xmDrawingArea and xmDrawnButton

dw drawImageString gc x y string

Use the given graphical context gc to draw the text string starting at position x,y. The 0,0 coordinate is at the upper left of the widget.

#! /usr/sgitcl/bin/moat 
xtAppInitialize
xmDrawingArea .top managed -height 30 -width 150
.top exposeCallback {
    set gc [.top getGC -foreground black]
    .top drawImageString $gc 10 20 "Hello world"
}
. realizeWidget
. mainLoop

Figure 4-12 : xmDrawingArea Table 4-47 lists the resources associated with xmDrawingArea.

xmDrawingArea Resources

Resource Name	Default Value	Type or Legal Values
-marginHeight	10	Dimension
-marginWidth	10	Dimension
-resizePolicy	resize_any	resize_any resize_grow resize_none

Table 4-48 lists the resources associated with xmDrawnButton.

xmDrawnButton Resources

Resource Name	Default Value	Type or Legal Values
-multiClick	Inherited from display	multiclick_discard multiclick_keep
-pushButtonEnabled	False	Boolean
-shadowType	shadow_out	shadow_in shadow_out shadow_etched_in shadow_etched_out

Table 4-49 lists the callbacks associated with xmDrawingArea and xmDrawnButton.

Drawing Widget Callbacks

Method Name	Why
exposeCallback	The area/button should be redrawn.
inputCallback	A keyboard or mouse event arrived for the area.
resizeCallback	The area/button is resized.
activateCallback	The button was activated.
armCallback	The button is squashed.
disarmCallback	The button is released.