thor@stout.atd.ucar.edu (Rich Neitzel) (06/29/90)
I have an application that needs to display a large (@200) number of children aligned horizontally. They are encapsulated in a box widget and I want to put them into a viewport, so that the entire set need not be visible. Unfortunately, when it is time to realize the widgets, things just spin. The process runs, but it never manages to put up the widgets. So my questions are: 1> Can the viewport widget support a child with children? 2> If yes, how do you set things up? 3> If no, any suggestions about other possible means of scrolling? Richard Neitzel thor@thor.atd.ucar.edu Torren med sitt skjegg National Center For Atmospheric Research lokkar borni under sole-vegg Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000 Gjo'i med sitt shinn 303-497-2057 jagar borni inn.
kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson) (06/29/90)
> I have an application that needs to display a large (@200) number of > children aligned horizontally. They are encapsulated in a box widget and > I want to put them into a viewport, so that the entire set need not be > visible. Unfortunately, when it is time to realize the widgets, things > just spin. The process runs, but it never manages to put up the widgets. > So my questions are: > 1> Can the viewport widget support a child with children? > > 2> If yes, how do you set things up? This should work just fine. Perhaps your configuration is strange, or your boxes are big enough to run off the end of a signed short (2^15 - 1). The only client I know of that does this sort of thing is xmh, so perhaps you can look there for an example (although I hesitate to mention this, since the xmh code is to twisty, but if you are brave you can take a look). If you can provide a short example that causes the Viewport to fail, please submit a bug report using the form provided in "lib/doc/bugs/bug-report" in your X tape. Chris D. Peterson MIT X Consortium Net: kit@expo.lcs.mit.edu Phone: (617) 253 - 9608 Address: MIT - Room NE43-213