Tickit::Widget::Spinner - a widget displaying a small text animation

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  STYLE  CONSTRUCTOR  new  METHODS  start  stop  AUTHOR 

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NAME

"Tickit::Widget::Spinner" − a widget displaying a small text animation

SYNOPSIS

use Tickit;
use Tickit::Widget::Spinner;
my $spinner = Tickit::Widget::Spinner−>new(
chars => [ "<X> ", " <X> ", " <X>", "> <X", "X> <" ],
);
Tickit−>new( root => $spinner )−>run;

DESCRIPTION

This class provides a widget which displays a simple animation, cycling through a fixed set of strings with a fixed interval.

STYLE

The default style pen is used as the widget pen.

CONSTRUCTOR

new

$spinner = Tickit::Widget::Spinner−>new( %args );

Constructs a new "Tickit::Widget::Spinner" object.

Takes the following named arguments:
chars => ARRAY

Optional. An ARRAY reference containing the text strings to use.

interval => NUM

Optional. The time each string is displayed for. Defaults to 0.5.

METHODS

start

$spinner−>start;

Starts the animation effect.

stop

$spinner−>stop;

Stops the animation effect.

AUTHOR

Paul Evans <[email protected]>

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