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From: janm@eliot.UUCP (Jan Morales)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: initial form widget size
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Date: 10 Jan 91 20:53:04 GMT
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One thing that really frustrates me about the form widget is that it won't
automatically size itself based on the default sizes of its children.  I
have created a couple forms that contain several children and unless I
explicitly specify the size of a form ahead of time, the form always starts
out being tiny with most of its children clipped out of view.  The problem
is that if I do specify the size of the form it won't be sensitive to
different font sizes; if I give a form 700x500 dimensions, it may look fine
for one size font but dumb for a larger size one.

I am new to Motif and I may just be missing something.  I would appreciate
any assistance.

Thanks...

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Jan Morales
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