spencer@heinlein.osc.edu (Stephen N. Spencer) (10/04/89)
I have a question concerning the operation of the listWidget in the HP widget set. (this is on a Sun 3/60, Sun OS4.0, XV11R3, awm or hpwm) I have an application which utilizes the listWidget. I build the listWidget, then build a group of staticText widgets as the children of the listWidget (for a scrolling list of strings). In the HP Widget manual pages, under the staticText section, it reads: XtNhSpace: This specifies the number of pixels to maintain between the text and the highlight area to the right and left of the text. My problem is this: I am using the XtNelementHighlight option in the list Widget to set the highlight style to invert, but I can't make the border highlight area go away in the children widgets, nor can I make the text be completely visible, on the left and right, because the staticText widget's border highlight area is intruding on the leftmost character. It seems to happen the worst with strings which begin with the letter "b", though other letters which are oriented to the left of their bitmap are similarly affected. My question is this: how can I make the hSpace parameter work? I'd like to be able to see ALL of the character string in the staticText widgets. Thank you for your attention. -=- Stephen N. Spencer |"For a successful technology, reality must take ACCAD, 1224 Kinnear Rd. | precedence over public relations, for Nature Columbus OH 43212 | cannot be fooled." - Richard P. Feynman spencer@heinlein.cgrg.ohio-state.edu OR spencer@cis.ohio-state.edu
spencer@heinlein.osc.edu (Stephen N. Spencer) (10/04/89)
I thought I'd detail a couple of things I am doing with reference to my list Widget problem: I am setting highlightThickness to zero in the list Widget as well as in the staticText child widgets. -=- Stephen N. Spencer |"For a successful technology, reality must take ACCAD, 1224 Kinnear Rd. | precedence over public relations, for Nature Columbus OH 43212 | cannot be fooled." - Richard P. Feynman spencer@heinlein.cgrg.ohio-state.edu OR spencer@cis.ohio-state.edu