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From: nazgul@alfalfa.com (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Scroll list Widget
Message-ID: <910306151437.254@alphalpha>
Date: 6 Mar 91 20:14:37 GMT
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> 
> I have tried placing a scroll list widget inside a form widget
> and the placement options specified by XtSetArg is ignored. The
> widget is always placed on the left top corner of the form widget.
> However when I use a list widget (non-scrolling), the placement
> options are obeyed.
You need to set the constraints (after the create on the XtParent
of the returned widget.  After this you get a gun and shoot the
person who invented convenience routines.

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