NAME

XmTextFieldSetMaxLength — A TextField function that sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/TextF.h>
void XmTextFieldSetMaxLength(
Widget widget,
int max_length);

DESCRIPTION

XmTextFieldSetMaxLength sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of the text string in the TextField widget. The maximum allowable length prevents the user from entering a text string from the keyboard that is larger than this limit. Strings that are entered using the XmNvalue (or XmNvalueWcs) resource, or the XmTextFieldSetString (or XmTextFieldSetStringWcs) function ignore this resource.

widget

Specifies the TextField widget ID

max_length

Specifies the maximum allowable length of the text string

For a complete definition of TextField and its associated resources, see XmTextField(3).

RELATED

XmText(3), XmTextFieldSetString(3), and XmTextFieldSetStringWcs(3).