XMVACREATEMANAGEDSCROLLBAR(3)

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✨ XmVaCreateScrollBar β€” NAME ✨

okay bestie, gather round πŸ’– these are the ScrollBar widget convenience creation functions, and yes that's the whole vibe: XmVaCreateScrollBar, XmVaCreateManagedScrollBar. two little icon functions that make you a ScrollBar and hand you its widget ID like it's your iced coffee πŸ§‹


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

#include <Xm/ScrollBar.h>

Widget XmVaCreateScrollBar(
Widget parent,
String name,
...);

Widget XmVaCreateManagedScrollBar(
Widget parent,
String name,
...);

like. look at that signature. it's giving varargs main character energy πŸ’…


🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so these functions create an instance of a ToggleButtonGadget widget and return the associated widget ID. no cap, that's literally the job 🫢

and the way they do it? these routines use the ANSI C variable-length argument list (varargs) calling convention. so you just keep yeeting arguments in and the function catches them ✨

okay so the two functions, one at a time:

  • the XmVaCreateScrollBar function is a convenience routine that calls XtCreateWidget. iconic, lowkey the straightforward one.
  • the XmVaCreateScrollBar function is a convenience routine that calls XtCreateManagedWidget. periodt πŸ’€
ngl bestie, yes β€” the manpage really does say XmVaCreateScrollBar both times up there. I'm not fixing it, I'm not merging it, I'm just reporting the lore fr fr πŸ™ˆ

now the arguments, because you need to know what you're feeding these babies:

  • parent β€” Specifies the parent widget ID. basically who's adopting this widget πŸ₯Ί
  • name β€” Specifies the name of the created widget. give it a cute one, it deserves it πŸŽ€
  • ... β€” Specifies the variable argument list to override the resource defaults. this is where you go feral with customization πŸ”₯

and for a complete definition of ScrollBar and its associated resources, see XmScrollBar(3). go read it, it's got the whole lore πŸ‘‘


πŸ’– RETURN πŸ’–

Returns the ScrollBar widget ID. that's it, that's the gift 🎁 catch it, bestie.


the whole friend group, fr fr:


and that's the page!! this beauty is XmVaCreateScrollBar(library call) β€” she's a library call girlie, and she was written down in the books, so if you ever forget her you know exactly where to look πŸ¦‹βœ¨

okay love u, go create some scrollbars, mwah πŸ’œπŸŽ€πŸ§š