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XmDisplay(Xm)


XmDisplay -- the Display widget class

Syntax

#include <Xm/Display.h>

Description

The XmDisplay object is used by the Motif widgets to store information that is specific to a display. It also allows the toolkit to access certain information on widget hierarchies that would otherwise be unavailable. Each client has one XmDisplay object for each display it accesses.

An XmDisplay object is automatically created when the application creates the first shell on a display (usually accomplished by a call to XtAppInitialize or XtAppCreateShell). It is not necessary to create an XmDisplay object by any other means. An application can use the function XmGetXmDisplay to obtain the widget ID of the XmDisplay object for a given display.

An application cannot supply initial values for XmDisplay resources as arguments to a call to any function that creates widgets. The application or user can supply initial values in a resource file. After creating the first shell on the display, the application can use XmGetXmDisplay to obtain the widget ID of the XmDisplay object and then call XtSetValues to set the XmDisplay resources.

XmDisplay resources specify the drag protocol style for a client participating in drag and drop transactions. There are two basic protocol types, preregister and dynamic. When a preregister protocol is used, the toolkit handles any communication between the initiator and receiver clients, and displays the appropriate drag-over and drag-under visual effects. A client registers its drop sites in advance and this information is stored in a property for each top-level window. When the drag pointer enters a top level window, the drop site information is read by the initiator. A dynamic protocol allows the source and destination clients to dynamically communicate drag and drop state information between each other, and to update their respective visuals accordingly. The toolkit provides drop site information as the pointer passes over any given drop site. In this mode, a receiver can supply a procedure to generate its own drag-under effects.

Classes

Display inherits behavior and resources from Core, Composite, Shell, WMShell, VendorShell, TopLevelShell, and ApplicationShell classes.

The class pointer is xmDisplayClass.

The class name is XmDisplay.

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 an .Xdefaults file, remove the ``XmN'' or ``XmC'' prefix and use the remaining letters. To specify one of the defined values for a resource in an .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).

XmDisplay resource set

Name Class Type Default Access
XmNdefaultVirtualBindings DefaultVirtualBindings String dynamic CG
XmNdragInitiatorProtocolStyle XmCDragInitiatorProtocolStyle unsigned char XmDRAG_PREFER_RECEIVER
CG        
XmNdragReceiverProtocolStyle XmCDragReceiverProtocolStyle unsigned char XmDRAG_PREFER_PREREGISTER
CG        

 +------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------------+
 |Name                          | Class                         | Type     | Default | Access                    |
 +------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------------+
 |XmNdefaultVirtualBindings     | DefaultVirtualBindings        | String   | dynamic | CG                        |
 +------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------------+
 |XmNdragInitiatorProtocolStyle | XmCDragInitiatorProtocolStyle | unsigned | char    | XmDRAG_PREFER_RECEIVER    |
 +------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------------+
 |XmNdragReceiverProtocolStyle  | XmCDragReceiverProtocolStyle  | unsigned | char    | XmDRAG_PREFER_PREREGISTER |
 +------------------------------+-------------------------------+----------+---------+---------------------------+

XmNdefaultVirtualBindings
Specifies the default virtual bindings for the display. Following is an example of a specification for the defaultVirtualBindings resource in a resource file:
*defaultVirtualBindings: \
	osfBackSpace	:	<Key>BackSpace	\n\
	osfInsert	:	<Key>InsertChar	\n\
...
	osfDelete	:	<Key>DeleteChar

XmNdragInitiatorProtocolStyle
Specifies the drag and drop protocol requirements or preference when the client is an initiator. The possible values are:

XmNdragReceiverProtocolStyle
Specifies the drag and drop protocol requirements or preference when this client is a receiver. The values are:

The actual protocol used between an initiator and a receiver is based on the protocol style of the receiver and initiator. The decision matrix is as follows:

Drag initiator Drag receiver protocol style
protocol style Preregister Prefer Preregister Prefer Dynamic Dynamic
Preregister Preregister Preregister Preregister Drop only
Prefer Preregister Preregister Preregister Preregister Dynamic
Prefer Receiver Preregister Preregister Dynamic Dynamic
Prefer Dynamic Preregister Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic
Dynamic Drop only Dynamic Dynamic Dynamic

 +-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
 |Drag initiator     |                 Drag receiver protocol style                  |
 +-------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
 |                   +-------------+--------------------+----------------+-----------+
 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+-----------+
 |protocol style     | Preregister | Prefer Preregister | Prefer Dynamic | Dynamic   |
 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+-----------+
 |Preregister        | Preregister | Preregister        | Preregister    | Drop only |
 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+-----------+
 |Prefer Preregister | Preregister | Preregister        | Preregister    | Dynamic   |
 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+-----------+
 |Prefer Receiver    | Preregister | Preregister        | Dynamic        | Dynamic   |
 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+-----------+
 |Prefer Dynamic     | Preregister | Dynamic            | Dynamic        | Dynamic   |
 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+-----------+
 |Dynamic            | Drop only   | Dynamic            | Dynamic        | Dynamic   |
 +-------------------+-------------+--------------------+----------------+-----------+
The value XmDRAG_NONE does not appear in the above matrix. When specified for either the initiator or receiver side, XmDRAG_NONE implies that drag and drop transactions are not supported. A value of XmDRAG_DROP_ONLY (Drop Only) results when an initiator and receiver cannot compromise protocol styles, that is, one client requires dynamic mode while the other can only support preregister mode, or if either explicitly has specified XmDRAG_DROP_ONLY.

Inherited resources

All of the superclass resources inherited by XmDisplay are designated N/A (not applicable).

See also

ApplicationShell(Xm), Composite(Xm), Core(Xm), TopLevelShell(Xm), VendorShell(Xm), WMShell(Xm), XmGetXmDisplay(Xm) and XmScreen(Xm).


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