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From: meeks@osf.org (W. Scott Meeks)
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Subject: Re: Can I turn off list selection?
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Date: 29 Jan 91 15:58:58 GMT
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>From: meaddata!sharonc@uunet.uu.net  (Sharon Crichton)
>
>Hello all. I have a situation where I need to display a list of
>items but just for informational purposes. Users cannot do anything
>with the items in the list, so I would like to turn off selection.

The easiest way to do this is to use XtSetSensitive to set the List widget
insensitive.  This has no visual effect in 1.1 but it does prevent the user
from making selections, though the application can still use the API to
make selections from the list.

If you have any questions, please ask.

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