XtCreatePopupShell(3)
NAME
XtCreatePopupShell, XtVaCreatePopupShell - create a popup shell
SYNTAX
- Widget XtCreatePopupShell(String name, WidgetClass widget_class, Widget
- parent, ArgList args, Cardinal num_args);
- Widget XtVaCreatePopupShell(String name, WidgetClass widget_class, Wid
- get parent, ...);
ARGUMENTS
- args Specifies the argument list to override the resource
- defaults.
- name Specifies the text name for the created shell widget.
- num_args Specifies the number of arguments in the argument list.
- parent Specifies the parent widget.
- widget_class
- Specifies the widget class pointer for the created shell widget.
- ... Specifies the variable argument list to override the resource
- defaults.
DESCRIPTION
The XtCreatePopupShell function ensures that the specified class is a
subclass of Shell and, rather than using insert_child to attach the
widget to the parent's children list, attaches the shell to the parent's pop-ups list directly.
A spring-loaded pop-up invoked from a translation table already must
exist at the time that the translation is invoked, so the translation
manager can find the shell by name. Pop-ups invoked in other ways can
be created ``on-the-fly'' when the pop-up actually is needed. This
delayed creation of the shell is particularly useful when you pop up an
unspecified number of pop-ups. You can look to see if an appropriate
unused shell (that is, not currently popped up) exists and create a new
shell if needed.
SEE ALSO
- XtCreateWidget(3Xt), XtPopdown(3Xt), XtPopup(3Xt)
X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface Xlib - C Language X Interface