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From: Erik.Hardy@SEI.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: text widget question
Message-ID: <9001111829.AA12156@gh.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 11 Jan 90 18:29:41 GMT
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We're having some trouble with the R3 Athena text widget. On a Sun 3 (SunOS
3.5 and 4.0.3) and microVAX III (Ultrix 2.2), setting XtNeditType to 2
(Editable) and XtNtextOptions to editable works fine, i.e. I can edit the
resultant text field.

However, using the same settings on a Sparc (SunOS 4.0.3) or on a VAXStation
(Ultrix 3.0) using DECWindows, the text field looks the same but cannot be
edited.

Further info: I can run my application on the VAXStation and display it on
my Sun, and the text widget exhibits the right behavior, so I suspect it's
something about the window manager, but I'm stumped.

Anyone have a clue?

Erik Hardy (erik@sei.cmu.edu)
SEI/User Interface Project