1Traits(file formats) Traits(file formats)
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6 Traits — Lists the traits used by the Motif Toolkit.
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9 A trait is a characteristic of a widget. A widget holding a particular
10 trait is announcing a particular ability to other widgets. The follow‐
11 ing table summarizes the standard Motif traits.
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14 │ Purpo│se of Each Trait │
15 │Trait Name │ A Widget Holding This Trait Can │
16 │ │ Do The Following: │
17 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
18 │XmQTaccessTextual │ Display one primary text parcel. │
19 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
20 │XmQTactivatable │ Become a command button in a │
21 │ │ dialog box. │
22 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
23 │XmQTcareParentVisual │ Borrow its parent's visual │
24 │ │ information. │
25 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
26 │XmQTcontainer │ Manage container item children. │
27 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
28 │XmQTcontainerItem │ Become a child of a container │
29 │ │ widget. │
30 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
31 │XmQTdialogShellSavvy │ Become a child of a DialogShell. │
32 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
33 │XmQTjoinSide │ Attach itself to one side of a │
34 │ │ suitable parent. │
35 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
36 │XmQTmenuSavvy │ Become a menu child. │
37 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
38 │XmQTmenuSystem │ Manage a menu system. │
39 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
40 │XmQTnavigator │ Act as a navigator to a scrol‐ │
41 │ │ lable widget. │
42 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
43 │XmQTscrollFrame │ Handle one or more navigator │
44 │ │ widgets. │
45 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
46 │XmQTspecifyRenderTable │ Supply the names of its default │
47 │ │ render tables. │
48 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
49 │XmQTtakesDefault │ Change its appearance to show │
50 │ │ that it is the default button. │
51 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
52 │XmQTtransfer │ Transfer data to other widgets │
53 │ │ and/or receive data from other │
54 │ │ widgets │
55 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
56 └───────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
57 Traits are not often used in Motif application programs. However,
58 traits are very important to widget writers. For complete details on
59 traits, see the Motif Widget Writer's Guide.
60 The following table lists the names of all widgets and gadgets in the
62 standard Motif widget set that hold a particular trait. For example,
63 the following table shows that the XmQTcontainerItem trait is held by
64 the XmIconGadget. As the table suggests, some traits are held by many
65 of the standard Motif widgets.
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68 │ Trait Installat│ion in Standard Widget Set │
69 │Trait Name │ Is Installed on The Following │
70 │ │ Widgets: │
71 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
72 │XmQTaccessTextual │ XmLabel and all its subclasses; │
73 │ │ XmLabelGadget and all its sub‐ │
74 │ │ classes; XmText; XmTextField │
75 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
76 │XmQTactivatable │ XmArrowButton; XmArrowButtonGad‐ │
77 │ │ get; XmDrawnButton; XmPushBut‐ │
78 │ │ ton; XmPushButtonGadget │
79 ├───────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
80 │XmQTcareParentVisual │ All the subclasses of XmGadget │