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From: cl@lgc.com (Cameron Laird)
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Subject: Re: Is position n selected?
Keywords: XmList, position, selected
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.150134.22593@lgc.com>
Date: 19 Apr 91 15:01:34 GMT
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In article <1991Apr18.150819@wsl.dec.com> klee@wsl.dec.com writes:
>In article <1991Apr18.212904.21529@lgc.com>, cl@lgc.com (Cameron Laird) writes:
>|> My question:  how do I write
>|> 	BOOL XmListPosSelected_p(listWidget, position)
>|> 	Widget listWidget;
>|> 	int position;
>|> 	{
>|> 			/* The entry is selected ... */
>|> 		if (...)
>|> 			return TRUE;
>|> 		else
>|> 			return FALSE;
>|> 	}
>
>Check the XmNselectedItems resource and/or XmListGetSelectedPos()
>convenience function.
			.
			.
			.
Thanks for the quick attention, Ken.  It might interest you
to know a bit more about what I'm doing:
1.  XmNselectedItems:  in fact, that's what I'm
    using now, but it's a problem, because some
    of my items have identical values.  It can
    happen that my XmList shows

		string1
		string2
		string2
		string4,

    the user selects the second "string2" (in
    position 3), and it is an error for me to
    treat this the same as if he or she had
    picked position 2;
2.  XmListGetSelectedPos():  this is EXACTLY
    what I was seeking!  What does it mean that
    it was so hard for me to find it in the re-
    ferences I have?

Thanks again.  You have improved products that real-world
users will soon (I hope) see.
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