XMDATAFIELDSETINSERTIONPOSITION(3)

✨ NAME ✨

XmDataFieldSetInsertionPosition — a DataField function that sets the position of the insertion cursor 💖

okay bestie so this is a library call and it does exactly one (1) thing: it moves your lil blinking cursor where you tell it to. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Xm/DataF.h>
void XmDataFieldSetInsertionPosition(
        Widget widget,
        XmDataPosition position);

look at her. so simple. so clean. she returns void btw, so don't go looking for a return value, there isn't one, periodt. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

XmDataFieldSetInsertionPosition sets the insertion cursor position of the DataField widget. that's the main character job fr fr. 👑

and here's the tea: this routine also calls the widget's XmNmotionVerifyCallback callbacks — but ONLY if the insertion cursor position actually changes. if you set it to where it already was? no callbacks, nothing happens, she said "no new information, no phone call." 📵✨

heads up bestie: the callbacks only fire on an actual change, so don't sit there waiting for a XmNmotionVerifyCallback if nothing moved. iykyk. 🙈

here's what you're passing in:

• widget — specifies the DataField widget ID. like, which DataField are we talking about. she needs to know who she's working with. 🫶
• position — specifies the position of the insert cursor. this is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the text buffer. and the first character position is 0 (zero). yes zero. not one. zero. we are programmers here, we count from zero, it's giving iconic behavior. 🌈

For a complete definition of DataField and its associated resources, see XmDataField(3).

✨ RELATED ✨

• XmDataField(3) — go read it, it's the whole lore. 📖💜

sign-off time 🦋 this page lives in the XmDataFieldSetInsertionPosition library call section of the manual, so that's where you'll find her if you ever need to look her up again. mwah, go set some insertion positions, bestie, you got this 💖✨🎀