timer widget

Definition

<timer tag_attr="value"...>
	<variable>varname</variable>
	<sensitive>state</sensitive>
	<action>activity</action>...
	<action signal="type">activity</action>...
	<action type="function">parameter</action>...
</timer>

"..." denotes acceptance of multiples of the same thing.

Tag Attributes

See the GtkWidget widget properties^[1].

The following custom tag attributes are available:

Name	Description	Value	Since
milliseconds	Timer precision	`true` or `false`
interval^[2]	Timer frequency	An unsigned integer value representing seconds or milliseconds

Directives

Some of these may have tag attribute equivalents.

Name	Description	Contents	Mandatory	Since
variable	Shell variable name
sensitive	Active state	`true` or `false`
action	Execute command on default signal	Shell command
action	Perform function on default signal	function:parameter
action signal="type"	Execute command on signal	Shell command
action signal="type"	Perform function on signal	function:parameter
action type="function"	Perform function on default signal	parameter

Signals

The default signal is "tick", a custom signal emitted when the timer times-out.

Functions

The following functions can be performed upon this widget by any widget capable of emitting signals:

Type	Description	Parameter	Since
enable	Reactivate timer	Shell variable name
disable	Deactivate timer	Shell variable name

The following general functions can be performed by any widget capable of emitting signals:

Type	Description	Parameter	Since
command	Execute command	Shell command
exit	Exit dialog	A value for the `EXIT` shell variable
closewindow	Close launched dialog	Launched dialog's shell variable name
launch	Launch new dialog	New dialog's shell variable name

Notes

1. The "visible" tag attribute will be required to hide the timer widget as it is visible by default.

2. The default precision is seconds using a default interval of 1 second.

This widget was introduced in version 0.7.21.

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