NAME

XmSeparator — the Separator widget class.

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/Separator.h>

DESCRIPTION

Separator is a primitive widget which separates items in a display.  Several different line drawing styles are provided, as well as horizontal or vertical orientation. 

The Separator line drawing is automatically centered within the height of the widget for a horizontal orientation and centered within the width of the widget for a vertical orientation.  An XtSetValues with a new XmNseparatorType will resize the widget to its minimal height (for horizontal orientation) or its minimal width (for vertical orientation) unless height or width is explicitly set in the XtSetValues call. 

Separator does not draw shadows.  The Primitive resource XmNshadowThickness is used for the Separator’s thickness when XmNshadowType is XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN or XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT. 

Separator does not highlight and allows no traversing.  The primitive resource XmNtraversalOn is forced to False. 

The XmNseparatorType of XmNO_LINE provides an escape to the application programmer who needs a different style of drawing.  A pixmap the height of the widget can be created and used as the background pixmap by building an argument list using the XmNbackgroundPixmap argument type as defined by Core.  Whenever the widget is redrawn, its background will be displayed containing the desired separator drawing. 

Classes

Separator inherits behavior and resources from Core and XmPrimitive Classes. 

The class pointer is xmSeparatorWidgetClass. 

The class name is XmSeparator. 

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). 

XmNmargin
Specifies the space on the left and right sides between the border of the Separator and the line drawn for horizontal orientation. For vertical orientation, specifies the space on the top and bottom between the border of the Separator and the line drawn.

XmNorientation
Displays Separator vertically or horizontally. This resource can have values of XmVERTICAL and XmHORIZONTAL. 

XmNseparatorType
Specifies the type of line drawing to be done in the Separator widget.

•XmSINGLE_LINE — single line. 

•XmDOUBLE_LINE — double line. 

•XmSINGLE_DASHED_LINE — single-dashed line. 

•XmDOUBLE_DASHED_LINE — double-dashed line. 

•XmNO_LINE — no line. 

•XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN — 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.  For horizontal orientation, the top line is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor and the bottom line is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor.  For vertical orientation, the left line is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor and the right line is drawn in  XmNbottomShadowColor. 

•XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT — double line giving the effect of an etched line coming out from the window.  The thickness of the double line is equal to the value of XmNshadowThickness.  For horizontal orientation, the top line is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor and the bottom line is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor.  For vertical orientation, the left line is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor and the right line is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor. 

Inherited Resources

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

Keyboard Traversal

For information on keyboard traversal, see the man page for XmPrimitive(3Xm) and its sections on behavior and default translations. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Core(3Xm), XmCreateSeparator(3Xm), and XmPrimitive(3Xm). 

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