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From: dmbeal@uswnvg.UUCP (Dave Beal)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Changing widgets in the client area of a widget
Keywords: text, list, switch, motif
Message-ID: <773@uswnvg.UUCP>
Date: 30 Apr 91 22:33:02 GMT
Organization: US West NewVector, Bellevue, Wash.
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Hello Motif experts,               

I am trying to switch widgets displayed in the client area. 
I start my application with a main window, that has a menu 
bar and a scrolledTextWidget in the client area. For certain 
reasons, I would like to unmanage the scrolledTextWidget and 
replace it with a scrolledListWidget. They are both children  
of the same main window. 

When ever I try to unmanage the text widget and then manage 
the list widget. the list widget shrinks to a small square 
in the upper left hand corner of the main window. It also is 
taking its coordinates of 0,0 off the main window. This makes
the list widget appear under the menu bar. 

Can someone give me a clue on how to properly place and size
the list widget, so that it appears in the full client area? 
Thanks,
Dave B. 
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