bionic (3) XtCreatePopupShell.3.gz

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, 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 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(3), XtPopdown(3), XtPopup(3)
       X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
       Xlib - C Language X Interface