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From: meeks@osf.org (W. Scott Meeks)
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Subject: Re: how do I left-justify the text in a push-button?
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Date: 30 May 91 23:25:47 GMT
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>Date: 30 May 91 19:51:37 GMT
>From: porthos!rruxc!wws@bellcore.com  (Still Searching)
>
>I'm placing some XmString text, created with XmStringCreateLtoR,
>in Push-Buttons which are on a bulletin board in a scrolled window.
>The text is always centered in the buttons; I want it left-justified.
>
>I have a feeling this is happening because everything is in a Form dialog with
>ATTACH_POSITION specified for all four sides of all widgets.  Is there a way
>to get the text to shift to the left in the buttons?

Well, I generally hate to say this, but in this case, RTFM.  There is a
resource in XmLabel (of which XmPushButton is a subclass) called
XmNalignment which can take one of three values: XmALIGNMENT_BEGINNING
(which is effectively left alignment when XmNstringDirection is
XmSTRING_DIRECTION_L_TO_R), XmALIGNMENT_CENTER (the default) and
XmALIGNMENT_END.  See the documentation on XmLabel for more information.

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