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# gbt.info - User interface object help text.
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:controls
Devguide: Buttons

This is the property window for buttons.
Changing attributes in this window allows you
to change the appearance of the selected button.
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:list
Buttons scrolling list:

The Buttons scrolling list shows all the
buttons available in the currently open user
interface.  Click SELECT on the name of the
button you wish to edit.  The controls below
change to show the settings of the button.
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:name
Name text field:

The Name text field displays the C name of
the button.  Gxv uses this name when it
generates source code to create the button.
Click SELECT on the text field, then enter
the name you wish to give the button.
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:label
Label text field:

The Label text field displays text of the
label that appears in the button, or the
filename of a glyph that appears in the
button, depending on the setting in the Label
Is line below.  Click SELECT on the text
field, then enter the label or filename you
wish to use.
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:label_type
Label Is setting:

The Label Is setting determines whether the
label is text or a glyph.  Choose Text to set
a text label; choose Glyph Filename to set a
Glyph.  If you set a glyph, you must enter
the glyph's filename in the Label text field.
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:location_label
Location line (including the X and Y text
fields):

The Location line lists the location of the
upper left corner of the button from the
upper left corner of the control area that
contains it.  It uses X and Y coordinates
(measured in pixels).  Click SELECT on the X
or Y text field and change the value there to
change the horizontal or vertical location of
the button.
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:location_x
Location line (including the X and Y text
fields):

The Location line lists the location of the
upper left corner of the button from the
upper left corner of the control area that
contains it.  It uses X and Y coordinates
(measured in pixels).  Click SELECT on the X
or Y text field and change the value there to
change the horizontal or vertical location of
the button.
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:location_y
Location line (including the X and Y text
fields):

The Location line lists the location of the
upper left corner of the button from the
upper left corner of the control area that
contains it.  It uses X and Y coordinates
(measured in pixels).  Click SELECT on the X
or Y text field and change the value there to
change the horizontal or vertical location of
the button.
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:type
Type setting:

The "Type" setting determines the type of 
button to be displayed; a normal full size
button or an abbreviated menu button.  Choose 
"Full Size" to display the button as full
size with text or glyph inside the button image. 
Choose "Abbreviated Menu" to display the button 
as an abbreviated menu button.  Be sure to 
create a menu and list its name in the "Menu
Name" field if the button type is to be 
"Abbreviated Menu".
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:constant_width
Button Width Is line (including the
setting and the text field that follows it)

The Button Width Is line determines the width
of the button.  Choose Label Width to set the
button width to change with and match the
width of the buttons label; choose Fixed to
fix the button width to be independent of the
label.  If you choose Fixed, click SELECT on
the text field following the setting and
enter the number of pixels width you want for
the button width.
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:button_width
Button Width Is line (including the
setting and the text field that follows it)

The Button Width Is line determines the width
of the button.  Choose Label Width to set the
button width to change with and match the
width of the buttons label; choose Fixed to
fix the button width to be independent of the
label.  If you choose Fixed, click SELECT on
the text field following the setting and
enter the number of pixels width you want for
the button width.
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:init_state
The Initial State setting:

The Initial State setting determines whether
the button appears as an active button (one that
can be used), as an inactive button (one that is
greyed out), or one that is invisible when the
user first runs the program. Click SELECT on
Active to have a normal usable button, on Inactive
to have a button that is visible but unusable, or 
on Invisible so that is does not appear at all.

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:menu_button
Menu button:

The menu button allows you to make this button
into a menu button. Choose or create a menu
with the Menu button. When you Apply your selection,
the button will be a menu button. Clicking MENU on
it will bring up the associated menu.
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:menu_name
Menu name:

SELECT this textfield to enter a menu name. Or,
choosing the menu name through the Menu button
will also enter the menu name here.
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:color_button
The Color line (includes button and text
field):

The Color line sets the color of the button.
Click SELECT on the Color button to open the
Color Chooser window, where you can choose a
new color; or click SELECT on the text field
following the button, and enter a proper
XView color name to set a new color.
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:color_sploch
Color glyph:

This glyph shows the color that was selected 
in the color menu (or palette). Use the menu
button to the left to change the color.
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:color
The Color line (includes button and text
field):

The Color line sets the color of the button.
Click SELECT on the Color button to open the
Color Chooser window, where you can choose a
new color; or click SELECT on the text field
following the button, and enter a proper
XView color name to set a new color.
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:help_button
The Help Text button:
 
Click SELECT on the Help Text button to open
the Help Editor window, where you can enter
and edit help text to be attached to the
button.
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:connections
Connections button:

The connections button brings up the Connections
Manager, allowing you to set up a handler for
the selected button.
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:apply
The Apply button:

The Apply button applies any changes you've
made to a button's properties.  Click SELECT
on it to apply changes.
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:reset
The Reset button:

The Reset button returns any changed button
properties to their settings as they appeared
when you last used the Apply button or when
you selected a new name in the Buttons
scrolling list (which has the same effect as
choosing the Apply button.)  Click SELECT on
the Reset button to reset properties.
