Description

The XiButtonBox widget positions children in a single row or column, with control over their spacing and sizing behavior.

Notes

· Attempts to preserve even spacing between objects

· Can also stretch its children to fill the available space

Description

The XiColorSelector widget allows the user to choose a color value by setting RGB values or selecting a name from a list of available colors.

Notes

The name or color value is dynamically displayed to the user.

Description

The XiColumn widget displays its children stacked in a column, each with an optional associated label. Useful for displaying labeled data-entry fields.

Notes

· Offers several constraint resources that allow specification of characteristics of the label.

· Offers several resources for setting defaults for children that specify no specific values.

Description

The XiCombinationBox allows the user to select an item or items from a list of choices, or enter new values in the text field portion.

Notes

Displays a type-in area showing the current value and a popup list containing other possibilities.

Description

The XiDataField widget handles display and entry of data as text, and intended for data entry applications.

Notes

A subclass of Motif XmTextField.

Description

The XiExtended18List widget allows you to display multi-column data and retrieve the selection.

Notes

· Displays a title for each column

· Displays the data so that columns are visibly separate

· Supports sorting on a particular column

· Supports searching through the data

Description

The XiFontSelector widget allows the user to choose a font by selecting the characteristics of the font.

Notes

Dynamically calculates the set of available fonts that match the specified characteristics.

Description

The XiIconBox widget allows you to position children in a grid at arbitrary cell locations.

Notes

Resizes each child to be the same size.

Description

The XiIconButton widget displays both simple text and a pixmap in several possible configurations.

Notes

Use when you want an object that has both the semantics of a Push Button or Toggle Button and the capability of displaying both simple text and a pixmap.

Description

The XiOutline widget shows the relationship of objects in a graphical, indented format.

Notes

· Each child is displayed as an entry in an outline, at various levels of indentation.

· User can open and close sub-trees to show or hide data.

Description

The XiPaned widget allows the user to resize various portions of the application interface, either horizontally or vertically.

Notes

Each child object that the Paned Window controls is associated with a sash that the user may move to change the size of the child.

Description

The XiPanner widget allows the user to scroll a third widget in two dimensions (easier than using two ScrollBars).

Notes

· Typically used in combination with the Porthole.

· The Panner's slider shows the location of the visible region of the third widget.

· The user moves the slider to move the visible region.

Description

The XiPixmapEditor widget implements a simple editor for creating and modifying multicolor images.

Notes

· The Pixmap Editor is a simple color pixmap editor bundled into one widget.

· Includes operations for the drawing of simple shapes, and the movement and copying of areas.

Description

The XiPorthole widget allows the user to scroll a third widget in two dimensions.

Notes

· Easier to use than using two ScrollBars.

· Usually used in combination with the Panner.

· Manages a single child, and displays a clipped portion of that child within its own bounds.

Description

The XiStretch widget allows the user to dynamically change the size of the Stretch widget's single child by dragging the border.

Notes

Changes the size similar to how the window manager resizes a top-level window.

Description

The XiTabStack widget manages a group of widgets such that only one widget in the group is visible at a time. Each child is associated with a tab that displays text and/or a pixmap. The user selects the tab, interactively determining which child is displayed. Tabs can be configured to appear above, below, and right or left of the work area, with the text oriented in any of the four cardinal directions.

Notes

· Allows user to select tabs, either by pointer or by keyboard traversal.

· When a tab is selected, the tab appears to be raised above the other tabs and the child associated with the tab is made visible.

· One tab is selected at all times.

Description

The XiToolbar widget manages groups of child widgets in either a single row or column. Any type of widget can be a Toolbar item, but the most common is the XiIconButton.

Notes

Supports the display of a popup label over each child widget.

Description

The XiTree widget shows the relationship of objects in a graphical tree format.

Notes

· Each child is displayed as part of a branch of a tree, at various depths.

· The user can open and close sub-trees to show or hide data.