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From: argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Scrollbars in ScrolledText
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Date: 25 Aug 90 08:02:42 GMT
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In article <1990Aug24.181410.20667@cs.umn.edu> ratering@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Steve Ratering) writes:
> I created a widget with XmCreateScrolledText and set the text resource 
> XmNeditMode to XmMULTI_LINE_EDIT.  The scroll bars don't appear.  Does
> anyone know why they might not appear and how I can make them appear?

Multi-line editing doesn't have anything to do with it.
You must set the resources XmNscrollVertical and/or XmNscrollHorizontal
to True.  Note: this *must* be done at creation time only (in at least
Motif pre-1.1).  This seems like an unreasonable requirement, but there
you have it.
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dan
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