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From: ronnie@sos.com (Ron Schnell)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Athena Problems
Message-ID: <169@sos.com>
Date: 7 Mar 91 06:47:15 GMT
Reply-To: ronnie@sos.com (Ron Schnell)
Organization: Secure Online Systems, Inc, Los Angeles, CA
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I've narrowed down the problems I've been having with the Athena
widgets.  Could someone please tell me if this is a known bug?

I have a list under a viewport under a box.  The viewport has fixed
values for both width and height.  

Let's say for example that the height of the list is smaller than the
height of the viewport.  When I first manage the list, it comes up
fine, with the list displayed and blank space in the viewport below
it.

However, if I change the list with XtListChange, and the list height
is still smaller, the viewport will suddenly SHRINK DOWN...so much
that it even cuts off the bottom element of the list.  I don't
think that the viewport should shrink at all.

The only way I can get around the problem is to manually unmanage the
viewport from the box after changing the list, and set the width and
height to the same fixed values again!

#Ron
(ronnie@sos.com)