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widget definition

☆ widget (wij′it)

noun

any small, unspecified gadget or device, esp. one that is hypothetical

Etymology: altered < gadget

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

business widget definition - business

finance widget definition - finance

widget Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • realize: Mapping usually takes place as part of the process of managing or realizing widgets.

Adjective modifier

  • paned: The Paned widget will first attempt to resize itself to contain its panes exactly.

Modifies a noun

  • specifies: Widget Specifies the TextField widget ID position Specifies the position of the insert cursor.

Noun used with modifier

  • non-tab-group: The widget must meet these conditions: The widget must be either a tab group or a non-tab-group widget that can receive keyboard focus.

Possessives

  • xmnvaluechangedcallback: This routine calls the widget's XmNvalueChangedCallback and verification callbacks, either XmNmodifyVerifyCallback or XmNmodifyVerifyCallbackWcs, or both.

Preposition: in

  • hierarchy: XmEXCLUSIVE_TAB_GROUP indicates that the widget is a tab group and that widgets in the hierarchy whose XmNnavigationType is XmTAB_GROUP are not tab groups.
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