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Subject: Re: XmForm, XtWindow
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Date: 24 May 91 15:41:01 GMT
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> In my manual page entry for the XmForm widget, it says that XmNrightWidget
> (and left, top, and bottom) should be a Window, not a Widget.

The manuals are, unfortunately, wrong here.  It should say "Widget", as you
expected.

> XtWindow
> just returns a zero.  Is this because I've managed those widgets but haven't
> realized any of them yet?

Either that, or the widget is a gadget.

>I have been setting my XmNrightAttachment to XmATTACH_WIDGET and the others
>are set to XmATTACH_FORM.  The other widget in the form does the same thing
>but specifies XmNleftWidget and XmNleftAttachment (and the appropriate
>widget, or should I say, window).

That is a circular definition.  You should only do one of those.  As a rule of
thumb, if you want widget L to resize when you resize the form, but not widget
R, attach the right side of L to R, and leave R's left side unattached.  If you
want them to split the space between them, attach the inner side of both to 50%
across.  And so on.

David Brooks
Systems Engineering
Open Software Foundation