XmForm(3X)
XmForm --The Form widget class
As shipped in IRIX 6.5.19. Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.
NAME XmForm --The Form widget class SYNOPSIS #include <Xm/Form.h> VERSION This page documents version 1.2 of the Motif library. DESCRIPTION Form is a container widget with no input semantics of its own. Constraints are placed on children of the Form to define attachments for each of the child's four sides. These attachments can be to the Form, to another child widget or gadget, to a relative position within the Form, or to the initial position of the child. The attachments determine the layout behavior of the Form when resizing occurs. The default value for XmNinitialFocus is the value of XmNdefaultButton. Following are some important considerations in using a Form: * Every child must have an attachment on either the left or the right. If initialization or XtSetValues leaves a widget without such an at- tachment, the result depends upon the value of XmNrubberPositioning. If XmNrubberPositioning is False, the child is given an XmNleftAttach- ment of XmATTACH_FORM and an XmNleftOffset equal to its current x value. If XmNrubberPositioning is True, the child is given an XmNleftAttach- ment of XmATTACH_POSITION and an XmNleftPosition proportional to the current x value divided by the width of the Form. In either case, if the child has not been previously given an x value, its x value is taken to be 0, which places the child at the left side of the Form. * If you want to create a child without any attachments, and then later (e.g., after creating and managing it, but before realizing it) give it a right attachment via XtSetValues, you must set its XmNleftAttach- ment to XmATTACH_NONE at the same time. * The XmNresizable resource controls only whether a geometry request by the child will be granted. It has no effect on whether the child's size can be changed because of changes in geometry of the Form or of other children. * Every child has a preferred width, based on geometry requests it makes (whether they are granted or not). * If a child has attachments on both the left and the right sides, its size is completely controlled by the Form. It can be shrunk below its preferred width or enlarged above it, if necessary, due to other con- straints. In addition, the child's geometry requests to change its own width may be refused. * If a child has attachments on only its left or right side, it will al- ways be at its preferred width (if resizable, otherwise at is current width). This may cause it to be clipped by the Form or by other chil- dren. * If a child's left (or right) attachment is set to XmATTACH_SELF, its corresponding left (or right) offset is forced to 0. The attachment is then changed to XmATTACH_POSITION, with a position that corresponds to x value of the child's left (or right) edge. To fix the position of a side at a specific x value use XmATTACH_FORM or XmATTACH_OPPO- SITE_FORM with the x value as the left (or right) offset. * Unmapping a child has no effect on the Form except that the child is not mapped. * Unmanaging a child unmaps it. If no other child is attached to it, or if all children attached to it and all children recursively attached to them are also all unmanaged, all of those children are treated as if they did not exist in determining the size of the Form. * When using XtSetValues to change the XmNx resource of a child, you must simultaneously set its left attachment to either XmATTACH_SELF or XmATTACH_NONE. Otherwise, the request is not granted. If XmNresiz- able is False, the request is granted only if the child's size can re- main the same. * A left (or right) attachment of XmATTACH_WIDGET, where XmNleftWidget (or XmNrightWidget) is NULL, acts like an attachment of XmATTACH_FORM. * If an attachment is made to a widget that is not a child of the Form, but an ancestor of the widget is a child of the Form, the attachment is made to the ancestor. All these considerations are true of top and bottom attachments as well, with top acting like left, bottom acting like right, y acting like x, and height acting like width. Classes Form inherits behavior and resources from Core, Composite, Constraint, Xm- Manager, and XmBulletinBoard classes. The class pointer is xmFormWidgetClass. The class name is XmForm. New Resources The following table defines a set of widget resources used by the program- mer to specify data. The programmer can also set the resource values for the inherited classes to set attributes for this widget. To reference a resource by name or by class in a .Xdefaults file, remove the XmN or XmC prefix and use the remaining letters. To specify one of the defined values for a resource in a .Xdefaults file, remove the Xm prefix and use the re- maining letters (in either lowercase or uppercase, but include any under- scores between words). The codes in the access column indicate if the given resource can be set at creation time (C), set by using XtSetValues (S), retrieved by using XtGetValues (G), or is not applicable (N/A). XmForm Resource Set Name Class Type Default Access --------------------------------------------------------------------------- XmNfractionBase XmCMaxValue int 100 CSG XmNhorizontalSpacing XmCSpacing Dimension 0 CSG XmNrubberPositioning XmCRubberPositioning Boolean False CSG XmNverticalSpacing XmCSpacing Dimension 0 CSG XmNfractionBase Specifies the denominator used in calculating the relative posi- tion of a child widget using XmATTACH_POSITION constraints. The value must not be 0. If the value of a child's XmNleftAttachment (or XmNrightAttach- ment) is XmATTACH_POSITION, the position of the left (or right) side of the child is relative to the left side of the Form and is a fraction of the width of the Form. This fraction is the value of the child's XmNleftPosition (or XmNrightPosition) resource di- vided by the value of the Form's XmNfractionBase. If the value of a child's XmNtopAttachment (or XmNbottomAttach- ment) is XmATTACH_POSITION, the position of the top (or bottom) side of the child is relative to the top side of the Form and is a fraction of the height of the Form. This fraction is the value of the child's XmNtopPosition (or XmNbottomPosition) resource di- vided by the value of the Form's XmNfractionBase. XmNhorizontalSpacing Specifies the offset for right and left attachments. This re- source is only used if no offset resource is specified (when at- taching to a widget), or if no margin resource is specified (when attaching to the Form). XmNrubberPositioning Indicates the default near (left) and top attachments for a child of the Form. (Note: Whether this resource actually applies to the left or right side of the child and its attachment may depend on the value of the XmNstringDirection resource.) The default left attachment is applied whenever initialization or XtSetValues leaves the child without either a left or right at- tachment. The default top attachment is applied whenever ini- tialization or XtSetValues leaves the child without either a top or bottom attachment. If this Boolean resource is set to False, XmNleftAttachment and XmNtopAt- tachment default to XmATTACH_FORM, XmNleftOffset defaults to the current x value of the left side of the child, and XmNtopOffset defaults to the cur- rent y value of the child. The effect is to position the child according to its absolute distance from the left or top side of the Form. If this resource is set to True, XmNleftAttachment and XmNtopAttachment de- fault to XmATTACH_POSITION, XmNleftPosition defaults to a value propor- tional to the current x value of the left side of the child divided by the width of the Form, and XmNtopPosition defaults to a value proportional to the current y value of the child divided by the height of the Form. The effect is to position the child relative to the left or top side of the Form and in proportion to the width or height of the Form. XmNverticalSpacing Specifies the offset for top and bottom attachments. This re- source is only used if no offset resource is specified (when at- taching to a widget), or if no margin resource is specified (when attaching to the Form). XmForm Constraint Resource Set Name Class Type Default Access ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- XmNbottomAttachment XmCAttachment unsigned char XmATTACH_NONE CSG XmNbottomOffset XmCOffset int 0 CSG XmNbottomPosition XmCAttachment int 0 CSG XmNbottomWidget XmCWidget Widget NULL CSG XmNleftAttachment XmCAttachment unsigned char XmATTACH_NONE CSG XmNleftOffset XmCOffset int 0 CSG XmNleftPosition XmCAttachment int 0 CSG XmNleftWidget XmCWidget Widget NULL CSG XmNresizable XmCBoolean Boolean True CSG XmNrightAttachment XmCAttachment unsigned char XmATTACH_NONE CSG XmNrightOffset XmCOffset int 0 CSG XmNrightPosition XmCAttachment int 0 CSG XmNrightWidget XmCWidget Widget NULL CSG XmNtopAttachment XmCAttachment unsigned char XmATTACH_NONE CSG XmNtopOffset XmCOffset int 0 CSG XmNtopPosition XmCAttachment int 0 CSG XmNtopWidget XmCWidget Widget NULL CSG XmNbottomAttachment Specifies attachment of the bottom side of the child. It can have the following values: * XmATTACH_NONE-Do not attach the bottom side of the child. * XmATTACH_FORM-Attach the bottom side of the child to the bottom side of the Form. * XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_FORM-Attach the bottom side of the child to the top side of the Form. XmNbottomOffset can be used to determine the visibility of the child. * XmATTACH_WIDGET-Attach the bottom side of the child to the top side of the widget or gadget specified in the XmNbot- tomWidget resource. If XmNbottomWidget is NULL, XmAT- TACH_WIDGET is replaced by XmATTACH_FORM, and the child is attached to the bottom side of the Form. * XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_WIDGET-Attach the bottom side of the child to the bottom side of the widget or gadget specified in the XmNbottomWidget resource. * XmATTACH_POSITION-Attach the bottom side of the child to a position that is relative to the top side of the Form and in proportion to the height of the Form. This position is de- termined by the XmNbottomPosition and XmNfractionBase re- sources. * XmATTACH_SELF-Attach the bottom side of the child to a posi- tion that is proportional to the current y value of the bot- tom of the child divided by the height of the Form. This position is determined by the XmNbottomPosition and XmNfrac- tionBase resources. XmNbottomPosition is set to a value proportional to the current y value of the bottom of the child divided by the height of the Form. XmNbottomOffset Specifies the constant offset between the bottom side of the child and the object to which it is attached. The relationship established remains, regardless of any resizing operations that occur. When this resource is explicitly set, the value of XmN- verticalSpacing is ignored. XmNbottomPosition This resource is used to determine the position of the bottom side of the child when the child's XmNbottomAttachment is set to XmATTACH_POSITION. In this case the position of the bottom side of the child is relative to the top side of the Form and is a fraction of the height of the Form. This fraction is the value of the child's XmNbottomPosition resource divided by the value of the Form's XmNfractionBase. For example, if the child's XmNbot- tomPosition is 50, the Form's XmNfractionBase is 100, and the Form's height is 200, the position of the bottom side of the child is 100. XmNbottomWidget Specifies the widget or gadget to which the bottom side of the child is attached. This resource is used if XmNbottomAttachment is set to either XmATTACH_WIDGET or XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_WIDGET. A string-to-widget resource converter is automatically installed for use with this resource. With this converter, the widget that is to be the value of the resource must exist at the time the widget that has the resource is created. XmNleftAttachment Specifies attachment of the near (left) side of the child. (Note: Whether this resource actually applies to the left or right side of the child and its attachment may depend on the value of the XmNstringDirection resource.) It can have the fol- lowing values: * XmATTACH_NONE-Do not attach the left side of the child. If XmNrightAttachment is also XmATTACH_NONE, this value is ig- nored and the child is given a default left attachment. * XmATTACH_FORM-Attach the left side of the child to the left side of the Form. * XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_FORM-Attach the left side of the child to the right side of the Form. XmNleftOffset can be used to determine the visibility of the child. * XmATTACH_WIDGET-Attach the left side of the child to the right side of the widget or gadget specified in the XmNleft- Widget resource. If XmNleftWidget is NULL, XmATTACH_WIDGET is replaced by XmATTACH_FORM, and the child is attached to the left side of the Form. * XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_WIDGET-Attach the left side of the child to the left side of the widget or gadget specified in the XmNleftWidget resource. * XmATTACH_POSITION-Attach the left side of the child to a po- sition that is relative to the left side of the Form and in proportion to the width of the Form. This position is de- termined by the XmNleftPosition and XmNfractionBase re- sources. * XmATTACH_SELF-Attach the left side of the child to a posi- tion that is proportional to the current x value of the left side of the child divided by the width of the Form. This position is determined by the XmNleftPosition and XmNfrac- tionBase resources. XmNleftPosition is set to a value pro- portional to the current x value of the left side of the child divided by the width of the Form. XmNleftOffset Specifies the constant offset between the near (left) side of the child and the object to which it is attached. (Note: Whether this resource actually applies to the left or right side of the child and its attachment may depend on the value of the XmN- stringDirection resource.) The relationship established remains, regardless of any resizing operations that occur. When this re- source is explicitly set, the value of XmNhorizontalSpacing is ignored. XmNleftPosition This resource is used to determine the position of the near (left) side of the child when the child's XmNleftAttachment is set to XmATTACH_POSITION. (Note: Whether this resource actually applies to the left or right side of the child and its attachment may depend on the value of the XmNstringDirection resource.) In this case the position of the left side of the child is rela- tive to the left side of the Form and is a fraction of the width of the Form. This fraction is the value of the child's XmNleft- Position resource divided by the value of the Form's XmNfraction- Base. For example, if the child's XmNleftPosition is 50, the Form's XmNfractionBase is 100, and the Form's width is 200, the position of the left side of the child is 100. XmNleftWidget Specifies the widget or gadget to which the near (left) side of the child is attached. (Note: Whether this resource actually applies to the left or right side of the child and its attachment may depend on the value of the XmNstringDirection resource.) This resource is used if XmNleftAttachment is set to either XmAT- TACH_WIDGET or XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_WIDGET. A string-to-widget resource converter is automatically installed for use with this resource. With this converter, the widget that is to be the value of the resource must exist at the time the widget that has the resource is created. XmNresizable This Boolean resource specifies whether or not a child's request for a new size is (conditionally) granted by the Form. If this resource is set to True the request is granted if possible. If this resource is set to False the request is always refused. If a child has both left and right attachments, its width is com- pletely controlled by the Form, regardless of the value of the child's XmNresizable resource. If a child has a left or right attachment but not both, the child's XmNwidth is used in setting its width if the value of the child's XmNresizable resource is True. These conditions are also true for top and bottom attach- ments, with height acting like width. XmNrightAttachment Specifies attachment of the far (right) side of the child. (Note: Whether this resource actually applies to the left or right side of the child and its attachment may depend on the value of the XmNstringDirection resource.) It can have the fol- lowing values: * XmATTACH_NONE-Do not attach the right side of the child. * XmATTACH_FORM-Attach the right side of the child to the right side of the Form. * XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_FORM-Attach the right side of the child to the left side of the Form. XmNrightOffset can be used to determine the visibility of the child. * XmATTACH_WIDGET-Attach the right side of the child to the left side of the widget or gadget specified in the XmN- rightWidget resource. If XmNrightWidget is NULL, XmAT- TACH_WIDGET is replaced by XmATTACH_FORM, and the child is attached to the right side of the Form. * XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_WIDGET-Attach the right side of the child to the right side of the widget or gadget specified in the XmNrightWidget resource. * XmATTACH_POSITION-Attach the right side of the child to a position that is relative to the left side of the Form and in proportion to the width of the Form. This position is determined by the XmNrightPosition and XmNfractionBase re- sources. * XmATTACH_SELF-Attach the right side of the child to a posi- tion that is proportional to the current x value of the right side of the child divided by the width of the Form. This position is determined by the XmNrightPosition and XmN- fractionBase resources. XmNrightPosition is set to a value proportional to the current x value of the right side of the child divided by the width of the Form. XmNrightOffset Specifies the constant offset between the far (right) side of the child and the object to which it is attached. (Note: Whether this resource actually applies to the left or right side of the child and its attachment may depend on the value of the XmN- stringDirection resource.) The relationship established remains, regardless of any resizing operations that occur. When this re- source is explicitly set, the value of XmNhorizontalSpacing is ignored. XmNrightPosition This resource is used to determine the position of the far (right) side of the child when the child's XmNrightAttachment is set to XmATTACH_POSITION. (Note: Whether this resource actually applies to the left or right side of the child and its attachment may depend on the value of the XmNstringDirection resource.) In this case the position of the right side of the child is rela- tive to the left side of the Form and is a fraction of the width of the Form. This fraction is the value of the child's XmNright- Position resource divided by the value of the Form's XmNfraction- Base. For example, if the child's XmNrightPosition is 50, the Form's XmNfractionBase is 100, and the Form's width is 200, the position of the right side of the child is 100. XmNrightWidget Specifies the widget or gadget to which the far (right) side of the child is attached. (Note: Whether this resource actually applies to the left or right side of the child and its attachment may depend on the value of the XmNstringDirection resource.) This resource is used if XmNrightAttachment is set to either XmATTACH_WIDGET or XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_WIDGET. A string-to-widget resource converter is automatically installed for use with this resource. With this converter, the widget that is to be the value of the resource must exist at the time the widget that has the resource is created. XmNtopAttachment Specifies attachment of the top side of the child. It can have following values: * XmATTACH_NONE-Do not attach the top side of the child. If XmNbottomAttachment is also XmATTACH_NONE, this value is ig- nored and the child is given a default top attachment. * XmATTACH_FORM-Attach the top side of the child to the top side of the Form. * XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_FORM-Attach the top side of the child to the bottom side of the Form. XmNtopOffset can be used to determine the visibility of the child. * XmATTACH_WIDGET-Attach the top side of the child to the bot- tom side of the widget or gadget specified in the XmNtopWid- get resource. If XmNtopWidget is NULL, XmATTACH_WIDGET is replaced by XmATTACH_FORM, and the child is attached to the top side of the Form. * XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_WIDGET-Attach the top side of the child to the top side of the widget or gadget specified in the XmN- topWidget resource. * XmATTACH_POSITION-Attach the top side of the child to a po- sition that is relative to the top side of the Form and in proportion to the height of the Form. This position is de- termined by the XmNtopPosition and XmNfractionBase re- sources. * XmATTACH_SELF-Attach the top side of the child to a position that is proportional to the current y value of the child di- vided by the height of the Form. This position is deter- mined by the XmNtopPosition and XmNfractionBase resources. XmNtopPosition is set to a value proportional to the current y value of the child divided by the height of the Form. XmNtopOffset Specifies the constant offset between the top side of the child and the object to which it is attached. The relationship estab- lished remains, regardless of any resizing operations that occur. When this resource is explicitly set, the value of XmNverti- calSpacing is ignored. XmNtopPosition This resource is used to determine the position of the top side of the child when the child's XmNtopAttachment is set to XmAT- TACH_POSITION. In this case the position of the top side of the child is relative to the top side of the Form and is a fraction of the height of the Form. This fraction is the value of the child's XmNtopPosition resource divided by the value of the Form's XmNfractionBase. For example, if the child's XmNtopPosi- tion is 50, the Form's XmNfractionBase is 100, and the Form's height is 200, the position of the top side of the child is 100. XmNtopWidget Specifies the widget or gadget to which the top side of the child is attached. This resource is used if XmNtopAttachment is set to either XmATTACH_WIDGET or XmATTACH_OPPOSITE_WIDGET. A string-to-widget resource converter is automatically installed for use with this resource. With this converter, the widget that is to be the value of the resource must exist at the time the widget that has the resource is created. Inherited Resources Form inherits behavior and resources from the following superclasses. For a complete description of each resource, refer to the man page for that su- perclass. XmBulletinBoard Resource Set Name Class Type Default Access ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XmNallowOverlap XmCAllowOverlap Boolean True CSG XmNautoUnmanage XmCAutoUnmanage Boolean True CG XmNbuttonFontList XmCButtonFontList XmFontList dynamic CSG XmNcancelButton XmCWidget Widget NULL SG XmNdefaultButton XmCWidget Widget NULL SG XmNdefaultPosition XmCDefaultPosition Boolean True CSG XmNdialogStyle XmCDialogStyle unsigned char dynamic CSG XmNdialogTitle XmCDialogTitle XmString NULL CSG XmNfocusCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C XmNlabelFontList XmCLabelFontList XmFontList dynamic CSG XmNmapCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C XmNmarginHeight XmCMarginHeight Dimension 0 CSG XmNmarginWidth XmCMarginWidth Dimension 0 CSG XmNnoResize XmCNoResize Boolean False CSG XmNresizePolicy XmCResizePolicy unsigned char XmRESIZE_ANY CSG XmNshadowType XmCShadowType unsigned char XmSHADOW_OUT CSG XmNtextFontList XmCTextFontList XmFontList dynamic CSG XmNtextTranslations XmCTranslations XtTranslations NULL C XmNunmapCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C XmManager Resource Set Name Class Type Default Access -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XmNbottomShadowColor XmCBottomShadowColor Pixel dynamic CSG XmNbottomShadowPixmap XmCBottomShadowPixmap Pixmap XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP CSG XmNforeground XmCForeground Pixel dynamic CSG XmNhelpCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C XmNhighlightColor XmCHighlightColor Pixel dynamic CSG XmNhighlightPixmap XmCHighlightPixmap Pixmap dynamic CSG XmNinitialFocus XmCInitialFocus Widget dynamic CSG XmNnavigationType XmCNavigationType XmNavigationType XmTAB_GROUP CSG XmNshadowThickness XmCShadowThickness Dimension dynamic CSG XmNstringDirection XmCStringDirection XmStringDirection dynamic CG XmNtopShadowColor XmCTopShadowColor Pixel dynamic CSG XmNtopShadowPixmap XmCTopShadowPixmap Pixmap dynamic CSG XmNtraversalOn XmCTraversalOn Boolean True CSG XmNunitType XmCUnitType unsigned char dynamic CSG XmNuserData XmCUserData XtPointer NULL CSG Composite Resource Set Name Class Type Default Access ----------------------------------------------------------------------- XmNchildren XmCReadOnly WidgetList NULL G XmNinsertPosition XmCInsertPosition XtOrderProc NULL CSG XmNnumChildren XmCReadOnly Cardinal 0 G Core Resource Set Name Class Type Default Access --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XmNaccelerators XmCAccelerators XtAccelerators dynamic N/A XmNancestorSensitive XmCSensitive Boolean dynamic G XmNbackground XmCBackground Pixel dynamic CSG XmNbackgroundPixmap XmCPixmap Pixmap XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP CSG XmNborderColor XmCBorderColor Pixel XtDefaultForeground CSG XmNborderPixmap XmCPixmap Pixmap XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP CSG XmNborderWidth XmCBorderWidth Dimension 0 CSG XmNcolormap XmCColormap Colormap dynamic CG XmNdepth XmCDepth int dynamic CG XmNdestroyCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C XmNheight XmCHeight Dimension dynamic CSG XmNinitialResourcesPersistent XmCInitialResourcesPersistent Boolean True C XmNmappedWhenManaged XmCMappedWhenManaged Boolean True CSG XmNscreen XmCScreen Screen * dynamic CG XmNsensitive XmCSensitive Boolean True CSG XmNtranslations XmCTranslations XtTranslations dynamic CSG XmNwidth XmCWidth Dimension dynamic CSG XmNx XmCPosition Position 0 CSG XmNy XmCPosition Position 0 CSG Translations XmForm inherits translations from XmBulletinBoard. RELATED INFORMATION Composite(3X), Constraint(3X), Core(3X), XmBulletinBoard(3X), XmCreateForm, XmCreateFormDialog(3X), and XmManager(3X). XmForm(3X)