XtCreatePopupShell(3XtVersion 11 (Release XtCreatePopupShell(3Xt)
NAME
XtCreatePopupShell, XtVaCreatePopupShell - create a popup
shell
SYNTAX
Widget XtCreatePopupShell(name, widget_class, parent, args,
num_args)
String name;
WidgetClass widget_class;
Widget parent;
ArgList args;
Cardinal num_args;
Widget XtVaCreatePopupShell(name, widget_class, parent, ...)
String name;
WidgetClass widget_class;
Widget 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 NULL-terminated variable-length
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)
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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
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