XMCREATEDROPDOWNCOMBOBOX(3)

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πŸ’– XmCreateDropDownComboBox πŸ’–

okay bestie, welcome to the XmCreateDropDownComboBox page β€” it's a library call straight out of the Motif corner of the universe, and it's literally the glow-up your drop-down menus have been waiting for ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

XmCreateDropDownComboBox β€” the Drop-down ComboBox widget creation function πŸŽ€

like... it makes the widget. that's the whole job. and it eats πŸ’…


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Xm/ComboBox.h>
Widget XmCreateDropDownComboBox(
Widget parent,
String name,
ArgList arglist,
Cardinal arg_count);

no cap, that's the whole incantation πŸͺ„


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

XmCreateDropDownComboBox creates an instance of a ComboBox widget of XmNcomboBoxType XmDROP_DOWN_COMBO_BOX and returns the associated widget ID. periodt. πŸ’…

so it's giving "I made you a combo box and it's the drop-down flavour, here's the receipt (your widget ID)".

Here's the tea on the arguments, one by one, no skipping πŸ“:

  • parent β€” Specifies the parent widget ID. i.e. who's your daddy widget, who's adopting this lil combo box πŸ‘‘
  • name β€” Specifies the name of the created widget. this is the name it goes by, its whole identity fr fr πŸͺͺ
  • arglist β€” Specifies the argument list. the pile of attribute/value pairs you're handing over 🧾
  • arg_count β€” Specifies the number of attribute/value pairs in the argument list (arglist). count 'em, bestie, don't be off by one 😭
and if you want the complete definition of ComboBox and its associated resources β€” like, the full lore, not just the vibe β€” go read XmComboBox(3). iykyk πŸ’œ

🌈 RETURN 🌈

Returns the ComboBox widget ID. 🎁

that's it. that's the gift. hold onto it, you'll need it for everything else 🫢


  • XmComboBox(3) β€” go read it, bestie, it's the main character of this whole saga πŸ‘‘

and that's the page!! 🌸 this was the XmCreateDropDownComboBox(library call) manual page, signing off with all the love in the world β€” go forth and build your drop-downs, you absolute icon πŸ’–βœ¨πŸŽ€πŸ¦‹πŸ’