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Traits(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual Traits(5)

Traits — Lists the traits used by the Motif Toolkit.

A trait is a characteristic of a widget. A widget holding a particular trait is announcing a particular ability to other widgets. The following table summarizes the standard Motif traits.

Purpose of Each Trait
Trait Name A Widget Holding This Trait Can Do The Following:
_ _
XmQTaccessTextual Display one primary text parcel.
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XmQTactivatable Become a command button in a dialog box.
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XmQTcareParentVisual Borrow its parent's visual information.
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XmQTcontainer Manage container item children.
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XmQTcontainerItem Become a child of a container widget.
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XmQTdialogShellSavvy Become a child of a DialogShell.
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XmQTjoinSide Attach itself to one side of a suitable parent.
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XmQTmenuSavvy Become a menu child.
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XmQTmenuSystem Manage a menu system.
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XmQTnavigator Act as a navigator to a scrollable widget.
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XmQTscrollFrame Handle one or more navigator widgets.
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XmQTspecifyRenderTable Supply the names of its default render tables.
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XmQTtakesDefault Change its appearance to show that it is the default button.
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XmQTtransfer Transfer data to other widgets and/or receive data from other widgets
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Traits are not often used in Motif application programs. However, traits are very important to widget writers. For complete details on traits, see the Motif Widget Writer's Guide.

The following table lists the names of all widgets and gadgets in the standard Motif widget set that hold a particular trait. For example, the following table shows that the XmQTcontainerItem trait is held by the XmIconGadget. As the table suggests, some traits are held by many of the standard Motif widgets.

Trait Installation in Standard Widget Set
Trait Name Is Installed on The Following Widgets:
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XmQTaccessTextual XmLabel and all its subclasses; XmLabelGadget and all its subclasses; XmText; XmTextField
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XmQTactivatable XmArrowButton; XmArrowButtonGadget; XmDrawnButton; XmPushButton; XmPushButtonGadget
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XmQTcareParentVisual All the subclasses of XmGadget (but not XmGadget itself); XmPrimitive and all its subclasses
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XmQTcontainer XmContainer
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XmQTcontainerItem XmIconGadget
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XmQTdialogShellSavvy XmBulletinBoard
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XmQTjoinSide No widgets install this trait
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XmQTmenuSavvy XmLabel; XmDrawnButton; XmCascadeButton; XmPushButton; XmToggleButton; XmLabelGadget; XmCascadeButtonGadget; XmPushButtonGadget; XmToggleButtonGadget
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XmQTmenuSystem XmRowColumn
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XmQTnavigator XmScrollBar; XmSpinBox
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XmQTscrollFrame XmNotebook; XmScrolledWindow
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XmQTspecifyRenderTable XmBulletinBoard and all its subclasses; XmMenuShell; XmVendorShell
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XmQTtakesDefault XmPushButton; XmPushButtonGadget
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XmQTtransfer XmContainer; XmLabel and all its subclasses; XmLabelGadget and all its subclasses; XmList; XmScale; XmText; XmTextField
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The following table lists the traits installed on each widget. For example, the following table indicates that the XmArrowButton widget holds both the XmQTactivatable and XmQTcareParentVisual traits.

Trait Use by
Widget
Widget Name Installs These Traits
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=
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XmArrowButton XmQTactivatable, XmQTcareParentVisual
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XmArrowButtonGadget XmQTactivatable, XmQTcareParentVisual
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XmBulletinBoard XmQTdialogShellSavvy, XmQTspecifyRenderTable
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XmCascadeButton XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTmenuSavvy, XmQTtransfer
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XmCascadeButtonGadget XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTmenuSavvy, XmQTtransfer XmComboBox
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XmCommand XmQTspecifyRenderTable
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XmContainer XmQTcontainer, XmQTtransfer
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XmDialogShell None
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XmDisplay None
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XmDragContext None
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XmDragIcon None
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XmDrawingArea None
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XmDrawnButton XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTactivatable, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTmenuSavvy, XmQTtransfer
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XmDropTransfer None
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XmFileSelectionBox XmQTspecifyRenderTable
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XmForm XmQTspecifyRenderTable
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XmFrame None
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XmGadget None
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XmIconGadget XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTcontainerItem
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XmLabel XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTmenuSavvy, XmQTtransfer
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XmLabelGadget XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTmenuSavvy, XmQTtransfer
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XmList XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTtransfer
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XmMainWindow
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XmManager
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XmMenuShell XmQTspecifyRenderTable
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XmMessageBox XmQTspecifyRenderTable
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XmNotebook XmQTscrollFrame
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XmPanedWindow
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XmPrimitive XmQTcareParentVisual
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XmPushButton XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTactivatable, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTmenuSavvy, XmQTtakesDefault, XmQTtransfer
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XmPushButtonGadget XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTactivatable, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTmenuSavvy, XmQTtakesDefault, XmQTtransfer
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XmRowColumn XmQTmenuSystem
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XmScale XmQTtransfer
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XmScreen
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XmScrollbar XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTnavigator
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XmScrolledWindow XmQTscrollFrame
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XmSelectionBox XmQTspecifyRenderTable
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XmSeparator XmQTcareParentVisual
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XmSeparatorGadget XmQTcareParentVisual
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XmSpinBox XmQTnavigator
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XmText XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTtransfer
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XmTextField XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTtransfer
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XmToggleButton XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTtransfer
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XmToggleButtonGadget XmQTaccessTextual, XmQTcareParentVisual, XmQTtransfer
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VendorShell XmQTspecifyRenderTable
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The following table summarizes how the standard Motif widgets access traits. There are two general ways for a widget to access the traits of another widget.

One way is for a widget to ask another widget if it holds a particular trait. For example, XmBulletinBoard asks each of its children widgets if they hold the XmQTtakesDefault trait. XmBulletinBoard calls none of the trait methods of XmQTtakesDefault.

Another kind of access is when one widget calls another widget's trait method(s). For example, XmBulletinBoard calls the getRenderTable trait method of the XmQTspecifyRenderTable trait.

Trait Access By
Widget
Widget Accesses These Traits: Calls These Trait Methods:
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XmArrowButton None None
_ _ _
XmArrowButtonGadget None None
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XmBulletinBoard XmQTtakesDefault None
_ _ _
XmBulletinBoard XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
XmCascadeButton XmQTmenuSystem Many
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XmCascadeButton XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
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XmCascadeButtonGadget XmQTmenuSystem Many
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XmCascadeButtonGadget XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
XmComboBox XmQTaccessTextual getValue, setValue
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XmCommand None None
_ _ _
XmContainer XmQTcontainerItem getValues, setValues
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XmContainer XmQTscrollFrame getInfo
_ _ _
XmDialogShell XmQTdialogShellSavvy callMapUnmapCB
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XmDisplay None None
_ _ _
XmDragContext None None
_ _ _
XmDragIcon None None
_ _ _
XmDrawingArea None None
_ _ _
XmDrawnButton XmQTmenuSystem Many
_ _ _
XmDrawnButton XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
XmDropTransfer None None
_ _ _
XmFileSelectionBox XmQTactivatable None
_ _ _
XmForm None None
_ _ _
XmFrame None None
_ _ _
XmGadget None None
_ _ _
XmIconGadget XmQTcontainer getValues
_ _ _
XmIconGadget XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
XmLabel XmQTmenuSystem various methods
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XmLabel XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
XmLabelGadget XmQTmenuSystem various methods
_ _ _
XmLabelGadget XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
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XmList XmQTnavigator getValues
_ _ _
XmList XmQTscrollFrame getInfo, init
_ _ _
XmList XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
XmMainWindow XmQTmenuSystem various methods
_ _ _
XmManager None None
_ _ _
XmMenuShell XmQTmenuSystem various methods
_ _ _
XmMenuShell XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
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XmMessageBox XmQTactivatable None
_ _ _
XmNotebook XmQTscrollFrame init, addNavigator, removeNavigator
_ _ _
XmNotebook XmQTnavigator getValue
_ _ _
XmNotebook XmQTactivatable changeCB
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XmNotebook XmQTaccessTextual None
_ _ _
XmPanedWindow None None
_ _ _
XmPrimitive None None
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XmPushButton XmQTmenuSystem various methods
_ _ _
XmPushButton XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
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XmPushButtonGadget XmQTmenuSystem various methods
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XmPushButtonGadget XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
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XmRowColumn XmQTmenuSavvy getAccelerator, getMnemonic, getActivateCBName
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XmRowColumn XmQTmenuSystem various methods
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XmScale XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
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XmScreen None None
_ _ _
XmScrollbar None None
_ _ _
XmScrolledWindow XmQTnavigator getValue
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XmScrolledWindow XmQTscrollFrame init, addNavigator
_ _ _
XmSelectionBox XmQTaccessTextual setValue;
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XmSelectionBox XmQTactivatable None
_ _ _
XmSeparator None None
_ _ _
XmSeparatorGadget None None
_ _ _
XmSpinBox XmQTaccessTextual setValue
_ _ _
XmText XmQTaccessTextual getValue, setValue
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XmText XmQTnavigator getValue
_ _ _
XmText XmQTscrollFrame getInfo, init
_ _ _
XmText XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
XmTextField XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
XmToggleButton XmQTmenuSystem various methods
_ _ _
XmToggleButton XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
XmToggleButtonGadget XmQTmenuSystem various methods
_ _ _
XmToggleButtonGadget XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _
VendorShell XmQTspecifyRenderTable getRenderTable
_ _ _

The following reference pages are documented in the Motif Widget Writer's Guide: XmeTraitSet(3), XmeTraitGet(3), XmQTaccessTextual(3), XmQTactivatable(3), XmQTcareParentVisual(3), XmQTcontainer(3), XmQTcontainerItem(3), XmQTdialogShellSavvy(3), XmQTjoinSide(3), XmQTmenuSavvy(3), XmQTmenuSystem(3), XmQTnavigator(3), XmQTscrollFrame(3), XmQTspecifyRenderTable(3), and XmQTtakesDefault(3).

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