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XtCreatePopupShell(3) XT FUNCTIONS XtCreatePopupShell(3)
NAME
XtCreatePopupShell, XtVaCreatePopupShell - create a popup shell
SYNTAX
#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
Widget XtCreatePopupShell(const char *name, WidgetClass widget_class,
Widget parent, ArgList args, Cardinal num_args);
Widget XtVaCreatePopupShell(const char *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
X Version 11 libXt 1.2.1 XtCreatePopupShell(3)