X Version 11 (Release 6.1)

XtCreatePopupShell(X3xt)

XtCreatePopupShell -- create a pop-up shell

Synopsis

Widget XtCreatePopupShell(name, widget_class, parent, args, num_args)
    String name;
    WidgetClass widget_class;
    Widget parent;
    ArgList args;
    Cardinal num_args;

Widget XtVaCreatePopupShell(name, widget_class, parent, ...)
    String name;
    WidgetClass widget_class;
    Widget parent;

Arguments

args: Specifies the argument list to override the resource defaults.
name: Specifies the text name for the created shell widget.
num_args: Specifies the number of arguments in the argument list.
parent: Specifies the parent widget.
widget_class: Specifies the widget class pointer for the created shell widget.
...: Specifies the variable argument list.

Description

The XtCreatePopupShell function ensures that the specified class is a subclass of Shell and, rather than using insert_child to attach the widget to the parent's children list, attaches the shell to the parent's pop-ups list directly.

A spring-loaded pop-up invoked from a translation table already must exist at the time that the translation is invoked, so the translation manager can find the shell by name. Pop-ups invoked in other ways can be created ``on-the-fly'' when the pop-up actually is needed. This delayed creation of the shell is particularly useful when you pop up an unspecified number of pop-ups. You can look to see if an appropriate unused shell (that is, not currently popped up) exists and create a new shell if needed.

References

XtCreateWidget(X3xt), XtPopdown(X3xt) XtPopup(X3xt)

X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
Xlib - C Language X Interface