XMTRACKINGEVENT(3)

💖 XmTrackingEvent 💖

okay bestie, so this one's from the XmTrackingEvent(library call) manual and it's literally the girl behind context help — she makes you pick something, on purpose, one (1) time. modal interaction core. 🎯

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✨ NAME ✨

XmTrackingEvent — a Toolkit function that provides a modal interaction 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
Widget XmTrackingEvent(
Widget widget,
Cursor cursor,
Boolean confine_to,
XEvent *event_return);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

XmTrackingEvent is giving modal interface for selection of a component, and no cap, that's the whole vibe. It's intended to support context help — you know, the lil "click the thing you're confused about" moment. 🫶

So here's the sequence, bestie, in order:

1. First it calls XmUpdateDisplay. Refresh era. ✨
2. Then it grabs the pointer 👑
3. Then it discards succeeding events until either BSelect is released or a key is pressed and then released. Like, it's not listening to your flailing, it's waiting for the moment. 💀
4. Then it returns the widget or gadget that contains the pointer at that exact moment — when BSelect is released, or when a key is released — and it ungrabs the pointer. Free at last. 🕊️

🌸 The Arguments 🌸

• widget — the widget ID of a widget to use as the basis of the modal interaction. Read: the widget the interaction has to happen inside. Usually a top-level shell. It's the designated arena, the containment zone, the group chat you can't leave. 🏠
• cursor — the cursor used for the pointer during the interaction. It's a standard X cursor name, so use a real one, not a vibe. 🖱️
• confine_to — specifies whether or not the cursor should be confined to widget. Yes/no energy. Should the pointer stay in its lane or not. 🙈
• event_return — returns the ButtonRelease or KeyRelease event that causes the function to return. So you get receipts for what ended the interaction. 📩

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns the widget or gadget that contains the pointer when BSelect is released or a key is released. 🎉

And if no widget or gadget contains the pointer? It returns NULL. Not a widget. Nothing. The void. 🕳️😭

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🔥 RELATED 🔥

• XmTrackingLocate(3) — her sister, same energy, different job. iykyk 💜

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