XmSeparator - Man Page

The Separator widget class

Synopsis

#include <Xm/Separator.h>

Description

Separator is a primitive widget that separates items in a display. Several different line drawing styles are provided, as well as horizontal or vertical orientation.

The Separator line drawing is automatically centered within the height of the widget for a horizontal orientation and centered within the width of the widget for a vertical orientation. An XtSetValues with a new XmNseparatorType resizes the widget to its minimal height (for horizontal orientation) or its minimal width (for vertical orientation) unless height or width is explicitly set in the XtSetValues call.

Separator does not draw shadows around the separator. The Primitive resource XmNshadowThickness is used for the Separator's thickness when XmNseparatorType is XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN, XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN_DASH, XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT, or XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT_DASH.

Separator does not highlight and allows no traversing. The primitive resource XmNtraversalOn is forced to False.

The XmNseparatorType of XmNO_LINE provides an escape to the application programmer who needs a different style of drawing. A pixmap the height of the widget can be created and used as the background pixmap by building an argument list using the XmNbackgroundPixmap argument type as defined by Core. Whenever the widget is redrawn, its background is displayed containing the desired separator drawing. Separator holds the XmQTmenuSavvy trait.

Classes

Separator inherits behavior, resources, and traits from Core and XmPrimitive.

The class pointer is xmSeparatorWidgetClass.

The class name is XmSeparator.

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 anduse 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).

XmSeparator Resource Set
Name	Class	Type	Default	Access

XmNmargin	XmCMargin	Dimension	0	CSG

XmNorientation	XmCOrientation	unsigned char	XmHORIZONTAL	CSG

XmNseparatorType	XmCSeparatorType	unsigned char	XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN	CSG

XmNmargin

For horizontal orientation, specifies the space on the left and right sides between the border of the Separator and the line drawn. For vertical orientation, specifies the space on the top and bottom between the border of the Separator and the line drawn.

XmNorientation

Displays Separator vertically or horizontally. This resource can have values of XmVERTICAL and XmHORIZONTAL.

XmNseparatorType

Specifies the type of line drawing to be done in the Separator widget.

XmSINGLE_LINE: Single line
XmDOUBLE_LINE: Double line
XmSINGLE_DASHED_LINE: Single-dashed line
XmDOUBLE_DASHED_LINE: Double-dashed line
XmNO_LINE: No line
XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN: A line whose shadows give the effect of a line etched into the window. The thickness of the line is equal to the value of XmNshadowThickness. For horizontal orientation, the top shadow is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor and the bottom shadow is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor. For vertical orientation, the left edge is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor and the right edge is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor.
XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT: A line whose shadows give the effect of an etched line coming out of the window. The thickness of the line is equal to the value of XmNshadowThickness. For horizontal orientation, the top shadow is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor and the bottom shadow is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor. For vertical orientation, the left edge is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor and the right edge is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor.
XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN_DASH: Identical to XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN except a series of lines creates a dashed line.
XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT_DASH: Identical to XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT except a series of lines creates a dashed line.

Inherited Resources

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

XmPrimitive Resource Set
Name	Class	Type	Default	Access

XmNbottomShadowColor	XmCBottomShadowColor	Pixel	dynamic	CSG

XmNbottomShadowPixmap	XmCBottomShadowPixmap	Pixmap	XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP	CSG

XmNconvertCallback	XmCCallback	XtCallbackList	NULL	C

XmNforeground	XmCForeground	Pixel	dynamic	CSG

XmNhelpCallback	XmCCallback	XtCallbackList	NULL	C

XmNhighlightColor	XmCHighlightColor	Pixel	dynamic	CSG

XmNhighlightOnEnter	XmCHighlightOnEnter	Boolean	False	CSG

XmNhighlightPixmap	XmCHighlightPixmap	Pixmap	dynamic	CSG

XmNhighlightThickness	XmCHighlightThickness	Dimension	0	CSG

XmNlayoutDirection	XmCLayoutDirection	XmDirection	dynamic	CG

XmNnavigationType	XmCNavigationType	XmNavigationType	XmNONE	CSG

XmNpopupHandlerCallback	XmCCallback	XtCallbackList	NULL	C

XmNshadowThickness	XmCShadowThickness	Dimension	2	CSG

XmNtopShadowColor	XmCTopShadowColor	Pixel	dynamic	CSG

XmNtopShadowPixmap	XmCTopShadowPixmap	Pixmap	dynamic	CSG

XmNtraversalOn	XmCTraversalOn	Boolean	False	G

XmNunitType	XmCUnitType	unsigned char	dynamic	CSG

XmNuserData	XmCUserData	XtPointer	NULL	CSG

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

There are no translations for XmSeparator.

Referenced By

XmCreateSeparator(3), XmDrawnButton(3).