gimage {gWidgets}R Documentation

Constructor to show images

Description

This constructor produces a widget intended to show images stored as files on the file system.

Usage

gimage(filename = "", dirname = "",  size = "", 
    handler = NULL, action = NULL, container = NULL, ..., toolkit = guiToolkit()) 

Arguments

filename Specifies location of image. May be a stock icon name or filename. (In the future may be a url.)
dirname Directory of file. If "stock", then a stock icon is used.
size Size of image when stock image is used. Values are in c("menu", "small_toolbar","large_toolbar","button","dialog")
handler Handler called on a click event
action Passed to handler
container Optional container to attach widget to.
... Passed to add method of container
toolkit Which GUI toolkit to use

Details

The svalue() method returns the filename of the figure or the stock icon name, if the icon was set from a stock icon.

The svalue<-() method can be used to set the value of the widget. The value is a filename containing the image to display.

The addhandlerclicked method is called on click events.

See Also

See getStockIcons to get a list of available icons and addStockIcons to add to this list.

Examples

## Not run: 
   w <- gwindow("Stock icon example")
   gimage("ok",dirname="stock", cont = w)
## End(Not run)

[Package gWidgets version 0.0-35 Index]