XMCREATECONTAINER(3)

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πŸ’– XmCreateContainer πŸ’–

okay bestie, gather round β€” this is the XmCreateContainer page from the library call manual, and we're gonna make a Container widget together. no cap. 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

XmCreateContainer β€” the Container widget creation function. it makes one. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly. πŸ‘‘


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <Xm/Container.h>
Widget XmCreateContainer(
Widget parent,
String name,
ArgList arglist,
Cardinal argcount);

like… the whole vibe is right there. πŸ¦‹


πŸŽ€ DESCRIPTION πŸŽ€

XmCreateContainer creates an instance of a Container widget and returns the associated widget ID. that's it, that's the function. you ask nicely, it hands you a widget. πŸ’…

and here's the tea on every single argument, because we do not skip details in this house:

  • parent β€” specifies the parent widget ID. basically, who's your Container's mom. 🍼
  • name β€” specifies the name of the created widget. give it a cute name, it deserves one. ✨
  • arglist β€” specifies the argument list. all your attribute/value pairs go here. πŸŽ€
  • argcount β€” specifies the number of attribute/value pairs in the argument list (arglist). so like, count them. fr fr, actually count them. πŸ”’
for a complete definition of Container and its associated resources, see XmContainer(3). like, the full lore lives over there. πŸ“–

πŸ¦‹ RETURN πŸ¦‹

this function returns the Container widget ID. that's your prize. hold it gently. πŸ₯Ή



and that's the page, bestie!! 🌸 this was the XmCreateContainer page from the library call manual, so if you see that little XmCreateContainer(library call) tag floating around at the top and bottom, now you know exactly what it means. slay, go build a Container, you've got this πŸ’–βœ¨