
MISCELLANEOUS PARAMETERS
     In addition to the parameters described above, there  are  a
     number of general parameters that apply to many objects that
     customize the appearance of the  object.  These  are  listed
     below,  along  with a list for each of the objects it can be
     applied to. These general parameters can also be modified by
     xtpanel using the SET action. See the section on ACTIONS.


     height    height of object, in pixels.

     width     width in pixels. Height and width can be used  for
               most objects.

     foreground
               foreground color. Colors are appropriate for  most
               object types.

     background
               background color

     borderColor
               border color.

     borderWidth
               border width in pixels.

     font      text font. Appropriate for message objects only.

     orientation
               for boxes, scrollbars, choice objects. Choices are
               horizontal and vertical.

     bitmap    for message, button, and toggle objects. Specify a
               file  name.  The bitmap will be displayed in place
               of the label.

     backgroundPixmap
               For many objects, a pixmap can be displayed in the
               background.   This  requires  that the XPM library
               was available at xtpanel compilation time.

     backgroundBitmap
               Background pixmaps do not require the XPM library,
               thus  they  are a useful alternative if XPM is not
               available at your site.

     editType  for text objects only, to  indicate  whether  they
               are  read-only  are  not.  Choices are read (read-
               only), append (can add  to  text  but  not  modify
               existing text), edit (read-write).

     position  For text objects only, you can set the position of
               the  cursor.  The  value to use is the position in
               number of characters from the start of  the  file.
               This  is useful if you are sending the output of a
               long job to  a  text  object.  Using  a  timer  to
               periodically  position  the text object to the end
               of the file ensures that you  will  be  displaying
               the  most  recent  output.   It can be done with a
               timer of the form: timer={ action="SET  xxx  posi-
               tion  `echo $xxx | wc -c`" } where xxx is the name
               of the text object.

     x,y       for use only with objects that are contained in  a
               form  object  (see  section on BOXES AND FORMS for
               more details). These are the  coordinates  of  the
               upper-left  corner  of the object, relative to the
               upper-left corner  of  the  form.  Inside  a  form
               object, ALL objects must have x and y specified or
               the objects will be poorly positioned and some may
               be  obscured.  If you combine these with fromHoriz
               and fromVert (below), then x and y are relative to
               the  position  of  some  other  object, not to the
               upper left corner of the form.

     fromHoriz, fromVert
               For use in form objects. This makes the  x  and  y
               values  described above relative not to the upper-
               left corner of the form,  but  to  the  upper-left
               corner  of  another object within the form.  After
               fromHoriz or fromVert, specify the object name  of
               the  other  object.  If  you use just fromHoriz or
               fromVert with no x  or  y,  a  default  separation
               between objects of 4 pixels is used.

     state     for toggle objects, this is the state of the  tog-
               gle, true (highlighted) or false. Should be set to
               true or false; case is not important.

     sensitive set to true or false. Objects whose sensitivity is
               set  to  false  will be grayed out and will not be
               selectable.

     list      list objects can have the  contents  of  the  list
               reset  using  the  SET action. The argument to SET
               should be a character string  containing  the  new
               list  entries,  with spaces or newlines separating
               the entries.

     columns   This is the number of columns in a list.

     These  parameters  are  just  some  of  the   many
     resources  defined  for  Athena  widgets.  In  the
     future we hope xtpanel will provide a more general
     method   that   allows  the  user  to  access  all
     resources, not just those on this list.
