Programmer's Reference


Creating and using widgets

The previous section provided an overview of how widgets are created and configured, and how they interact with an application. This section describes how to create and use specific widgets in the Common Widgets subsystem. A more detailed description of callbacks and event handlers is also provided.

The following widgets are discussed:

Shells
CwTopLevelShell, CwDialogShell, CwOverrideShell

Main windows and scrolled windows
CwMainWindow and CwScrolledWindow

Text editors and drawing areas
CwText andCwDrawingArea

Layout widgets
CwForm and CwRowColumn

Buttons and labels
CwLabel, CwDrawnButton, CwPushButton, CwToggleButton

Menus and menu items
CwRowColumn, CwCascadeButton, CwPushButton

Lists and combo boxes
CwList and CwComboBox

Composite boxes
CwBulletinBoard, CwCompositeBox, CwMessageBox, CwSelectionBox
Note:
These widgets have many resources and callbacks. This section discusses only the most commonly used resources and callbacks. For a complete list, see Appendix A, "Widget resources and callbacks".


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