Creating and using widgets

The previous section provided an overview of how widgets are created and configured, and how they interact with an application. This section describes how to create and use specific widgets in the Common Widgets subsystem. A more detailed description of callbacks and event handlers is also provided.

The following widgets are discussed:

Shells

CwTopLevelShell, CwDialogShell, CwOverrideShell

Main windows and scrolled windows

CwMainWindow and CwScrolledWindow

Text editors and drawing areas

CwText andCwDrawingArea

Layout widgets

CwForm and CwRowColumn

Buttons and labels

CwLabel, CwDrawnButton, CwPushButton, CwToggleButton

Menus and menu items

CwRowColumn, CwCascadeButton, CwPushButton

Lists and combo boxes

CwList and CwComboBox

Composite boxes

CwBulletinBoard, CwCompositeBox, CwMessageBox, CwSelectionBox

Note:

These widgets have many resources and callbacks. This section discusses only the most commonly used resources and callbacks. For a complete list, see Appendix A, "Widget resources and callbacks".