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From: jon@kitty.austin.ibm.com (Werner)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: how do I left-justify the text in a push-button?
Keywords: buttons are in a scrolled window, which is in a FORM dialog!
Message-ID: <8104@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 91 12:37:08 GMT
References: <1991May30.195137.23995@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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In article <1991May30.195137.23995@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, wws@rruxc.uucp (Still Searching) writes:
|> 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?

What you need to do is set the XmNalignment resource of the label widget to
XmALIGNMENT_BEGINNING. The default is XmALIGNMENT_CENTER. You can also use
XmALIGNMENT_END for right justification.
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