.4
package require snit
package require uevent::onidle
package require cache::async
package require canvas::sqmap ?0.3.1?
::canvas::sqmap pathName ?options?
canvasName image set cell image
canvasName image unset cell
canvasName flush
DESCRIPTION
This package provides an extended canvas widget for the display of maps based on a set of square image tiles. The tiles are the background of the canvas, with all other canvas items added always shown in front of them. The number of tiles shown, tile size, and where to get the images to show are all configurable.API
- ::canvas::sqmap pathName ?options?
-
Creates the canvas pathName and configures it. The new widget
supports all of the options and methods of a regular canvas, plus the
options and methods described below.
The result of the command is pathName.
OPTIONS
- -grid-cell-width
- The value for this option is a non-negative integer. It specifies the width of the cells the background is made up of.
- -grid-cell-height
- The value for this option is a non-negative integer. It specifies the height of the cells the background is made up of.
- -grid-cell-command
-
The value for this option is a command prefix. It is invoked whenever
the canvas needs the image for a specific cell of the background, with
two additional arguments, the id of the cell, and a command prefix to
invoke when the image is ready, or known to not exist.
The id of the cell is a 2-element list containing the row and column number of the cell, in this order. The result command prefix (named "$result" in the example below) has to be invoked with either two or three arguments, i.e.
-
$result set $cellid $image ; # image is known and ready $result unset $cellid ; # image does not exist
-
- This option may be left undefined, i.e. the canvas can operate without it. In that case the only images shown in grid cells are those explicitly set with the method image set, see the next section. All other grid cells will simply be empty.
- -viewport-command
- This option specifies a command prefix to invoke when the viewport of the canvas is changed, to allow users keep track of where in the scroll-region we are at all times. This can be used, for example, to drive derivate displays, or to keep items in view by moving them as the viewport moves.
- -image-on-load
- The value for this option is an image. If specified the image is shown in a cell while the actual image for that cell is getting loaded through the callback specified by the -grid-cell-command.
- -image-on-unset
- The value for this option is an image. If specified the image is shown in a cell for which the callback specified by the -grid-cell-command reported that there is no actual image to be shown.
METHODS
- canvasName image set cell image
-
Invoking this method places the image into the specified
cell of the background. The cell is given as a 2-element list
containing row and column number, in this order.
Note that an image is allowed to be associated with and displayed in multiple cells of the canvas.
- canvasName image unset cell
- Invoking this method declares the specified cell of the background as empty, an existing image shown by this cell will be forgotten. The cell is given as a 2-element list containing row and column number, in this order.
- canvasName flush
- Invoking this method forces the canvas to completely reload the images for all cells. Do not use this method if the canvas is operated without a -grid-cell-command, as in that case the canvas will simply forget all images without being able to reload them.