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From: thp@westhawk.UUCP ("Timothy H Panton.")
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Moving children.
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Date: 11 Aug 89 08:14:32 GMT
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> From: Francois.Bitz@sam.cs.cmu.edu
>
> it means that one might have
> to 'write' a children window manager within the application 
> if one wants to place, resize children windows... OR just
> not have children windows (i.e. make all windows to level
> windows).  The second solution is not too great since I want the
> children to move,... be visibly bounded by the top  window.

We had this problem with an Xtoolkit application, and eventually had a
geometry manager widget written that allowed one to move and resize
it's children. -Like vpane only 2 dimensional.
I don't think it is likely to be publically available, but I'll ask.
Tim.
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