Common Desktop Environment Motif Control Widgets

The Common Desktop Environment Motif control widgets are designed to ease porting OPEN LOOK and Microsoft Windows applications to the Common Desktop Environment by providing equivalent functionality in Common Desktop Environment Motif. The Common Desktop Environment Motif widgets library libDtWidget contains widgets and functions that are used to provide common functionality across all Common Desktop Environment applications. The widgets provided include:

Figure 7-1 Example of text field and arrow button widget (DtSpinBox)

Figure 7-2 Examples of text field and list box widget (DtComboBox)

Figure 7-3 Example of menu button widget (DtMenuButton)

The Common Desktop Environment Motif Widget library libDtWidget supports drivability between Common Desktop Environment applications and legacy OPEN LOOK applications. That is, it enables you to write applications that operate the same way OPEN LOOK applications do, in areas such as cut, copy, paste, and mouse-button functionality.

	NOTE: The Common Desktop Environment supports all Motif widgets.

Library and Header Files

The library libDtWidget provides access to the DtSpinBox, DtComboBox, and DtMenuButton widgets. The libDtWidget header files for these widgets are:

• Dt/SpinBox.h

• Dt/ComboBox.h

• Dt/MenuButton.h

Demo Programs

You can find the Common Desktop Environment Motif control widgets demos in /usr/dt/examples/dtwidget. Read the README file for detailed information on the demos.

Related Documentation

For more information on Common Desktop Environment Motif control widgets, see the relevant man pages and the Programmer's Guide.