XMCREATEFORMDIALOG(3)

💅 XmCreateFormDialog — the library call, bestie edition

okay so we're in the <Xm/Form.h> cinematic universe and today's main character is XmCreateFormDialog, a Form/FormDialog convenience creation function. she's giving "i do one thing and i do it slayfully." let's get into it 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like. look at her. four params. no drama. 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so XmCreateFormDialog is a convenience creation function — and what she conveniently creates is a DialogShell plus an unmanaged Form child of that DialogShell. two for one. iconic behaviour honestly.

a FormDialog is what you reach for when you need interactions that the standard dialog set just does not support. it's giving custom, it's giving bespoke, it's giving "i'll build it myself."

🚨 important bestie: this function does NOT automatically create any labels, buttons, or other dialog components. none. zero. nada. you have to add those yourself, from the application, after the FormDialog is created. she sets the stage, you bring the props. no cap. 💀

when you wanna pop it up, you use XtManageChild — passing the Form as the widget parameter. and when you wanna pop it down? XtUnmanageChild. up, down, up, down, it's a vibe. ⬆️⬇️

also, heads up: XmCreateFormDialog forces the value of the Shell resource XmNallowShellResize to True. she said resize and she meant it. periodt.

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🫶 the arguments (yes, all four)

• parent — specifies the parent widget ID. the one who birthed her. 💖
• name — specifies the name of the created widget. gotta name your children.
• arglist — specifies the argument list. the receipts.
• argcount — specifies the number of attribute/value pairs in the argument list (arglist). literally just counting the receipts. 🔢

and if you want the complete definition of Form and all its associated resources — every last one — go read XmForm(3). iykyk. 📖✨

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🎀 RETURN 🎀

returns the Form widget ID. that's it. that's the gift. 🎁

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🔥 RELATED 🔥

• XmForm(3).

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and that's the whole page bestie!! no crumbs left, we ate fr fr 🍓

XmCreateFormDialog(library call) — that's the source/version tag and this page's signature, mwah 💋 go build something gorgeous 👑🌈