The Tcl/Tk search/find library module has the file name finddlg.tcl. This module contains procedures that present a find dialog and search through text widget contents for matching text.

Here is a list of procedures in the this module:

• finddialog
• findtext

Module Dependencies

No other modules are required with this module.

Module Definition Files

This module does not require any definition files.

Module Procedures

finddialog

Declaration  : proc finddialog {textwidget}
Parameters   :
      Name   : textwidget
      Type   : text widget name
Description  : text widget to search

This procedure will present a non-modal find dialog and call the findtext procedure when a search is requested. The procedure exists when the dialog is destroyed (upon close).

findtext

Declaration  : proc findtext {entrywidget textwidget}
Parameters   :
      Name   : entrywidget
      Type   : dialog name
Description  : name of find dialog

      Name   : textwidget
      Type   : text widget name
Description  : text widget to search

This procedure will search though the text widget either from the beginning of the text or from the last saved text search position.