XMVACREATESIMPLEMENUBAR(3)

💖 XmVaCreateSimpleMenuBar 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're talking about XmVaCreateSimpleMenuBar — that's the library call from the Motif fam — and she's literally a RowColumn widget convenience creation function. yes, a convenience function. she does the annoying setup so you don't have to. queen behavior honestly 👑

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Xm/RowColumn.h>
Widget XmVaCreateSimpleMenuBar(
Widget parent,
String name);

---

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like. XmVaCreateSimpleMenuBar creates an instance of a RowColumn widget of type XmMENU_BAR and hands you back the associated widget ID. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 🫶

and the way she does it? this routine uses the ANSI C variable-length argument list (varargs) calling convention. very fancy, very "i know what i'm doing", no cap.

here's the tea 🍓: this routine creates a MenuBar and its CascadeButtonGadget children. and the naming?? the name of each button is button_n, where n is an integer from 0 (zero) to the number of buttons in the menu minus 1. iconic and orderly. buttons are named and created in the order in which they are specified in the variable portion of the argument list — so order matters, bestie, don't be chaotic about it.

• parent — Specifies the parent widget ID
• name — Specifies the name of the created widget

🎀 the varargs part (this is where it gets spicy) 🎀

The variable portion of the argument list consists of groups of arguments. The first argument in each group is a constant or a string and determines which arguments follow in that group. and — super important, do not forget this — the last argument in the list must be NULL. fr fr. if you forget the NULL you're gonna have a bad time 😭

Following are the possible first arguments in each group of varargs:

• XmVaCASCADEBUTTON — This is followed by two additional arguments. The set specifies one button in the MenuBar and some of its resource values. Following are the additional two arguments, in order:
  • label — The label string, of type XmString
  • mnemonic — The mnemonic, of type KeySym
• resource_name — This is followed by one additional argument, the value of the resource, of type XtArgVal. The pair specifies a resource and its value for the RowColumn widget.
• XtVaTypedArg — This is followed by four additional arguments. The set specifies a resource and its value for the RowColumn widget. A resource type conversion is performed if necessary. Following are the additional four arguments, in order:
  • name — The resource name, of type String
  • type — The type of the resource value supplied, of type String
  • value — The resource value (or a pointer to the resource value, depending on the type and size of the value), of type XtArgVal
  • size — The size of the resource value in bytes, of type int
• XtVaNestedList — This is followed by one additional argument of type XtVarArgsList. This argument is a nested list of varargs returned by XtVaCreateArgsList.

bestie, heads up — for more information on variable-length argument lists, see the X Toolkit Intrinsics documentation. go read it. i'll wait. 💅

also!! a number of resources exist specifically for use with this and other simple menu creation routines. so if you wanna know everything a RowColumn can do, for a complete definition of RowColumn and its associated resources, see XmRowColumn(3). she's the source of truth 🧚

---

🔥 RETURN 🔥

Returns the RowColumn widget ID. that's your baby. go take care of her 💜

---

🌈 RELATED 🌈

• XmCreateMenuBar(3)
• XmCreateRowColumn(3)
• XmCreateSimpleMenuBar(3)
• XmRowColumn(3)

---

and that's the whole page, angel 💖 you just read XmVaCreateSimpleMenuBar(library call) — yep, same name up top and down at the bottom, she's consistent like that, library call energy through and through — so go forth, build that MenuBar, and remember the NULL. mwah 🎀✨