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.

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

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