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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley	)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Need a way to immediately unmap a widget
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.000216.25988@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 14 Dec 90 00:02:16 GMT
References: <9012131950.AA02556@seurat.psc.edu>
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <9012131950.AA02556@seurat.psc.edu> welling@SEURAT.PSC.EDU writes:
>
>I have a question which arises when I am dealing with a Motif File
>Selection Dialog.  When the user selects a file, I would like the
>selection dialog widget to immediately disappear.  I unmanage the
>widget, but because I would prefer to keep the widget intact I do
>not destroy it.
>
>The widget disappears the next time I call XtDispatchEvent, but because

How about doing an XFlush(XtDisplay(w)) or XSync(XtDisplay(w))
right after the XtUnmanageWidget(w);

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Kaleb Keithley                      Jet Propulsion Labs
kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov

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