XmDataField(library call) XmDataField(library call)

XmDataField — The DataField widget class

#include <Xm/DataF.h>

The DataField widget is a Data Presentation widget that handles display and entry of data as text. The DataField widget is a subclass of the XmTextField widget intended for data entry applications. In addition to all of the normal XmTextField functionality, it supports regular expression-based parsing and acceptance/rejection of its input through the XmNpicture resource, and right justification through the XmNalignment resource.

The DataField widget provides added capability by supporting several types of validation: a DataField widget containing an invalid value will not give-up focus; the user must enter a correct value before proceeding to another field.

DataField inherits behavior, resources, and traits from Core, XmPrimitive, and XmTextField.

The class pointer is xmDataFieldWidgetClass.

The class name is XmDataField.

The following table defines a set of widget resources used by the programmer to specify data. The programmer can also set the resource values for the inherited classes to set attributes for this widget. To reference a resource by name or by class in a .Xdefaults file, remove the XmN or XmC prefix and use the remaining letters. To specify one of the defined values for a resource in a .Xdefaults file, remove the Xm prefix and use the remaining letters (in either lowercase or uppercase, but include any underscores between words). The codes in the access column indicate if the given resource can be set at creation time (C), set by using XtSetValues (S), retrieved by using XtGetValues (G), or is not applicable (N/A).

XmDataField Resource Set
Name Class Type Default Access





XmNalignment XmCAlignment unsigned char XmALIGNMENT_BEGINNING CSG





XmNautoFill XmCAutoFill Boolean True CSG





XmNpicture XmCPicture String NULL CSG





XmNpictureErrorCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNvalidateCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





When set to XmALIGNMENT_END, the widget aligns all its text with the right hand side of the input area.
When set to True, the widget "auto-fills" its contents when it can determine that the next character in the string must be a particular literal. For instance, the picture "###-####" automatically inserts a '-' character after receiving three numeric digits as input.
Specifies a picture for data entry in the widget. A picture acts as a template that formats the value you enter in a field. An example would be the US Phone Number picture: (###)###-####. The picture is used to convert characters entered into the field to a formatted value.

The following lists and defines the characters you can use in a picture, and how the DataField widget interprets them.

#
Any numeric digit
?
Case insensitive letter
&
Uppercase letter (forces lowercase to uppercase)
@
Case insensitive character
!
Uppercase character
;
Interpret the following character literally
*
Repeat the following character some number of times
[]
Characters within brackets are optional
{}
Characters within braces are grouped
,
Alternative values
Other characters are interpreted literally.
Set XmNpicture to NULL to disable regular expression processing. The DataField widget is cleared whenever the XmNpicture resource is changed.
Specifies a list of callbacks to be called when the XmDataField widget determines that data is being entered that does not match the format specified by the XmNpicture resource.
Specifies a list of callbacks to be called when data has been entered in the XmDataField widget and the user has moved out of the XmDataField widget (usually by pressing the Tab key). The callbacks can reject the movement of focus.

DataField inherits behavior and resources from the superclasses described in the following tables. For a complete description of each resource, refer to the reference page for that superclass.

XmTextFieldResource Set
Name Class Type Default Access





XmNactivateCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNblinkRate XmCBlinkRate int 500 CSG





XmNcolumns XmCColumns short dynamic CSG





XmNcursorPosition XmCCursorPosition XmTextPosition 0 CSG





XmNcursorPositionVisible XmCCursorPositionVisible Boolean dynamic CSG





XmNdestinationCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNeditable XmCEditable Boolean True CSG





XmNfocusCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNfontList XmCFontList XmFontList dynamic CSG





XmNgainPrimaryCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNlosePrimaryCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNlosingFocusCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNmarginHeight XmCMarginHeight Dimension 5 CSG





XmNmarginWidth XmCMarginWidth Dimension 5 CSG





XmNmaxLength XmCMaxLength int largest integer CSG





XmNmodifyVerifyCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNmodifyVerifyCallbackWcs XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNmotionVerifyCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNpendingDelete XmCPendingDelete Boolean True CSG





XmNrenderTable XmCRenderTable XmRenderTable dynamic CSG





XmNresizeWidth XmCResizeWidth Boolean False CSG





XmNselectionArray XmCSelectionArray XtPointer default array CSG





XmNselectionArrayCount XmCSelectionArrayCount int 3 CSG





XmNselectThreshold XmCSelectThreshold int 5 CSG





XmNvalue XmCValue String "" CSG





XmNvalueChangedCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNvalueWcs XmCValueWcs wchar_t * (wchar_t *)"" CSG





XmNverifyBell XmCVerifyBell Boolean dynamic CSG





XmPrimitive Resource Set
Name Class Type Default Access





XmNbottomShadowColor XmCBottomShadowColor Pixel dynamic CSG





XmNbottomShadowPixmap XmCBottomShadowPixmap Pixmap XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP CSG





XmNconvertCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNforeground XmCForeground Pixel dynamic CSG





XmNhelpCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNhighlightColor XmCHighlightColor Pixel dynamic CSG





XmNhighlightOnEnter XmCHighlightOnEnter Boolean False CSG





XmNhighlightPixmap XmCHighlightPixmap Pixmap dynamic CSG





XmNhighlightThickness XmCHighlightThickness Dimension 2 CSG





XmNlayoutDirection XmCLayoutDirection XmDirection dynamic CG





XmNnavigationType XmCNavigationType XmNavigationType XmTAB_GROUP CSG





XmNpopupHandlerCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNshadowThickness XmCShadowThickness Dimension 2 CSG





XmNtopShadowColor XmCTopShadowColor Pixel dynamic CSG





XmNtopShadowPixmap XmCTopShadowPixmap Pixmap dynamic CSG





XmNtraversalOn XmCTraversalOn Boolean True CSG





XmNunitType XmCUnitType unsigned char dynamic CSG





XmNuserData XmCUserData XtPointer NULL CSG





Core Resource Set
Name Class Type Default Access





XmNaccelerators XmCAccelerators XtAccelerators dynamic CSG





XmNancestorSensitive XmCSensitive Boolean dynamic G





XmNbackground XmCBackground Pixel dynamic CSG





XmNbackgroundPixmap XmCPixmap Pixmap XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP CSG





XmNborderColor XmCBorderColor Pixel XtDefaultForeground CSG





XmNborderPixmap XmCPixmap Pixmap XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP CSG





XmNborderWidth XmCBorderWidth Dimension 0 CSG





XmNcolormap XmCColormap Colormap dynamic CG





XmNdepth XmCDepth int dynamic CG





XmNdestroyCallback XmCCallback XtCallbackList NULL C





XmNheight XmCHeight Dimension dynamic CSG





XmNinitialResourcesPersistent XmCInitialResourcesPersistent Boolean True C





XmNmappedWhenManaged XmCMappedWhenManaged Boolean True CSG





XmNscreen XmCScreen Screen * dynamic CG





XmNsensitive XmCSensitive Boolean True CSG





XmNtranslations XmCTranslations XtTranslations dynamic CSG





XmNwidth XmCWidth Dimension dynamic CSG





XmNx XmCPosition Position 0 CSG





XmNy XmCPosition Position 0 CSG





XmDataField inherits translations from XmTextField.

A pointer to the following structure is passed to the list of routines for the XmNvalidateCallback:

typedef struct _XmDataFieldCallbackStruct {
	Widget   w;       /* The XmDataField */   
	String   text;    /* Proposed string */   
	Boolean  accept;  /* Accept return value, for validation */
} XmDataFieldCallbackStruct;

Core(3), XmCreateDataField(3), XmPrimitive(3), XmTextFieldSetString(3), XmTextFieldSetStringWcs(3), XmVaCreateDataField(3), and XmVaCreateManagedDataField(3).

This manual page documents the XmDataField widget shipped in Motif version 2.2

(c) 2002 by Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.

Edited by Kevin Cook.