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Controls, Groups, and Models Reference Pages


This chapter presents detailed information about components, user interface models, and concepts in reference format. Each topic starts on a new page and is organized alphabetically. Details on user interface models and concepts are provided in the earlier chapters of this guide. The model and concepts reference pages are provided here only as a quick reference to information provided earlier and are not complete in every detail. Therefore, they should not be used as the definitive source for information about user interface models and concepts. This chapter includes the following model and concepts reference pages:

Accelerators Focus Navigation
Activation Framing Groups Pointer Shapes
Basic Controls Help Menu Popup Menus
Basic Groups Icon Menu Primary Selection
Default Activation IconBox Quick Transfer
Drag and Drop Icons Selection
Edit Menu Input Devices Window Menu
Field Controls Layout Groups
File Menu Mnemonics

The reference pages for components are provided for designers to use when implementing the components described in this guide or when creating new components. Remember, when designing new components, you should follow the same rules that application designers follow. As such, you should be familiar with all the chapters of this guide, not just this reference-page section. New components must follow the guidelines for designing applications. This chapter contains the following control and group reference pages:

Canvas List Scale
CascadeButton MainWindow ScrollBar
CheckButton MenuBar ScrolledWindow
CommandBox Menus SelectionBox
CommandDialog MessageDialog SelectionDialog
Composition OptionButton Separator
DialogBox PanedWindow TearOffButton
ErrorDialog Panel Text
FileSelectionBox PromptDialog ToggleButton
FileSelectionDialog PushButton WarningDialog
Frame QuestionDialog WorkingDialog
InformationDialog RadioButton
Label Sash

When designing a new component, compare its features with those of other components. If the new component has a feature that is the same as another component, the mechanisms for using the feature, layout, key bindings, graphics, and so on, must be similar to the existing component.

Each component reference page may contain the following information about the component:

Description
A description of the use and appearance of each component, group, or model.
Illustration
An illustration of a typical component. The illustrations in this guide use the OSF/Motif reference appearance with 3-dimensional beveled edges. Although it is important to be consistent in the placement of the elements in a component, the appearance, or rendering, of the component is not an issue of OSF/Motif Style Guide compliance.
Navigation
A description of the methods for navigating within a component.
Other Operations
A description of other operations available within the component.
Common Bindings
A list of the virtual keys used by this component and the common substitutions for each virtual key.
Related Information
A list of sections and related reference pages in this OSF/Motif Style Guide with additional information.