XMTEXTFIELDGETBASELINE(3)

💖 XmTextFieldGetBaseline 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the XmTextFieldGetBaseline(library call) manual — yes the whole name is a mouthful, we love her anyway 🫶 — and it's literally just here to tell you how to grab the y position of the baseline in a TextField widget. no cap. let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

XmTextFieldGetBaseline — a TextField function that accesses the y position of the baseline 🌸

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <Xm/TextF.h>
int XmTextFieldGetBaseline(
Widget widget);

like. she takes one widget. that's it. iconic behavior fr fr ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

XmTextFieldGetBaseline accesses the y position of the baseline in the TextField widget, relative to the y position of the top of the widget. so it's giving "where is the baseline, measured from the top" energy 👑

• widget — specifies the TextField widget ID 🎀

for a complete definition of TextField and its associated resources, see XmTextField(3). go read her, she's the main character of this whole lore drop 📖

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns an integer value that indicates the y position of the baseline in the TextField widget. 🧚

and bestie, the calculation is not simple — it literally takes into account:

• the margin height
• the shadow thickness
• the highlight thickness
• the font ascent of the first font (set) in the fontlist used for drawing text 👑

in this calculation, the y position of the top of the widget is 0 (zero). so everything is measured from the top, periodt. 💅

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🌈 RELATED 🌈

• XmTextField(3)

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lowkey a tiny page but highkey useful — the math is doing a LOT behind the scenes and we respect her for it 😭💖

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was the <strong>XmTextFieldGetBaseline(library call)</strong> manual — shoutout to the library call crew, ily, drink water, and go measure some baselines 💅✨🦋