Author: Csaba Nemethi
Keywords: mentry, widget, IPv6 address

# Multi-Entry Widgets for IPv6 Addresses

## For Mentry Version 3.16

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## Csaba Nemethi

## Contents

- The `mentry::ipv6AddrMentry` Command
- The `mentry::putIPv6Addr` Command
- The `mentry::getIPv6Addr` Command

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## The `mentry::ipv6AddrMentry` Command

NAME
  `mentry::ipv6AddrMentry` – Create and manipulate mentry widgets for IPv6 addresses
SYNOPSIS

      mentry::ipv6AddrMentry pathName ?options?

DESCRIPTION
  This command creates a new mentry widget `pathName` for displaying and editing IPv6 addresses in the standard hexadecimal notation (where the eight groups of one to four hexadecimal digits are separated from each other by o colon). The supported `options` are the same as in the case of the `mentry::mentry` command.
  The command sets the `type` attribute of the widget to the value `"IPv6Addr"` and returns the name of the newly created widget.
DEFAULT BINDINGS
  The `mentry::ipv6AddrMentry` command defines five new keyboard bindings for the entry components of the mentry widget it creates: The `Up` key increments the entry's value by 1 if the latter is less than 65535. Similarly, the `Down` key decrements the entry's value by 1 if the latter is greater than 0. The `Prior` key increments the entry's value by at most 10 if the latter is less than 65535. Similarly, the `Next` key decrements the entry's value by at most 10 if the latter is greater than 0. If the entry is empty then all of these keys insert the value `0` into the entry. Finally, `Control-v` (`Command-v` on the Mac) pastes the current contents of the clipboad into the mentry, provided that it is a valid IPv6 address.
  The actions performed by the `Up` and `Down` keys can also be triggered by rolling the mouse wheel. In addition, on Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X/11+ Aqua, the actions performed by the `Prior` and `Next` keys are also triggered by the `<Option-MouseWheel>` event. The same holds true on all windowing systems if the Tk version is 8.7a4 or later, where the `Option` modifier is bound to the `Option` key on Mac OS X/11+ and to the `Alt` key on Windows and X11.
KEYWORDS
  mentry, widget, IPv6 address

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## The `mentry::putIPv6Addr` Command

NAME
  `mentry::putIPv6Addr` – Output an IPv6 address to a mentry of type `"IPv6Addr"`
SYNOPSIS

      mentry::putIPv6Addr address pathName

DESCRIPTION
  This command outputs the IPv6 address `address` to the mentry widget `pathName`, which must have been created with the `mentry::ipv6AddrMentry` command (this is checked by examining the widget's `type` attribute, which must have the value `"IPv6Addr"`).
  The address is expected to consist of up to eight colon-separated groups of one to four hexadecimal digits each. in case of less than eight groups, the address must include exactly one double-colon (`::`) (representing consecutive groups of zeros). The command generates an error if the address is invalid.
KEYWORDS
  mentry, widget, IPv6 address

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## The `mentry::getIPv6Addr` Command

NAME
  `mentry::getIPv6Addr` – Get an IPv6 address from a mentry of type `"IPv6Addr"`
SYNOPSIS

      mentry::getIPv6Addr pathName

DESCRIPTION
  This command returns the IPv6 address contained in the mentry widget `pathName`, which must have been created with the `mentry::ipv6AddrMentry` command (this is checked by examining the widget's `type` attribute, which must have the value `"IPv6Addr"`).
  If any entry component of the widget is empty, the command sets the focus to the first such entry, generates an error, and returns the string `"EMPTY"`.
KEYWORDS
  mentry, widget, IPv6 address

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