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 XmDragIcon(Xm)                 6 January 1993                 XmDragIcon(Xm)


 Name

    XmDragIcon - the DragIcon widget class

 Syntax


    #include <Xm/DragDrop.h>


 Description

    A DragIcon is a component of the visual used to represent the source data
    in a drag and drop transaction. During a drag operation, a real or simu-
    lated X cursor provides drag-over visuals consisting of a static portion
    that represents the object being dragged, and dynamic cues that provide
    visual feedback during the drag operation. The visual is attained by
    blending together various XmDragIcons specified in the XmDragContext
    associated with the drag operation.

    The static portion of the drag-over visual is the graphic representation
    that identifies the drag source. For example, when a user drags several
    items within a list, a DragIcon depicting a list might be supplied as the
    visual. The XmDragContext resources, XmNsourceCursorIcon or
    XmNsourcePixmapIcon, specify a DragIcon to use for the static portion of
    the visual.

    A drag-over visual incorporates dynamic cues in order to provide visual
    feedback in response to the user's actions. For instance, the drag-over
    visual might use different indicators to identify the type of operation
    (copy, link, or move) being performed. Dynamic cues could also alert the
    user that a drop site is valid or invalid as the pointer traverses the
    drop site. The XmNoperationCursorIcon and XmNstateCursorIcon resources of
    XmDragContext specify DragIcons for dynamic cues.

    A drag-over visual typically consists of a source, operation and state
    DragIcon. The XmNblendModel resource of XmDragContext offers several
    options that determine which icons are blended to produce the drag-over
    visual. DragIcon resources control the relative position of the operation
    and state icons (if used).  If a particular DragIcon is not specified,
    the toolkit uses the XmScreen default DragIcons.

    An application initializes a DragIcon with the function XmCreateDragIcon
    or through entries in the resource database. If a pixmap and its mask
    (optional) are specified in the resource database, the toolkit converts
    the values in the X11 Bitmap file format and assigns values to the corre-
    sponding resources.

    Classes

    DragIcon inherits behavior and a resource from Object.

    The class pointer is xmDragIconObjectClass.

    The class name is XmDragIcon.

    New resources

    The following table defines a set of widget resources used by the pro-
    grammer 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 lowercase or uppercase,
    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).

 XmDragIcon resource set

 ____________________________________________________________________________
 Name             Class             Type     Default              Access
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 XmNattachment    XmCAttachment     unsigned char                 XmATTACH-
                                                                  _NORTH_WEST
 XmNdepth         XmCDepth          int      1                    CSG
 XmNheight        XmCHeight         Dimension0                    CSG
 XmNhotX          XmCHot            Position 0                    CSG
 XmNhotY          XmCHot            Position 0                    CSG
 XmNmask          XmCPixmap         Pixmap   XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP CSG
 XmNoffsetX       XmCOffset         Position 0                    CSG
 XmNoffsetY       XmCOffset         Position 0                    CSG
 XmNpixmap        XmCPixmap         Pixmap   XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP CSG
 XmNwidth         XmCWidth          Dimension0                    CSG


    XmNattachment
            Specifies a relative location on the source icon for the attach-
            ment of the state or operation icon. The origin of the state and
            operation icons is aligned with the specified compass point on
            the source icon.  The XmNoffsetX and XmNoffsetY resources can be
            used to further refine the icon positions. The possible values
            are

            +  XmATTACHNORTHWEST -- attaches the origin of the state or
               operation icon to the northwest point on the source icon.

            +  XmATTACHNORTH -- attaches the origin of the state or opera-
               tion icon to the north point on the source icon.

            +  XmATTACHNORTHEAST -- attaches the origin of the state or
               operation icon to the northeast point on the source icon.

            +  XmATTACHEAST -- attaches the origin of the state or operation
               icon to the east point on the source icon.

            +  XmATTACHSOUTHEAST -- attaches the origin of the state or
               operation icon to the southeast point on the source icon.

            +  XmATTACHSOUTH -- attaches the origin of the state or opera-
               tion icon to the south point on the source icon.

            +  XmATTACHSOUTHWEST -- attaches the origin of the state or
               operation icon to the southwest point on the source icon.

            +  XmATTACHWEST -- attaches the origin of the state or operation
               icon to the west point on the source icon.

            +  XmATTACHCENTER -- attaches the origin of the state or opera-
               tion icon to the center of the source icon. The XmNoffsetX and
               XmNoffsetY resources may be used to center the attached icon.

            +  XmATTACHHOT -- attaches the hotspot coordinates of a state or
               operation DragIcon to an x,y position on the source icon. The
               x,y coordinate is taken from the event passed to the XmDrag-
               Start function, and made relative to the widget passed as an
               argument to the same function.

    XmNdepth
            Specifies the depth of the pixmap.

    XmNheight
            Specifies the height of the pixmap.

    XmNhotX Specifies the x-coordinate of the hotspot of a cursor DragIcon in
            relation to the origin of the pixmap bounding box.

    XmNhotY Specifies the y-coordinate of the hotspot of a cursor DragIcon in
            relation to the origin of the pixmap bounding box.

    XmNmask Specifies a pixmap of depth one to use as the DragIcon mask
            pixmap.

    XmNoffsetX
            Specifies a horizontal offset (in pixels) of the origin of the
            state or operation icon relative to the attachment point on the
            source icon.  A positive offset value moves the origin to the
            right; a negative value moves the origin to the left.

    XmNoffsetY
            Specifies a vertical offset (in pixels) of the origin of the
            state or operation icon relative to the attachment point on the
            source icon. A positive offset value moves the origin down; a
            negative value moves the origin up.

    XmNpixmap
            Specifies a pixmap to use as the DragIcon pixmap.

    XmNwidth
            Specifies the width of the pixmap.

    Inherited resources

    DragIcon inherits behavior and a resource from Object.  For a complete
    description of this resource, refer to the Object(Xm) man page.

 Object resource set


 ____________________________________________________________________________
 Name                 Class               Type             Default     Access
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 XmNdestroyCallback   XmCCallback         XtCallbackList   NULL        C


 See also

    Object(Xm), XmCreateDragIcon(Xm), XmDisplay(Xm), XmDragContext(Xm),
    XmDropSite(Xm), XmDropTransfer(Xm) and XmScreen(Xm).


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