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Command Widget
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	Command Widget
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Application header file	<X11/Xaw/Command.h>
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Class header file	<X11/Xaw/CommandP.h>
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Class	commandWidgetClass
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Class Name	Command
.IN "Command widget" "class name"
Superclass	Label
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The Command widget is an area, often rectangular, that contains text
or a graphical image. Command widgets are often referred to as 
``push buttons.''  When the pointer is over a Command widget, the 
widget becomes highlighted by drawing a rectangle around its perimeter.  
This highlighting indicates that the widget is ready for selection. 
When mouse button 1 is pressed, the Command widget indicates that 
it has been selected by reversing its foreground and background colors.  
When the mouse button is released, the Command widget's \fBnotify\fP 
action is invoked, calling all functions on its callback list.  If 
the pointer is moved off of the widget before the pointer button is 
released, the widget reverts to its normal foreground and background 
colors, and releasing the pointer button has no effect.  This behavior
allows the user to cancel an action.
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Resources
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When creating a Command widget instance, the following resources are
retrieved from the argument list or from the resource database:
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.IN "Command widget" "resources"
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accelerators	Accelerators	AcceleratorTable		NULL
ancestorSensitive	AncestorSensitive	Boolean	D	True
background	Background	Pixel		XtDefaultBackground
backgroundPixmap	Pixmap	Pixmap		XtUnspecifiedPixmap
bitmap	Bitmap	Pixmap		None
borderColor	BorderColor	Pixel		XtDefaultForeground
borderPixmap	Pixmap	Pixmap		XtUnspecifiedPixmap
borderWidth	BorderWidth	Dimension		1
callback	Callback	XtCallbackList		NULL
colormap	Colormap	Colormap		Parent's Colormap
cornerRoundPercent	CornerRoundPercent	Dimension		25
cursor	Cursor	Cursor		None
cursorName	Cursor	String		NULL
depth	Depth	int	C	Parent's Depth
destroyCallback	Callback	XtCallbackList		NULL
encoding	Encoding	UnsignedChar		XawTextEncoding8bit
font	Font	XFontStruct		XtDefaultFont
foreground	Foreground	Pixel		XtDefaultForeground
height	Height	Dimension	A	graphic height + 2 * \fBinternalHeight\fP
highlightThickness	Thickness	Dimension	A	2 (0 if Shaped)
insensitiveBorder	Insensitive	Pixmap		GreyPixmap
internalHeight	Height	Dimension		2
internalWidth	Width	Dimension		4
international	International	Boolean	C	False
justify	Justify	Justify		XtJustifyCenter (center)
label	Label	String		name of widget
leftBitmap	LeftBitmap	Bitmap		None
mappedWhenManaged	MappedWhenManaged	Boolean		True
pointerColor	Foreground	Pixel		XtDefaultForeground
pointerColorBackground	Background	Pixel		XtDefaultBackground
resize	Resize	Boolean		True
screen	Screen	Screen	R	Parent's Screen
sensitive	Sensitive	Boolean		True
shapeStyle	ShapeStyle	ShapeStyle		Rectangle
translations	Translations	TranslationTable		See below
width	Width	Dimension	A	graphic width + 2 * \fBinternalWidth\fP
x	Position	Position		0
y	Position	Position		0
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Command Actions
.IN "Command widget" "actions"
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The Command widget supports the following actions:
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Switching the button's interior between the foreground and background
colors with \fBset\fP, \fBunset\fP, and \fBreset\fP.
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Processing application callbacks with \fBnotify\fP
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Switching the internal border between highlighted
and unhighlighted states with \fBhighlight\fP and \fBunhighlight\fP
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.IN "Command widget" "translation bindings"
The following are the default translation bindings used by the
Command widget: 
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	<EnterWindow>:	highlight(\|)
	<LeaveWindow>:	reset(\|)
	<Btn1Down>:	set(\|)
	<Btn1Up>:	notify(\|) unset(\|)
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The full list of actions supported by Command is:
.IP \fBhighlight\fP(\fIcondition\fP) 1.5i
Displays the internal highlight border in the color (\fBforeground\fP
or \fBbackground\fP ) that contrasts with the interior color of the
Command widget.  The conditions \fBWhenUnset\fP and \fBAlways\fP are
understood by this action procedure.  If no argument is passed,
\fBWhenUnset\fP is assumed.
.IP \fBunhighlight\fP(\|) 1.5i
Displays the internal highlight border in the color (\fBforeground\fP
or \fBbackground\fP ) that matches the interior color of the
Command widget.  
.IP \fBset\fP(\|) 1.5i
Enters the \fIset\fP state, in which \fBnotify\fP is possible.  This
action causes the button to display its interior in the
\fBforeground\fP color.  The label or bitmap is displayed in the
\fBbackground\fP color. 
.IP \fBunset\fP(\|) 1.5i
Cancels the \fIset\fP state and displays the interior of the button in the
\fBbackground\fP color.  The label or bitmap is displayed in the
\fBforeground\fP color.
.IP \fBreset\fP(\|) 1.5i
Cancels any \fIset\fP or \fIhighlight\fP and displays the interior of the
button in the \fBbackground\fP color, with the label or bitmap displayed
in the \fBforeground\fP color.
.IP \fBnotify\fP(\|) 1.5i
When the button is in the \fBset\fP state this action calls all functions in
the callback list named by the \fBcallback\fP resource.  The value of
the \fIcall_data\fP argument passed to these functions is undefined. 
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A very common alternative to registering callbacks is to augment a
Command's translations with an action performing the desired
function.  This often takes the form of:
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*Myapp*save.translations: #augment <Btn1Down>,<Btn1Up>: Save()
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When a bitmap of depth greater that one (1) is specified the
\fIset\fP(), \fIunset\fP(), and \fIreset\fP() actions have no effect,
since there are no foreground and background colors used in a
multi-plane pixmap.
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