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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Problem with Command widget
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Date: 4 Sep 88 14:41:50 GMT
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     Date:  Fri, 2 Sep 88 19:22:56 GMT
     From:  spa%hara.fctunl.rccn.pt@mitvma.mit.edu (Salvador Pinto Abreu)

     I have a group of Command widgets setup with:

         XtSetArg (args[n], XtNwidth, 70); n++;

	[...]
     A little later, I try to make the widget insensitive,
	[...]
     The "sensitive" bit works fine, but the button shrinks down to its
     minimum size.
	[...]
     Is this a bug? Am I doing something wrong?

This is not a bug, though enhancements to the implementation may be
desireable.  Command is a subclass of Label and Label _always_ asks
it's parent to resize it to it's preferred geometry on a SetValues
request, unless it perceives that a specific geometry _different from
it's current geometry_ was also requested.  If the parent is Box,
the resize will usually be permitted.  If the parent is Form, the 
'resizable' constraint resource specifies whether or not Form grants
the resize request.