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XtManageChildren(3)                             XT FUNCTIONS                             XtManageChildren(3)



NAME
       XtManageChildren, XtManageChild, XtUnmanageChildren, XtUnmanageChild, XtChangeManagedSet, XtIsManaged
       - manage and unmanage children

SYNTAX
       typedef Widget *WidgetList;

       void XtManageChildren(WidgetList children, Cardinal num_children);

       void XtManageChild(Widget child);

       void XtUnmanageChildren(WidgetList children, Cardinal num_children);

       void XtUnmanageChild(Widget child);

       void XtChangeManagedSet(WidgetList unmanage_children, Cardinal num_unmanage_children, XtDoChangeProc
              do_change_proc, XtPointer client_data, WidgetList manage_children, Cardinal num_manage_chil-dren); num_manage_children);
              dren);

       Boolean XtIsManaged(Widget widget);

ARGUMENTS
       child     Specifies the child.

       children  Specifies a list of child widgets.

       num_children
                 Specifies the number of children.

       widget    Specifies the widget.

       manage_children
                 Specifies the list of widget children to add to the managed set.

       num_manage_children
                 Specifies the number of entries in the manage_children list.

       unmanage_children
                 Specifies the list of widget children to remove from the managed set.

       num_unmanage_children
                 Specifies the number of entries in the unmanage_children list.

       do_change_proc
                 Specifies the post unmanage, pre manage hook procedure to invoke.

       client_data
                 Specifies the client data to be passed to the hook procedure.

DESCRIPTION
       The XtManageChildren function performs the following:

           Issues an error if the children do not all have the same parent or if the parent is not a sub-class subclass
            class of compositeWidgetClass.

           Returns immediately if the common parent is being destroyed; otherwise, for each unique child on
            the list, XtManageChildren ignores the child if it already is managed or is being destroyed and
            marks it if not.

           If the parent is realized and after all children have been marked, it makes some of the newly
            managed children viewable:

            -    Calls the change_managed routine of the widgets' parent.

            -    Calls XtRealizeWidget on each previously unmanaged child that is unrealized.

            -    Maps each previously unmanaged child that has map_when_managed True.

       Managing children is independent of the ordering of children and independent of creating and deleting
       children.  The layout routine of the parent should consider children whose managed field is True and
       should ignore all other children.  Note that some composite widgets, especially fixed boxes, call
       XtManageChild from their insert_child procedure.

       If the parent widget is realized, its change_managed procedure is called to notify it that its set of
       managed children has changed.  The parent can reposition and resize any of its children.  It moves
       each child as needed by calling XtMoveWidget, which first updates the x and y fields and then calls
       XMoveWindow if the widget is realized.

       The XtManageChild function constructs a WidgetList of length one and calls XtManageChildren.

       The XtUnmanageChildren function performs the following:

           Issues an error if the children do not all have the same parent or if the parent is not a sub-class subclass
            class of compositeWidgetClass.

           Returns immediately if the common parent is being destroyed; otherwise, for each unique child on
            the list, XtUnmanageChildren performs the following:

            -    Ignores the child if it already is unmanaged or is being destroyed and marks it if not.

            -    If the child is realized, it makes it nonvisible by unmapping it.

           Calls the change_managed routine of the widgets' parent after all children have been marked if
            the parent is realized.

       XtUnmanageChildren does not destroy the children widgets.  Removing widgets from a parent's managed
       set is often a temporary banishment, and, some time later, you may manage the children again.

       The XtUnmanageChild function constructs a widget list of length one and calls XtUnmanageChildren.

       The XtChangeManagedSet function performs the following:

           Issues an error if the widgets specified in the manage_children and the unmanage_children lists
            to no all have the same parent, or if that parent is not a subclass of compositeWidgetClass.

           Returns immediately if the common parent is being destroyed.

           If no CompositeClassExtension is defined, or a CompositeClassExtension is defined but with an
            allows_change_managed_set field with a value of False, and XtChangeManagedSet was invoked with a
            non-NULL do_change_proc procedure then XtChangeManagedSet performs the following:

            -    Calls XtUnmanageChildren (unmanage_children, num_unmanage_children).

            -    Calls the do_change_proc specified.

            -    Calls XtManageChildren (manage_children, num_manage_children) and then returns immediately.

           Otherwise, if a CompositeClassExtension is defined with an allows_change_managed_set field with
            a value of True, or if no CompositeClassExtension is defined, and XtChangeManagedSetwas
            do_change_proc procedure, then the following is performed:

            -    For each child on the unmanage_children list; if the child is already unmanaged or is being
                 destroyed it is ignored, otherwise it is marked as being unmanaged and if it is realized it
                 is made nonvisible by being unmapped.

            -    If the do_change_proc procedure is non-NULL then it is invoked as specified.

            -    For each child on the manage_children list; if the child is already managed or it is being
                 destroyed it is ignored, otherwise it is marked as managed

           If the parent is realized and after all children have been marked, the change_managed method of
            the parent is invoked and subsequently some of the newly managed children are made viewable by:

            -    Calling XtRealizeWidget on each of the previously unmanaged child that is unrealized.

            -    Mapping each previously unmanaged child that has map_when_managed True.

       The XtIsManaged function returns True if the specified widget is of class RectObj or any subclass
       thereof and is managed, or False otherwise.

SEE ALSO
       XtMapWidget(3Xt), XtRealizeWidget(3Xt)
       X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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