Disabling (graying out) a pushbutton widget

Olav Kindt

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Mar 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/3/97

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Hi all,

I was just wondering if it was possible to "gray out" push buttons that
are not valid (i.e. has no effect).

Alternatively does anybody know of other buttons, widget, to use for
this. I wan't to disable a button during some critical calculations.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

PS I did read the FAQ (or searched it anyway) but couldn't find anything
there, If there is could you please give me the topic number?

TNX

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Ken Lee

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Mar 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/3/97

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In article <331AC8...@cmr.no>, Olav Kindt <ki...@cmr.no> writes:all,

|>
|> I was just wondering if it was possible to "gray out" push buttons that
|> are not valid (i.e. has no effect).

Use XtSetSensitive()

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Geoff Kell

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Mar 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/3/97

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On Mon, 03 Mar 1997 13:45:54 +0100, Olav Kindt <ki...@cmr.no> wrote:

>Hi all,

>
>I was just wondering if it was possible to "gray out" push buttons that
>are not valid (i.e. has no effect).
>

Set the XmNsensitive resource of the widget to False.

e.g.
XtVaSetValues (WidgetName,
XmNsensitive, False,
NULL);

Good luck

Geoff Kell
Software Engineer
Lockdesign Ltd
UK

Lawson Hanson

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Mar 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/3/97

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Olav Kindt <ki...@cmr.no> writes:

>Hi all,

>I was just wondering if it was possible to "gray out" push buttons that
>are not valid (i.e. has no effect).

Take a look at the Xt function "XtSetSensitive":

void XtSetSensitive(w, sensitive)
Widget w;
Boolean sensitive;

So a call like:

XtSetSensitive ( someButtonWidget, False );

should do the trick.

By the way, you can get this sort of information from browsing
through the on-line manuals ... perhaps:

man XmPushButton
and
man XtSetSensitive

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>Olav Kindt email : kindt@cmr.n
>Datateknologi tlf : 55-574352
>Christian Michelsen Research AS

Best regards,

Lawson Hanson

Kevin L. Suffecool

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Mar 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/4/97

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Olav Kindt wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was just wondering if it was possible to "gray out" push buttons that
> are not valid (i.e. has no effect).
>

> Alternatively does anybody know of other buttons, widget, to use for
> this. I wan't to disable a button during some critical calculations.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> PS I did read the FAQ (or searched it anyway) but couldn't find anything
> there, If there is could you please give me the topic number?
>

You did not look hard enough. Subject #288 in the FAQ.

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William D. Fulford

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Mar 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/6/97

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In article <331AC8...@cmr.no> Olav Kindt <ki...@cmr.no> writes:
>Hi all,
>
>I was just wondering if it was possible to "gray out" push buttons that
>are not valid (i.e. has no effect).
>
>Alternatively does anybody know of other buttons, widget, to use for
>this. I wan't to disable a button during some critical calculations.
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>PS I did read the FAQ (or searched it anyway) but couldn't find anything
>there, If there is could you please give me the topic number?
>

Olav,

Please forgive my impertinence, but RTFM. In particular, see XtSetSensitive.
This is so basic that it shouldn't be in the FAQ.

Your Obedient X Servant,
Doug

(I can also be reached at ful...@ix.netcom.com - BUT SEND TO ABOVE ADDRESS TOO!)