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From: glp@ibism.UUCP (Greg Parkinson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: XmScrolledList Selection from Code
Keywords: XmScrolledList XmList XmListAddItem
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Date: 13 Dec 90 16:41:51 GMT
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Sun SPARCStation, Motif 1.0.3

I am using a scrolled list with selectionPolicy set to EXTENDED_SELECT.
Works fine when using the mouse, but I also need to provide some fancier
selection functions based on the content of the list entries (the selection
is done from a menu.)

When I use XmListSelectPos, the selection behaves as a single select - each time
it is called on an item, it removes all other selections and leaves the last
one selected as the only one selected.  Not much good for when I want to select
all items.

I got it to work (mostly) by changing the selectionPolicy to MULTIPLE_SELECT
before doing the select, and then changing it back afterwards.  This seems
sort of wrong-headed to me - seems this should be an option on the selection
function.

Anyone have any experience with this, suggestions or comments?


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