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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: dialog, label, and transient shell widget problems
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Date: 28 Apr 89 14:51:25 GMT
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> I redid it using a label and command widgets in a form.  That worked
> fine, except that the label widget doesn't resize...

> Actually, the behaviour I'm seeking is resizing the label widget when the
> label text is changed.  I changed the label to a large one (more
> characters), but the label widget remained the same size.


The problem is that the Form is denying geometry requests from the label.
This is sometimes very useful, but not what you want.  There is a
constraint resource in the Form widget called XtNresizable.  Set it to 
TRUE.

						Chris