XmColumn(3)

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