Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!ATHENA.MIT.EDU!swick From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: x, y, width, and height of widgets Message-ID: <8809291806.AA03142@LYRE.MIT.EDU> Date: 29 Sep 88 18:06:00 GMT References: <6351@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 8 > henever I realize a command widget, I have to specify (with the > mouse) it's size and location. > > I thought setting the XtNx, XtNy, XtNwidth, and XtNheight values > did all that for you. Nope. You have to have a geometry resource on the Shell Widget if you want the window manager to place the window without user interaction.