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From: kit@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
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Subject: Re: Novice Widget Question to Forward ....
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Date: 28 Feb 89 17:53:51 GMT
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> I would like to have the user be able to see what 
> they type if it does not fit within the limits of the dialog box.  
> I see three possible solutions but do not know how to implement
> them (or maybe I cannot) using the  Relase 3 Xt widgets.  I do not have 
> to use the dialogWidget.  If anyone knows of another way (ie with 
> asciiStringWidgetClass) I am willing to listen.  
> My solutions are as follows:

>           a) expand the dialog box so the text is always seen or

The ascii string widget already is able to do this.  Set the text option:
resizeWidth or resizeHeight.  There is also a problem that the parents of 
the dialog or text widget will not let it resize.  For shell widgets this 
is easily fixed by setting XtNallowShellResize to TRUE.  For its other 
parents you may have to be more clever.  

						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium /
						Project Athena 

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