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From: grywalski@idicl1.idi.battelle.org
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Dialog Box Actions
Message-ID: <19.2768a262@idicl1.idi.battelle.org>
Date: 14 Dec 90 14:58:58 GMT
References: <1990Dec13.130121.23325@hellgate.utah.edu> <1990Dec13.204634.1731@dirtydog.ima.isc.com>
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In article <1990Dec13.204634.1731@dirtydog.ima.isc.com>, rowan@ima.isc.com (Rowan Hawthorne) writes:
> In article <1990Dec13.130121.23325@hellgate.utah.edu>, wtm%gr.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Thomas McCollough) writes:
> |> I want to make a dialog box that has a row of push buttons along the
> |> bottom ("OK", "Reset", etc.).  I want the row of pushbuttons to stretch
> |> and shrink just like they do in InformationDialog, QuestionDialog,
> |> etc.  I've been using PushButtons in a RowColumn widget, but I haven't
> |> been able to make it look as slick as what I see in InformationDialog,
> |> QuestionDialog, etc.  How should I do this?
> |> 
> This ought to be in the FAQ list, if it isn't already. Here's what you
> do.  The two tricks are that you unmanage the stuff in a prompt dialog,
> and that you can add one more child to a Prompt dialog and it will put
> it in the correct place. Enjoy. 
> 
	Why does it take a trick to do this?  I have been trying to build
my own dialog boxes with UIL that have the same behavior as the Motif
standards, and have had little luck.  (The pushbuttons don't stretch correctly
and the nondefault buttons have the same height as the default button.)
I assumed I just hadn't stumbled on the the correct combination of parameters. 
I will be very disappointed if I can't generate a "standard Motif like" dialog
box with UIL.  Has anyone had any success with this?  If so could you post
an example?

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