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widget Definition

☆ widget (wij′it)

noun

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

Etymology: altered < gadget

widget Finance Definition

A generic, often theoretical, item, synonymous with product. The term often is used in hypothetical business examples, for example, “Say a company makes widgets.”

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.
  • traversable: If XmNinitialFocus is NULL, the first traversable non-tab-group widget that is not contained within a nested tab group receives focus.
  • top-level: Note: Every widget except a top-level widget must have a parent at the time the widget is created.
  • nonrectangular: Nonrectangular widgets are supported only on a server that supports the Shape Extension.
  • scrollbar: Scrollbar Callbacks There are two callback lists provided by the Scrollbar widget.
  • composite: Many of the composite widgets here will deny any geometry request from their children by default.

Modifies a noun

  • specifies: Widget Specifies the TextField widget ID position Specifies the position of the insert cursor.
  • id: The default value is the widget ID of the first child in the widget.
  • hierarchy: From within X-Designer, you can turn a widget hierarchy into a definition to be used later in other designs.
  • instance: The new widget is the actual widget instance record.
  • class: The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget instance name.

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.
  • scrolledwindow: The work region and ScrollBars in the MainWindow behave identically to the work region and ScrollBars in the ScrolledWindow widget.
  • asciitext: The Dialog value is contained in an AsciiText widget whose name is value.
  • viewport: The application can use a default DrawingArea as the viewport widget.
  • Dem: For all the latest news on Lib Dem widgets, check out this blogs ' widget ' category.
  • canvas: That said, some GUI toolkits provide an OpenGL canvas widget which Maverik can use as its rendering window.

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.