XMCOMBOBOXDELETEPOS(3)

💖 XmComboBoxDeletePos 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're doing a <Xm/ComboBox.h> moment and it's genuinely so much easier than it sounds. this is XmComboBoxDeletePos, a library call, and it does literally exactly what it says on the tin: it deletes a XmComboBox item. that's it. that's the whole job. no cap. ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Xm/ComboBox.h>
void XmComboBoxDeletePos(
Widget w,
int pos);

like, look at it. two args. no return. we love a low-maintenance function 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the XmComboBoxDeletePos function deletes a specified item from a XmComboBox widget. one item, one call, done. it's giving "minimal effort, maximum slay" 💅

now the deets on the args, because they matter:

• w — this is your XmComboBox widget ID. it's the which combo box are we talking about argument. you gotta tell it who you mean, bestie.
• pos — this is the position of the item to be deleted. not the item itself! the position. a number. remember that, it comes back around in a sec 👀

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🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

XmComboBoxDeletePos returns no value. it's void, babes. it just does the thing and dips. don't sit there waiting for a return code, she's not coming 🦋

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🎀 APPLICATION USAGE 🎀

okay this is the part where people get confused and honestly? valid. so listen:

the functions XmComboBoxAddItem and XmComboBoxDeletePos have different naming conventions — Item versus Pos — and that's on purpose, because of the objects they're manipulating. it's not a typo, it's not a vibe inconsistency, it's intentional:

• the Item is a string to be added 🌸
• the Pos is a numeric position number 🔢

so AddItem wants a string, DeletePos wants a number. one is a name, one is a coordinate. iykyk 😌

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• XmComboBoxAddItem(3)
• XmComboBoxSetItem(3)
• XmComboBoxSelectItem(3)

go read those too, they're the friend group 💖

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one lives in the library call section of the manual, and it's signed off the way all the library call pages are — same name, same section, XmComboBoxDeletePos(library call). go delete a position, you absolute icon 👑✨🫶