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From: meeks@osf.org (W. Scott Meeks)
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Subject: Re: strange behavior in scrolled list widget (motif 1.1)
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Date: 5 Apr 91 14:07:12 GMT
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>Date: 4 Apr 91 23:32:25 GMT
>From: taco!eos.ncsu.edu!dbjoyner@mcnc.org  (David Joyner)
>
>I am having problems with a list widget created by XmCreateScolledList.
>When a list item is highlighted it is surrounded by a heavy dashed line,
>instead of the normal shadow frame.  I have looked through the resources
>for the list widget, and I can't find any that deal with this behavior.

Summary: the dashed location cursor indicates Add Mode.

See pg. 1-603 of the 1.1 Programmer's Guide.  Basically, List has two
keyboard selection modes.  In Normal Mode, navigation operations and
KSelect select the item at the cursor and deselect any other selected
items.  In Add Mode, navigation has no effect and KSelect toggles the
selection state of the item of the cursor without deselecting any other
item.  Single and Multiple Select policies use Add Mode, Browse Select uses
Normal and Extended can be switched by pressing KAddMode.

W. Scott Meeks           
Open Software Foundation 
meeks@osf.org            
(617) 621-7229