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XmManager(3)

NAME

   XmManager  ---  The  Manager  widget  class  "XmManager"  "widget  class"
   "Manager"

SYNOPSIS

   #include <Xm/Xm.h>

DESCRIPTION

Manager is a widget class used as a supporting superclass for other
widget classes. It supports the visual resources, graphics contexts,
and traversal resources necessary for the graphics and traversal
mechanisms.

Classes
Manager inherits behavior and resources from Core, Composite, and
Constraint.

The class pointer is xmManagerWidgetClass.

The class name is XmManager.

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).

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

XmNbottomShadowColor
Specifies the color to use to draw the bottom and right sides
of the border shadow. This color is used if the
XmNbottomShadowPixmap resource is NULL.

XmNbottomShadowPixmap
Specifies the pixmap to use to draw the bottom and right
sides of the border shadow.

XmNforeground
Specifies the foreground drawing color used by manager
widgets.

XmNhelpCallback
Specifies the list of callbacks that are called when the help
key sequence is pressed. The reason sent by this callback is
XmCR_HELP.

XmNhighlightColor
Specifies the color of the highlighting rectangle. This
color is used if the highlight pixmap resource is
XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP.

XmNhighlightPixmap
Specifies the pixmap used to draw the highlighting rectangle.

XmNinitialFocus
Specifies the ID of a widget descendant of the manager. The
widget must meet these conditions:

* The widget must be either a tab group or a non-tab-
group widget that can receive keyboard focus. For the
definition of a tab group, see the description of the
Manager, Primitive, and Gadget XmNnavigationType
resources. In general a widget can receive keyboard
focus when it is a primitive, a gadget, or a manager
(such as a DrawingArea with no traversable children)
that acts as a primitive.

* The widget must not be a descendant of a tab group that
is itself a descendant of the manager. That is, the
widget cannot be contained within a tab group that is
nested inside the manager.

* The widget and its ancestors must have a value of True
for their XmNtraversalOn resources.

If the widget does not meet these conditions, XmNinitialFocus
is treated as if the value were NULL.

This resource is meaningful only when the nearest shell
ancestor's XmNkeyboardFocusPolicy is XmEXPLICIT. It is used
to determine which widget receives focus in these situations:

* When the manager is the child of a shell and the shell
hierarchy receives focus for the first time

* When focus is inside the shell hierarchy, the manager
is a composite tab group, and the user traverses to the
manager via the keyboard

Focus is then determined as follows:

* If XmNinitialFocus is a traversable non-tab-group
widget, that widget receives focus.

* If XmNinitialFocus is a traversable tab group, that tab
group receives focus. If that tab group is a composite
with descendant tab groups or traversable non-tab-group
widgets, these procedures are used recursively to
assign focus to a descendant of that tab group.

* If XmNinitialFocus is NULL, the first traversable non-
tab-group widget that is not contained within a nested
tab group receives focus.

* If XmNinitialFocus is NULL and no traversable non-tab-
group widget exists, the first traversable tab group
that is not contained within a nested tab group
receives focus. If that tab group is a composite with
descendant tab groups or traversable non-tab-group
widgets, these procedures are used recursively to
assign focus to a descendant of that tab group.

If a shell hierarchy regains focus after losing it, focus
returns to the widget that had the focus at the time it left
the hierarchy.

The use of XmNinitialFocus is undefined if the manager is a
MenuBar, PulldownMenu, PopupMenu, or OptionMenu.

XmNlayoutDirection
Specifies the direction in which components of the manager
(including strings) are laid out. The values are of type
XmDirection. If the widget's parent is a manager or shell,
the value is inherited from the widget's parent. Otherwise,
it is inherited from the closest ancestor vendor or menu
shell. Refer to the XmDirection(3) reference page for the
possible direction values.

XmNnavigationType
Determines whether the widget is a tab group.

XmNONE Indicates that the widget is not a tab group.

XmTAB_GROUP
Indicates that the widget is a tab group, unless
the XmNnavigationType of another widget in the
hierarchy is XmEXCLUSIVE_TAB_GROUP.

XmSTICKY_TAB_GROUP
Indicates that the widget is a tab group, even if
the XmNnavigationType of another widget in the
hierarchy is XmEXCLUSIVE_TAB_GROUP.

XmEXCLUSIVE_TAB_GROUP
Indicates that the widget is a tab group and that
widgets in the hierarchy whose XmNnavigationType is
XmTAB_GROUP are not tab groups.

When a parent widget has an XmNnavigationType of
XmEXCLUSIVE_TAB_GROUP, traversal of non-tab-group
widgets within the group is based on the order of
those widgets in their parent's XmNchildren list.

When the XmNnavigationType of any widget in a
hierarchy is XmEXCLUSIVE_TAB_GROUP, traversal of
tab groups in the hierarchy proceeds to widgets in
the order in which their XmNnavigationType
resources were specified as XmEXCLUSIVE_TAB_GROUP
or XmSTICKY_TAB_GROUP, whether by creating the
widgets with that value, by calling XtSetValues, or
by calling XmAddTabGroup.

XmNpopupHandlerCallback
Allows the application to control which popup menu will be
automatically posted. The reason can either be XmCR_POST or
XmCR_REPOST:

XmCR_POST Indicates that this is a regular posting request.

XmCR_REPOST
Indicates that the menu was just unposted and that
this callback was invoked on a replay.

This callback uses the XmPopupHandlerCallbackStruct structure
to pass information.

XmNshadowThickness
Specifies the thickness of the drawn border shadow.
XmBulletinBoard and its descendants set this value
dynamically. If the widget is a top-level window, this value
is set to 1. If it is not a top-level window, this value is
set to 0 (zero).

XmNstringDirection
Is a synthetic resource for setting XmNlayoutDirection. The
values for this resource are XmSTRING_DIRECTION_L_TO_R and
XmSTRING_DIRECTION_R_TO_L. Refer to the XmNlayoutDirection
resource description. The XmNstringDirection resource is
obsoleted by XmNlayoutDirection, but is kept here for
backward compatibility.

XmNtopShadowColor
Specifies the color to use to draw the top and left sides of
the border shadow. This color is used if the
XmNtopShadowPixmap resource is NULL.

XmNtopShadowPixmap
Specifies the pixmap to use to draw the top and left sides of
the border shadow.

XmNtraversalOn
Specifies whether traversal is activated for this widget.

XmNunitType
Provides the basic support for resolution independence. It
defines the type of units a widget uses with sizing and
positioning resources. If the widget's parent is a subclass
of XmManager and if the XmNunitType resource is not
explicitly set, it defaults to the unit type of the parent
widget. If the widget's parent is not a subclass of
XmManager, the resource has a default unit type of XmPIXELS.

The unit type can also be specified in resource files, with
the following format:

where:

unit is <" ", pixels, inches, centimeters, millimeters,
points, font units>

pixels is <pix, pixel, pixels>

inches is <in, inch, inches>

centimeter
is <cm, centimeter, centimeters>

millimeters
is <mm, millimeter, millimeters>

points is <pt, point, points>

font units
is <fu, font_unit, font_units>

float is {"+"|"-"}{{<"0"-"9">*}.}<"0"-"9">*

Note that the type Dimension must always be
positive.

For example,

xmfonts*XmMainWindow.height: 10.4cm
*PostIn.width: 3inches

XmNunitType can have the following values:

XmPIXELS All values provided to the widget are treated as
normal pixel values.

XmMILLIMETERS
All values provided to the widget are treated as
normal millimeter values.

Xm100TH_MILLIMETERS
All values provided to the widget are treated as
1/100 of a millimeter.

XmCENTIMETERS
All values provided to the widget are treated as
normal centimeter values.

XmINCHES All values provided to the widget are treated as
normal inch values.

Xm1000TH_INCHES
All values provided to the widget are treated as
1/1000 of an inch.

XmPOINTS All values provided to the widget are treated as
normal point values. A point is a unit used in text
processing applications and is defined as 1/72 of
an inch.

Xm100TH_POINTS
All values provided to the widget are treated as
1/100 of a point. A point is a unit used in text
processing applications and is defined as 1/72 of
an inch.

XmFONT_UNITS
All values provided to the widget are treated as
normal font units. A font unit has horizontal and
vertical components. These are the values of the
XmScreen resources XmNhorizontalFontUnit and
XmNverticalFontUnit.

Xm100TH_FONT_UNITS
All values provided to the widget are treated as
1/100 of a font unit. A font unit has horizontal
and vertical components. These are the values of
the XmScreen resources XmNhorizontalFontUnit and
XmNverticalFontUnit.

XmNuserData
Allows the application to attach any necessary specific data
to the widget. This is an internally unused resource.

Dynamic Color Defaults
The foreground, background, top shadow, bottom shadow, and highlight
color resources are dynamically defaulted. If no color data is
specified, the colors are automatically generated. On a single-plane
system, a black and white color scheme is generated. Otherwise, four
colors are generated, which display the correct shading for the 3-D
visuals. If the background is the only color specified for a widget,
the top shadow and bottom shadow colors are generated to give the 3-D
appearance. Foreground and highlight colors are generated to provide
sufficient contrast with the background color.

Colors are generated only at creation. Resetting the background through
XtSetValues does not regenerate the other colors. XmChangeColor can be
used to recalculate all associated colors based on a new background
color.

Inherited Resources
Manager inherits resources from the superclasses described in the
following tables. For a complete description of each resource, refer
to the reference page for that superclass.

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

Callback Information
A pointer to the following structure is passed to each callback for
XmNhelpCallback:

typedef struct
{
int reason;
XEvent * event;
} XmAnyCallbackStruct;

reason Indicates why the callback was invoked. For this callback,
reason is set to XmCR_HELP.

event Points to the XEvent that triggered the callback.

A pointer to the following structure is passed to each callback for
XmNpopupHandlerCallback:

typedef struct
{
int reason;
XEvent * event;
Widget menuToPost;
Boolean postIt;
Widget target;
} XmPopupHandlerCallbackStruct;

reason Indicates why the callback was invoked.

event Points to the XEvent that triggered the handler.

menuToPost
Specifies the popup menu that the menu system believes should
be posted. The application may modify this field.

postIt Indicates whether the posting process should continue. The
application may modify this field.

target Specifies the most specific widget or gadget that the menu
system found from the event that matches the event.

Translations
The following set of translations are used by Manager widgets that have
Gadget children. Because Gadgets cannot have translations associated
with them, it is the responsibility of the Manager widget to intercept
the events of interest and pass them to any Gadget child with focus.
These events are ignored if no Gadget child has the focus.

The following key names are listed in the X standard key event
translation table syntax. This format is the one used by Motif to
specify the widget actions corresponding to a given key. A brief
overview of the format is provided under VirtualBindings(3). For a
complete description of the format, please refer to the X Toolkit
Instrinsics Documentation.

<BtnMotion>:
ManagerGadgetButtonMotion()

c<Btn1Down>:
ManagerGadgetTraverseCurrent()

c<Btn1Down>:
ManagerGadgetArm()

c<Btn1Down>,c<Btn1Up>:
ManagerGadgetActivate()

c<Btn1Up>:
ManagerGadgetActivate()

c<Btn1Down>(2+):
ManagerGadgetMultiArm()

c<Btn1Up>(2+):
ManagerGadgetMultiActivate()

<Btn2Down>:
ManagerGadgetDrag()

:<Key><osfActivate>:
ManagerParentActivate()

:<Key><osfCancel>:
ManagerParentCancel()

:<Key><osfSelect>:
ManagerGadgetSelect()

:<Key><osfHelp>:
ManagerGadgetHelp()

s m a <Key>Return:
ManagerParentActivate()

s m a <Key>space:
ManagerGadgetSelect()

<Key>: ManagerGadgetKeyInput()

:<Key><osfBeginLine>:
ManagerGadgetTraverseHome()

:<Key><osfUp>:
ManagerGadgetTraverseUp()

:<Key><osfDown>:
ManagerGadgetTraverseDown()

:<Key><osfLeft>:
ManagerGadgetTraverseLeft()

:<Key><osfRight>:
ManagerGadgetTraverseRight()

s m a <Key>Tab:
ManagerGadgetPrevTabGroup()

m a <Key>Tab:
ManagerGadgetNextTabGroup()

Action Routines
The XmManager action routines are

GadgetTakeFocus():
Causes the current gadget to take keyboard focus when
Ctrl<Btn1Down> is pressed.

ManagerGadgetActivate():
Causes the current gadget to be activated.

ManagerGadgetArm():
Causes the current gadget to be armed.

ManagerGadgetButtonMotion():
Causes the current gadget to process a mouse motion event.

ManagerGadgetDrag():
Causes the current gadget to begin a drag operation. This
action is undefined for gadgets used in a menu system.

ManagerGadgetHelp():
Calls the callbacks for the current gadget's XmNhelpCallback
if any exist. If there are no help callbacks for this
widget, this action calls the help callbacks for the nearest
ancestor that has them.

ManagerGadgetKeyInput():
Causes the current gadget to process a keyboard event.

ManagerGadgetMultiActivate():
Causes the current gadget to process a multiple mouse click.

ManagerGadgetMultiArm():
Causes the current gadget to process a multiple mouse button
press.

ManagerGadgetNextTabGroup():
This action depends on the value of the Display resource
XmNenableButtonTab. When XmNenableButtonTab is False
(default), this action traverses to the first item in the
next tab group. If the current tab group is the last entry in
the tab group list, it wraps to the beginning of the tab
group list.

When XmNenableButtonTab is True, this action moves to the
next item within the current tab group, unless it is the last
item in the tab group. When the item is the last in the
group, the action traverses to the first item in the next tab
group. The XmNenableButtonTab behavior applies only to
PushButton, ArrowButton, and DrawnArrow.

ManagerGadgetPrevTabGroup():
This action depends on the value of the Display resource
XmNenableButtonTab. When XmNenableButtonTab is False
(default), this action traverses to the first item in the
previous tab group. If the beginning of the tab group list is
reached, it wraps to the end of the tab group list.

When XmNenableButtonTab is True, this action moves to the
previous item within the current tab group unless it is the
first item in the tab group. When the item is the first in
the group, the action traverses to the first item in the
previous tab group. The XmNenableButtonTab behavior applies
only PushButton, ArrowButton, and DrawnButton.

ManagerGadgetSelect():
Causes the current gadget to be armed and activated.

ManagerGadgetTraverseCurrent
Causes the current gadget to take keyboard focus when
Ctrl<Btn1Down> is pressed. Gadget is not activated.

ManagerGadgetTraverseDown():
Traverses to the next item below the current gadget in the
current tab group, wrapping if necessary. The wrapping
direction depends on the layout direction of the widget tab
group.

ManagerGadgetTraverseHome():
Traverses to the first widget or gadget in the current tab
group.

ManagerGadgetTraverseLeft():
Traverses to the next item to the left of the current gadget
in the current tab group, wrapping if necessary. The
wrapping direction depends on the layout direction of the
widget tab group.

ManagerGadgetTraverseNext():
Traverses to the next item in the current tab group, wrapping
if necessary. The wrapping direction depends on the layout
direction of the widget tab group.

ManagerGadgetTraversePrev():
Traverses to the previous item in the current tab group,
wrapping if necessary. The wrapping direction depends on the
layout direction of the widget tab group.

ManagerGadgetTraverseRight()
Traverses to the next item to the right of the current gadget
in the current tab, wrapping if necessary. widget tab group.
The wrapping direction depends on the layout direction of the
widget tab group.

ManagerGadgetTraverseUp():
Traverses to the next item above the current gadget in the
current tab group, wrapping if necessary. The wrapping
direction depends on the layout direction of the widget tab
group.

ManagerParentActivate():
If the parent is a manager, passes the <osfActivate> event
received by the current widget/gadget to its parent.

ManagerParentCancel():
If the parent is a manager, passes the <osfCancel> event
received by the current widget/gadget to its parent.

Additional Behavior
This widget has the additional behavior described below:

<FocusIn>:
If the shell's keyboard focus policy is XmEXPLICIT and the
event occurs in a gadget, causes the gadget to be highlighted
and to take the focus.

<FocusOut>:
If the shell's keyboard focus policy is XmEXPLICIT and the
event occurs in a gadget, causes the gadget to be
unhighlighted and to lose the focus.

Virtual Bindings
The bindings for virtual keys are vendor specific. For information
about bindings for virtual buttons and keys, see VirtualBindings(3).

   Composite(3), Constraint(3), Core(3), XmDirection(3), XmChangeColor(3),
   XmGadget(3), and XmScreen(3).

                                                              XmManager(3)

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