XmMainWindow - Man Page

The MainWindow widget class

Synopsis

#include <Xm/MainW.h>

MainWindow provides a standard layout for the primary window of an application. This layout includes a MenuBar, a CommandWindow, a work region, a MessageWindow, and ScrollBars. Any or all of these areas are optional. The work region and ScrollBars in the MainWindow behave identically to the work region and ScrollBars in the ScrolledWindow widget. The user can think of the MainWindow as an extended ScrolledWindow with an optional MenuBar and optional CommandWindow and MessageWindow.

In a fully loaded MainWindow, the MenuBar spans the top of the window horizontally. The CommandWindow spans the MainWindow horizontally just below the MenuBar, and the work region lies below the CommandWindow. The MessageWindow is below the work region. Any space remaining below the MessageWindow is managed in a manner identical to ScrolledWindow. The behavior of ScrolledWindow can be controlled by the ScrolledWindow resources. To create a MainWindow, first create the work region elements, a MenuBar, a CommandWindow, a MessageWindow, a horizontal ScrollBar, and a vertical ScrollBar widget, and then call XmMainWindowSetAreas with those widget IDs.

MainWindow can also create three Separator widgets that provide a visual separation of MainWindow's four components. The user can specify resources in a resource file for the automatically created gadgets that contain the MainWindow separators. The name of the first separator gadget is Separator1; the second is Separator2; and the third is Separator3.

MainWindow also provides the following three child types for layout at creation time:

·: XmMENU_BAR
·: XmCOMMAND_WINDOW
·: XmMESSAGE_WINDOW

MainWindow can use these child types at creation time instead of their associated resource values. MainWindow uses the XmQTmenuSystem trait.

Descendants

MainWindow automatically creates the descendants shown in the following table. An application can use XtNameToWidget to gain access to the named descendant. In addition, a user or an application can use the named descendant when specifying resource values.

Named Descendant	Class	Identity


HorScrollBar	XmScrollBar	horizontal scroll bar

Separator1	XmSeparatorGadget	optional first separator

Separator2	XmSeparatorGadget	optional second separator

Separator3	XmSeparatorGadget	optional third separator

VertScrollBar	XmScrollBar	vertical scroll bar

Classes

MainWindow inherits behavior and resources from Core, Composite, Constraint, XmManager, and XmScrolledWindow.

The class pointer is xmMainWindowWidgetClass.

The class name is XmMainWindow.

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. To specify one of the defined values for a resource in a .Xdefaults file, remove the Xm 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 set at creation time (C), set by using XtSetValues (S), retrieved by using XtGetValues (G), or is not applicable (N/A).

XmMainWindow Resource Set
Name	Class	Type	Default	Access

XmNcommandWindow	XmCCommandWindow	Widget	NULL	CSG

XmNcommandWindowLocation	XmCCommandWindowLocation	unsigned char	ABOVE (SeeDesc.)	CG

XmNmainWindowMarginHeight	XmCMainWindowMarginHeight	Dimension	0	CSG

XmNmainWindowMarginWidth	XmCMainWindowMarginWidth	Dimension	0	CSG

XmNmenuBar	XmCMenuBar	Widget	NULL	CSG

XmNmessageWindow	XmCMessageWindow	Widget	NULL	CSG

XmNshowSeparator	XmCShowSeparator	Boolean	False	CSG

XmNcommandWindow: Specifies the widget to be laid out as the CommandWindow. This widget must have been previously created and managed as a child of MainWindow.
XmNcommandWindowLocation: Controls the position of the command window. XmCOMMAND_ABOVE_WORKSPACE locates the command window between the menu bar and the work window. XmCOMMAND_BELOW_WORKSPACE locates the command window between the work window and the message window.
XmNmainWindowMarginHeight: Specifies the margin height on the top and bottom of MainWindow. This resource overrides any setting of the ScrolledWindow resource XmNscrolledWindowMarginHeight.
XmNmainWindowMarginWidth: Specifies the margin width on the right and left sides of MainWindow. This resource overrides any setting of the ScrolledWindow resource XmNscrolledWindowMarginWidth.
XmNmenuBar: Specifies the widget to be laid out as the MenuBar. This widget must have been previously created and managed as a child of MainWindow.
XmNmessageWindow: Specifies the widget to be laid out as the MessageWindow. This widget must have been previously created and managed as a child of MainWindow. The MessageWindow is positioned at the bottom of the MainWindow. If this value is NULL, no message window is included in the MainWindow.
XmNshowSeparator: Displays separators between the components of the MainWindow when set to True. If set to False, no separators are displayed.

Inherited Resources

MainWindow inherits behavior and resources from the superclasses described in the following table. For a complete description of each resource, refer to the reference page for that superclass.

XmScrolledWindow Resource Set
Name	Class	Type	Default	Access

XmNautoDragModel	XmCAutoDragModel	XtEnum	XmAUTO_DRAG_ENABLED	CSG

XmNclipWindow	XmCClipWindow	Widget	dynamic	G

XmNhorizontalScrollBar	XmCHorizontalScrollBar	Widget	dynamic	CSG

XmNscrollBarDisplayPolicy	XmCScrollBarDisplayPolicy	unsigned char	dynamic	CSG

XmNscrollBarPlacement	XmCScrollBarPlacement	unsigned char	XmBOTTOM_RIGHT	CSG

XmNscrolledWindowMarginHeight	XmCScrolledWindowMarginHeight	Dimension	0	N/A

XmNscrolledWindowMarginWidth	XmCScrolledWindowMarginWidth	Dimension	0	N/A

XmNscrollingPolicy	XmCScrollingPolicy	unsigned char	XmAPPLICATION_DEFINED	CG

XmNspacing	XmCSpacing	Dimension	4	CSG

XmNtraverseObscuredCallback	XmCCallback	XtCallbackList	NULL	CSG

XmNverticalScrollBar	XmCVerticalScrollBar	Widget	dynamic	CSG

XmNvisualPolicy	XmCVisualPolicy	unsigned char	dynamic	G

XmNworkWindow	XmCWorkWindow	Widget	NULL	CSG

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	NULL	CSG

XmNlayoutDirection	XmCLayoutDirection	XmDirection	dynamic	CG

XmNnavigationType	XmCNavigationType	XmNavigationType	XmTAB_GROUP	CSG

XmNpopupHandlerCallback	XmCCallback	XtCallbackList	NULL	C

XmNshadowThickness	XmCShadowThickness	Dimension	0	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	CSG

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

MainWindow inherits translations from ScrolledWindow.

Referenced By

XmCreateMainWindow(3), XmMainWindowSep1(3), XmMainWindowSep2(3), XmMainWindowSep3(3), XmMainWindowSetAreas(3), XmVaCreateMainWindow(3).