XmColumn(library call) XmColumn(library call)

NAME

XmColumn -- The XmColumn widget class

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/Column.h>

DESCRIPTION

XmColumn displays its children stacked in a column, each with an
optional associated label: labels appear in one column, and children
in another. This is useful for displaying, for example, labeled data-
entry fields. It can also display all label-child pairs in a
horizontal orientation.This widget offers several constraint
resources that allow specification of characteristics of the label,
such as displaying text or a pixmap, alignment of text, font to use,
and so forth. It also offers several resources for setting defaults
for children that specify no specic values.

Classes
XmColumn inherits behavior and resources from Core, Composite,
Constraint, XmManager, and XmBulletinBoard.

The class pointer is xmColumnWidgetClass.

The class name is XmColumn.

New Resources

The following table defines a set of widget resources used by the
programmer 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 (in either
lowercase or uppercase, but include any underscores between words).
The codes in the access column indicate if the given resource can be
at createion time (C), or is not applicable (N/A).

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| XmColumn Resource Set |
|Name | Class | Type | Default | Access |
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
|XmNdefaultEntryLabelAlignment | XmCAlignment | unsigned char | XmALIGNMENT_BEGINNING | CSG |
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
|XmNdefaultEntryLabelFontList | XmCFontList | XmRFontList | dynamic | CGS |
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
|XmNdefaultEntryLabelRenderTable | XmCRendertable | XmRFontList | dynamic | CGS |
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
|XmNdefaultFillStyle | XmCFillStyle | unsigned char | XmFILL_RAGGED | CGS |
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
|XmNdistribution | XmCDistribution | unsigned char | XmDISTRIBUTE_TIGHT | CGS |
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
|XmNitemSpacing | XmCItemSpacing | Dimension | 2 | CSG |
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
|XmNlabelSpacing | XmCLabelSpacing | Dimentsion | 10 | CSG |
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
|XmNorientation | XmCOrientation | unsigned char | XmVERTICAL | CSG |
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
+--------------------------------+-----------------+---------------+-----------------------+--------+
XmNdefaultEntryLabelAlignment
Specifies the default XmNentryLabelAlignment to use when a
child specifies no significant value. Resources that
specify Alignment have values of XmALIGNMENT_BEGINNING,
XmALIGNMENT_CENTER, XmALIGNMENT_END, and
XmALIGNMENT_UNSPECIFIED. Valid string values that can be
used in a resources file are: alignment_unspecified,
unspecified, alignment_beginning, beginning,
alignment_center, center, alignment_end, end.

XmNdefaultEntryLabelFontList
Specifies the default XmNentryLabelFontList to use when a
child specifies no significant value. If unspecified, uses
XmNlabelFontList resource of the XmBulletinBoard.

XmNdefaultFillStyle
Specifies the default XmNfillStyle to use when a child
specifies no significant value.

XmNdistribution
Specifies whether the spacing between each pair of rows
should be increased equally (XmDISTRIBUTE_SPREAD) or remain
constant (XmDISTRIBUTE_TIGHT) when the column is resized
vertically to be larger than its natural size. This
resource has no effect if any child has its
XmNstretchable resource set to True. This resource is valid
only when the orientation is vertical.

XmNitemSpacing
Specifies the spacing between each pair of rows (in
vertical orientation) or between pairs of labels and
children (in horizontal orientation).

XmNlabelSpacing
Specifies the spacing between the column containing the
labels and the column containing the XmColumn's children.

XmNorientation
Specifies the layout direction of the XmColumn. When
XmVERTICAL, the widgets and their associated labels are
laid out in two vertical columns. When XmHORIZONTAL, the
widgets and their associated labels are laid out in a
single row.


The visual appearance of columns is affected by setting constraint
resources on the children of the XmColumn. These resources are
derived from those supported by XmLabel; see the manual page for
XmLabel for valid values and usage.

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| XmColumn Constraint Resource Set |
|Name | Class | Type | Default | AccessfP |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
|XmNentryLabelAlignment | XmCAlignment | unsigned char | XmALIGNMENT_UNSPECIFIED | CSG |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
|XmNentryLabelFontList | XmCFontList | XmFontList | dynamic | CSG |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
|XmNentryLabelRenderTable | XmCRenderTable | XmRenderTable | dynamic | CSG |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
|XmNentryLabelPixmap | XmCLabelPixmap | Pixmap | XmUNPECIFIED_PIXMAP | CSG |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
|XmNentryLabelString | XmCLabelString | XmString | NULL | CSG |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
|XmNentryLabelType | XmCLabelType | unsigned char | XmSTRING | CSG |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
|XmNfillStyle | XmCFillStyle | unsigned char | XmFILL_UNSPECIFIED | CSG |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
|XmNshowEntryLabel | XmCShowLabel | Boolean | True | CSG |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
|XmNstretchable | XmCStretchable | Boolean | False | CG |
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
+-------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------------------------+----------+
XmNentryLabelAlignment
Specifies justification of text within the child's
associated label. Valid values are the same as those for
XmNdefaultEntryLabelAlignment.

mNentryLabelFontList
Specifies fontList used to render the text within the
child's associated label.

XmNentryLabelPixmap
Specifies the pixmap used in the child's associated label.

XmNentryLabelString
Specifies the text used in the child's associated label.

XmNentryLabelType
Specifies whether to display a string (XmSTRING) or a
pixmap (XmPIXMAP) in the child's associated label.

XmNfillStyle
Specifies whether the child should be displayed at its
natural size (XmFILL_RAGGED) or stretched to fill the
entire width of the column it is displayed within
(XmFILL_FLUSH).
XmFILL_UNSPECIFIED uses the value of the XmColumn's
XmNdefaultFillStyle.

XmNshowEntryLabel
Specifies whether or not to display the child's associated
label.

XmNstretchable
Specifies whether the child should expand in size
proportionately when the XmColumn is resized vertically to
be larger than its natural size.

RELATED

Composite(3), Core(3), XmBulletinBoard(3), XmCreateColumn(3),
XmManager(3), XmVaCreateColumn(3), and XmVaCreateManagedColumn(3).

VERSION

This manual page documents the XmColumn widget shipped in Motif
version 2.2

XmColumn(library call)