XMTEXTFIELDGETMAXLENGTH(3)

💅 XmTextFieldGetMaxLength 💅

okay bestie, so you know how we're deep in XmTextField land? This is XmTextFieldGetMaxLength, a library call, and she's here to tell you one thing and one thing only: how much text your widget is willing to let a person type. That's it. That's the whole job. iconic, honestly.

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✨ NAME ✨

XmTextFieldGetMaxLength — a TextField function that accesses the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard. yes she's a one-trick pony and she ate 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

not me just casually including a header, periodt 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so XmTextFieldGetMaxLength accesses the value of the current maximum allowable length of the text string in the TextField widget entered from the keyboard. Lowkey obsessed with her actually. 🦋

and what does that max length even DO? bestie it's literally a bouncer for your text field — the maximum allowable length prevents the user from entering a text string larger than this limit. No sneaking past. 🚫✨

heads up bestie: the maximum allowable length is the same as the value of the widget's XmNmaxLength resource. Same thing, two names, no cap. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

widget — Specifies the TextField widget ID. that's your girly right there, the one you're interrogating. 🫶

for a complete definition of TextField and its associated resources, see XmTextField(3). iykyk, go read the main character's page. 👑

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✨ RETURN ✨

She returns the integer value that indicates the string's maximum allowable length that can be entered from the keyboard. so like. a number. a number about how much typing is allowed. that's the whole gift. 🎁

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✨ RELATED ✨

• XmTextField(3).

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🌸 okay that's the whole page, no crumbs left, we kept every single flag-free detail because there are none to lose, slay. This beauty comes from the XmTextFieldGetMaxLength(library call) source, so like, that's the version and that's the vibe, mwah. 💖🧚✨