NAME

XmFrame — the Frame widget class. 

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/Frame.h>

DESCRIPTION

Frame is a very simple manager used to enclose a single child in a border drawn by Frame.  It uses the Manager class resources for border drawing and performs geometry management such that its size will always match its child’s size plus the margins defined for it. 

Frame is most often used to enclose other managers when the application developer desires the manager to have the same border appearance as the primitive widgets.  Frame can also be used to enclose primitive widgets that do not support the same type of border drawing.  This will give visual consistency when developing applications using diverse widget sets. 

If the Frame’s parent is a Shell widget, then XmNshadowType is set to XmSHADOW_OUT and Manager’s resource XmNshadowThickness is set to one by default. 

Classes

Frame inherits behavior and resources from the Core, Composite, Constraint, and XmManager classes. 

The class pointer is xmFrameWidgetClass. 

The class name is XmFrame. 

New Resources

The following table defines a set of widget resources used by the programmer to specify data.  The programmer can also set the resource values for the inherited classes to set attributes for this widget.  To reference a resource by name or by class in a .Xdefaults file, remove the XmN or XmC prefix and use the remaining letters.  To specify one of the defined values for a resource in a .Xdefaults file, remove the Xm prefix and use the remaining letters (in either lower case or upper case, but include any underscores between words).  The codes in the access column indicate if the given resource can be set at creation time (C), set by using XtSetValues (S), retrieved by using XtGetValues (G), or is not applicable (N/A). 

XmNmarginWidth
Specifies the padding space on the left and right sides between the child of Frame and Frame’s shadow drawing.

XmNmarginHeight
Specifies the padding space on the top and bottom sides between the child of Frame and Frame’s shadow drawing.

XmNshadowType
Describes the drawing style for Frame.  This resource can have the following values:

•XmSHADOW_IN — draws Frame such that it appears inset.  This means that the bottom shadow visuals and top shadow visuals are reversed. 

•XmSHADOW_OUT — draws Frame such that it appears outset. 

•XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN — draws Frame using a double line giving the effect of a line etched into the window.  The thickness of the double line is equal to the value of XmNshadowThickness.  This is the default if Frame’s parent is a Shell widget. 

•XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT — draws Frame using a double line giving the effect of a line coming out of the window.  The thickness of the double line is equal to the value of XmNshadowThickness.  This is the default except when Frame’s parent is a Shell widget. 

Inherited Resources

Frame inherits behavior and resources from the following superclasses.  For a complete description of these resources, refer to the man page for that superclass. 

Default Translations

<EnterWindow>: Enter()
<FocusIn>:FocusIn()
<Btn1Down>:Arm()
<Btn1Up>:Activate()

RELATED INFORMATION

Composite(3Xm), Constraint(3Xm), Core(3Xm), XmCreateFrame(3Xm), and XmManager(3Xm). 

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