NAME

XmSeparator—The Separator widget class

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/Separator.h>

DESCRIPTION

Separator is a primitive widget that 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 resizes 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 around the separator.  The Primitive resource XmNshadowThickness is used for the Separator’s thickness when XmNseparatorType is XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN, XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN_DASH, XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT, or XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT_DASH. 

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 is 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 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). 

XmSeparator Resource Set
NameClassTypeDefaultAccess

XmNmarginXmCMarginDimension0CSG
XmNorientationXmCOrientationunsigned charXmHORIZONTALCSG
XmNseparatorTypeXmCSeparatorTypeunsigned charXmSHADOW_ETCHED_INCSG

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

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

XmNseparatorTypeSpecifies 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—a line whose shadows give the
effect of a line etched into the window.  The thickness of the
line is equal to the value of XmNshadowThickness.  For
horizontal orientation, the top shadow is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor
and the bottom shadow is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor.  For
vertical orientation, the left edge is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor
and the right edge is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor.

       •XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT—a line whose shadows give the effect
of an etched line coming out of the window.  The thickness of the
line is equal to the value of XmNshadowThickness.  For horizontal
orientation, the top shadow is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor and
the bottom shadow is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor.  For vertical
orientation, the left edge is drawn in XmNbottomShadowColor and
the right edge is drawn in XmNtopShadowColor.

       •XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN_DASH—identical to
XmSHADOW_ETCHED_IN except a series of lines creates a dashed line.

       •XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT_DASH—identical to
XmSHADOW_ETCHED_OUT except a series of lines creates a dashed line.

Inherited Resources

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

XmPrimitive Resource Set
NameClassTypeDefaultAccess

XmNbottomShadowColorXmCBottomShadowColorPixeldynamicCSG
XmNbottomShadowPixmapXmCBottomShadowPixmapPixmapXmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAPCSG
XmNforegroundXmCForegroundPixeldynamicCSG
XmNhelpCallbackXmCCallbackXtCallbackListNULLC
XmNhighlightColorXmCHighlightColorPixeldynamicCSG
XmNhighlightOnEnterXmCHighlightOnEnterBooleanFalseCSG
XmNhighlightPixmapXmCHighlightPixmapPixmapdynamicCSG
XmNhighlightThicknessXmCHighlightThicknessDimension0CSG
XmNnavigationTypeXmCNavigationTypeXmNavigationTypeXmNONECSG
XmNshadowThicknessXmCShadowThicknessDimension2CSG
XmNtopShadowColorXmCTopShadowColorPixeldynamicCSG
XmNtopShadowPixmapXmCTopShadowPixmapPixmapdynamicCSG
XmNtraversalOnXmCTraversalOnBooleanFalseG
XmNunitTypeXmCUnitTypeunsigned chardynamicCSG
XmNuserDataXmCUserDataXtPointerNULLCSG

Core Resource Set
NameClassTypeDefaultAccess

XmNacceleratorsXmCAcceleratorsXtAcceleratorsdynamicCSG
XmNancestorSensitiveXmCSensitiveBooleandynamicG
XmNbackgroundXmCBackgroundPixeldynamicCSG
XmNbackgroundPixmapXmCPixmapPixmapXmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAPCSG
XmNborderColorXmCBorderColorPixelXtDefaultForegroundCSG
XmNborderPixmapXmCPixmapPixmapXmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAPCSG
XmNborderWidthXmCBorderWidthDimension0CSG
XmNcolormapXmCColormapColormapdynamicCG
XmNdepthXmCDepthintdynamicCG
XmNdestroyCallbackXmCCallbackXtCallbackListNULLC
XmNheightXmCHeightDimensiondynamicCSG
XmNinitialResourcesPersistentXmCInitialResourcesPersistentBooleanTrueC
XmNmappedWhenManagedXmCMappedWhenManagedBooleanTrueCSG
XmNscreenXmCScreenScreen ∗dynamicCG
XmNsensitiveXmCSensitiveBooleanTrueCSG
XmNtranslationsXmCTranslationsXtTranslationsdynamicCSG
XmNwidthXmCWidthDimensiondynamicCSG
XmNxXmCPositionPosition0CSG
XmNyXmCPositionPosition0CSG

Translations

There are no translations for XmSeparator. 

RELATED INFORMATION

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

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