XmPushButton (3) Linux Manual Page
XmPushButton — The PushButton widget class
Synopsis
#include <Xm/PushB.h>
Description
PushButton issues commands within an application. It consists of a text label or pixmap surrounded by a border shadow. When a PushButton is selected, the shadow changes to give the appearance that it has been pressed in. When a PushButton is unselected, the shadow changes to give the appearance that it is out.
The default behavior associated with a PushButton in a menu depends on the type of menu system in which it resides. By default, <Btn1> controls the behavior of the PushButton. In addition, <Btn3> controls the behavior of the PushButton if it resides in a PopupMenu system. The actual mouse button used is determined by its RowColumn parent.
Thickness for a second shadow, used when the PushButton is the default button, may be specified with the XmNshowAsDefault resource. If it has a nonzero value, the Label’s resources XmNmarginLeft, XmNmarginRight, XmNmarginTop, and XmNmarginBottom may be modified to accommodate the second shadow.
If an initial value is specified for XmNarmPixmap but not for XmNlabelPixmap, the XmNarmPixmap value is used for XmNlabelPixmap.
PushButton uses the XmQTmenuSystem and XmQTspecifyRenderTable traits, and holds the XmQactivatable, XmQTmenuSavvy, and XmQTtakesDefault traits.
Classes
PushButton inherits behavior, resources, and traits from Core, XmPrimitive, and XmLabel.
The class pointer is xmPushButtonWidgetClass.
The class name is XmPushButton.
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).
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XmNactivateCallback- Specifies the list of callbacks that is called when PushButton is activated. PushButton is activated when the user presses and releases the active mouse button while the pointer is inside that widget. Activating the PushButton also disarms it. For this callback, the reason is
XmCR_ACTIVATE. This callback uses theXmQTactivatabletrait. XmNarmCallback- Specifies the list of callbacks that is called when PushButton is armed. PushButton is armed when the user presses the active mouse button while the pointer is inside that widget. For this callback, the reason is
XmCR_ARM. XmNarmColor- Specifies the color with which to fill the armed button.
XmNfillOnArmmust be set to True for this resource to have an effect. The default for a color display is a color between the background and the bottom shadow color. For a monochrome display, the default is set to the foreground color, and any text in the label appears in the background color when the button is armed.- This resource is also used when the button is armed in a menu and the
XmNenableEtchedInMenuresource isTrue. - This resource is also used when the button is armed in a menu and the
XmNarmPixmap- Specifies the pixmap to be used as the button face if
XmNlabelTypeisXmPIXMAPorXmPIXMAP_AND_STRINGand PushButton is armed. This resource is disabled when the PushButton is in a menu. XmNdefaultButtonShadowThickness- This resource specifies the width of the default button indicator shadow. If this resource is 0 (zero), the width of the shadow comes from the value of the
XmNshowAsDefaultresource. If this resource is greater than 0, theXmNshowAsDefaultresource is only used to specify whether this button is the default. The default value is the initial value ofXmNshowAsDefault. XmNdisarmCallback- Specifies the list of callbacks that is called when PushButton is disarmed. PushButton is disarmed when the user presses and releases the active mouse button while the pointer is inside that widget. For this callback, the reason is
XmCR_DISARM. XmNfillOnArm- Forces the PushButton to fill the background of the button with the color specified by
XmNarmColorwhen the button is armed and when this resource is set to True. If False, only the top and bottom shadow colors are switched. When the PushButton is in a menu, this resource is ignored and assumed to be False. XmNmultiClick- If a button click is followed by another button click within the time span specified by the display’s multiclick time, and this resource is set to
XmMULTICLICK_DISCARD, do not process the second click. If this resource is set toXmMULTICLICK_KEEP, process the event and increment click_count in the callback structure. When the button is in a menu, the default isXmMULTICLICK_DISCARD; otherwise, for a button not in a menu,XmMULTICLICK_KEEPis the default value. XmNshowAsDefault- If
XmNdefaultButtonShadowThicknessis greater than 0 (zero), a value greater than 0 in this resource specifies to mark this button as the default button. IfXmNdefaultButtonShadowThicknessis 0, a value greater than 0 in this resource specifies to mark this button as the default button with the shadow thickness specified by this resource. When the Display resourceXmNdefaultButtonEmphasishas a value ofXmEXTERNAL_HIGHLIGHT(the default), PushButton draws the location cursor outside of the outer shadow. When this resource has a value ofXmINTERNAL_HIGHLIGHT, the highlight is drawn between the inner and outer shadows. The space between the shadow and the default shadow is equal to the sum of both shadows. The default value is 0. When this value is not 0, the Label resourcesXmNmarginLeft,XmNmarginRight,XmNmarginTop, andXmNmarginBottommay be modified to accommodate the second shadow. This resource is disabled when the PushButton is in a menu.
Inherited Resources
PushButton inherits behavior and resources from the superclasses described the following tables. For a complete description of each resource, refer to the reference page for that superclass.
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Callback Information
A pointer to the following structure is passed to each callback:
typedef struct
{
int reason;
XEvent * event;
int click_count;
} XmPushButtonCallbackStruct;
- reason
- Indicates why the callback was invoked.
- event
- Points to the
XEventthat triggered the callback. - click_count
- This value is valid only when the reason is
XmCR_ACTIVATE. It contains the number of clicks in the last multiclick sequence if theXmNmultiClickresource is set toXmMULTICLICK_KEEP, otherwise it contains 1. The activate callback is invoked for each click ifXmNmultiClickis set toXmMULTICLICK_KEEP.
Translations
XmPushButton includes translations from Primitive.
Note that altering translations in #override or #augment mode is undefined.
Additional XmPushButton translations for XmPushButtons not in a menu system are described in the following list.
The following key names are listed in the X standard key event translation table syntax. This format is the one used by Motif to specify the widget actions corresponding to a given key. A brief overview of the format is provided under VirtualBindings(3). For a complete description of the format, please refer to the X Toolkit Instrinsics Documentation.
c<Btn1Down>:- ButtonTakeFocus()
≈c<Btn1Down>:- Arm()
≈c<Btn1Down>,≈c<Btn1Up>:- Activate() Disarm()
≈c<Btn1Down>(2+):- MultiArm()
≈c<Btn1Up>(2+):- MultiActivate()
≈c<Btn1Up>:- Activate() Disarm()
≈c<Btn2Down>:- ProcessDrag()
:<Key><osfActivate>:- PrimitiveParentActivate()
:<Key><osfCancel>:- PrimitiveParentCancel()
:<Key><osfSelect>:- ArmAndActivate()
:<Key><osfHelp>:- Help()
≈s ≈m ≈a<Key>Return:- PrimitiveParentActivate()
≈s ≈m ≈a<Key>space:- ArmAndActivate()
XmPushButton inherits menu traversal translations from XmLabel. Additional XmPushButton translations for PushButtons in a menu system are described in the following list. In a Popup menu system, <Btn3> also performs the <Btn1> actions.
The following key names are listed in the X standard key event translation table syntax. This format is the one used by Motif to specify the widget actions corresponding to a given key. A brief overview of the format is provided under VirtualBindings(3). For a complete description of the format, please refer to the X Toolkit Instrinsics Documentation.
<Btn2Down>:- ProcessDrag()
c<Btn1Down>:- MenuButtonTakeFocus()
c<Btn1Up>:- MenuButtonTakeFocusUp()
≈c<BtnDown>:- BtnDown()
≈c<BtnUp>:- BtnUp()
:<Key><osfSelect>:- ArmAndActivate()
:<Key><osfActivate>:- ArmAndActivate()
:<Key><osfCancel>:- MenuEscape()
:<Key><osfHelp>:- Help()
≈s ≈m ≈a<Key>Return:- ArmAndActivate()
≈s ≈m ≈a<Key>space:- ArmAndActivate()
Action Routines
The XmPushButton action routines are
- Activate():
- This action draws the shadow in the unarmed state. If the button is not in a menu and if
XmNfillOnArmis set to True, the background color reverts to the unarmed color. IfXmNlabelTypeisXmPIXMAPorXmPIXMAP_AND_STRING,XmNlabelPixmapis used for the button face. If the pointer is still within the button, this action calls the callbacks forXmNactivateCallback. - Arm():
- This action arms the PushButton. It draws the shadow in the armed state. If the button is not in a menu and if
XmNfillOnArmis set to True, it fills the button with the color specified byXmNarmColor. IfXmNlabelTypeisXmPIXMAPorXmPIXMAP_AND_STRING, theXmNarmPixmapis used for the button face. It calls theXmNarmCallbackcallbacks. - ArmAndActivate():
- In a menu, unposts all menus in the menu hierarchy and, unless the button is already armed, calls the
XmNarmCallbackcallbacks. This action calls theXmNactivateCallbackandXmNdisarmCallbackcallbacks.- Outside a menu, draws the shadow in the armed state and, if
XmNfillOnArmis set to True, fills the button with the color specified byXmNarmColor. IfXmNlabelTypeisXmPIXMAPorXmPIXMAP_AND_STRING,XmNarmPixmapis used for the button face. This action calls theXmNarmCallbackcallbacks.- Outside a menu, this action also arranges for the following to happen, either immediately or at a later time: the shadow is drawn in the unarmed state and, if
XmNfillOnArmis set to True, the background color reverts to the unarmed color. IfXmNlabelTypeisXmPIXMAPorXmPIXMAP_AND_STRING,XmNlabelPixmapis used for the button face. TheXmNactivateCallbackandXmNdisarmCallbackcallbacks are called. - Outside a menu, draws the shadow in the armed state and, if
- BtnDown():
- This action unposts any menus posted by the PushButton’s parent menu, disables keyboard traversal for the menu, and enables mouse traversal for the menu. It draws the shadow in the armed state and, unless the button is already armed, calls the
XmNarmCallbackcallbacks. - BtnUp():
- This action unposts all menus in the menu hierarchy and activates the PushButton. It calls the
XmNactivateCallbackcallbacks and then theXmNdisarmCallbackcallbacks. - ButtonTakeFocus():
- Causes the PushButton to take keyboard focus when
Ctrl<Btn1Down>is pressed, without activating the widget. - Disarm():
- Calls the callbacks for
XmNdisarmCallback. - Help():
- In a Pulldown or Popup MenuPane, unposts all menus in the menu hierarchy and, when the shell’s keyboard focus policy is
XmEXPLICIT, restores keyboard focus to the widget that had the focus before the menu system was entered. This action calls the callbacks forXmNhelpCallbackif any exist. If there are no help callbacks for this widget, this action calls the help callbacks for the nearest ancestor that has them. - MenuShellPopdownOne():
- In a top-level Pulldown MenuPane from a MenuBar, unposts the menu, disarms the MenuBar CascadeButton and the MenuBar; and, when the shell’s keyboard focus policy is
XmEXPLICIT, restores keyboard focus to the widget that had the focus before the MenuBar was entered. In other Pulldown MenuPanes, it unposts the menu.- In a Popup MenuPane, this action unposts the menu and restores keyboard focus to the widget from which the menu was posted.
- MultiActivate():
- If
XmNmultiClickisXmMULTICLICK_DISCARD, this action does nothing.- If
XmNmultiClickisXmMULTICLICK_KEEP, this action increments click_count in the callback structure and draws the shadow in the unarmed state. If the button is not in a menu and ifXmNfillOnArmis set to True, the background color reverts to the unarmed color. IfXmNlabelTypeisXmPIXMAP, theXmNlabelPixmapis used for the button face. If the pointer is within the PushButton, calls the callbacks forXmNactivateCallbackandXmNdisarmCallback. - If
- MultiArm():
- If
XmNmultiClickisXmMULTICLICK_DISCARD, this action does nothing.- If
XmNmultiClickisXmMULTICLICK_KEEP, this action draws the shadow in the armed state. If the button is not in a menu and ifXmNfillOnArmis set to True, this action fills the button with the color specified byXmNarmColor. IfXmNlabelTypeisXmPIXMAP, theXmNarmPixmapis used for the button face. This action calls theXmNarmCallbackcallbacks. - If
- ProcessDrag():
- Drags the contents of a PushButton label, identified when
BTransferis pressed. This action sets theXmNconvertProcof the DragContext to a function that calls theXmNconvertCallbackprocedures, possibly multiple times, for the_MOTIF_DROPselection. This action is undefined for PushButtons used in a menu system.
Additional Behavior
This widget has the following additional behavior:
<EnterWindow>:- In a menu, if keyboard traversal is enabled, this action does nothing. Otherwise, it draws the shadow in the armed state and calls the
XmNarmCallbackcallbacks.- If the PushButton is not in a menu and the cursor leaves and then reenters the PushButton’s window while the button is pressed, this action draws the shadow in the armed state. If
XmNfillOnArmis set to True, it also fills the button with the color specified byXmNarmColor. IfXmNlabelTypeisXmPIXMAPorXmPIXMAP_AND_STRING,XmNarmPixmapis used for the button face. - If the PushButton is not in a menu and the cursor leaves and then reenters the PushButton’s window while the button is pressed, this action draws the shadow in the armed state. If
<LeaveWindow>:- In a menu, if keyboard traversal is enabled, this action does nothing. Otherwise, it draws the shadow in the unarmed state and calls the
XmNdisarmCallbackcallbacks.- If the PushButton is not in a menu and the cursor leaves the PushButton’s window while the button is pressed, this action draws the shadow in the unarmed state. If
XmNfillOnArmis set to True, the background color reverts to the unarmed color. IfXmNlabelTypeisXmPIXMAPorXmPIXMAP_AND_STRING, theXmNlabelPixmapis used for the button face. - If the PushButton is not in a menu and the cursor leaves the PushButton’s window while the button is pressed, this action draws the shadow in the unarmed state. If
Virtual Bindings
The bindings for virtual keys are vendor specific. For information about bindings for virtual buttons and keys, see VirtualBindings(3).
Related
Core(3), XmCreatePushButton(3), XmLabel(3), XmPrimitive(3), XmRowColumn(3), XmVaCreatePushButton(3), and XmVaCreateManagedPushButton(3).
