XMDATAFIELDXYTOPOS(3)

✨ NAME ✨

XmDataFieldXYToPos — bestie, this is a DataField function that grabs the character position nearest to an x and y position 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <Xm/DataF.h>
XmTextPosition XmDataFieldXYToPos(
Widget widget,
Position x,
Position y);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so XmDataFieldXYToPos goes and finds the character position that's nearest to the x and y position you hand it — and all of that is measured relative to the upper left corner of the DataField widget. Like, that corner is the origin, the home base, the main character 📍✨

• widget — the DataField widget ID. Just tell it which widget, bestie.
• x — the x position, measured relative to the upper left corner of the widget.
• y — the y position, also relative to that same upper left corner.

If you want the complete definition of DataField and all its associated resources, you gotta go read XmDataField(3). No skimming, fr fr 👑

🔥 RETURN 🔥

It returns the character position in the text nearest to the x and y position you specified. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the buffer. And heads up — the first character position is 0 (zero). Not 1. Zero. Counting from zero is the vibe, periodt 💯

🫶 RELATED 🫶

• XmDataField(3).

And that's the whole page, angel 💖 — this one's from the XmDataFieldXYToPos(library call) manual, filed under library calls, and it lives right there in the footer, iconic as always. Go forth and slay those character positions 🌈👑