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XmTextXYToPos


NAME

XmTextXYToPos - A Text function that accesses the character position nearest an x and y position

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/Text.h>
XmTextPosition XmTextXYToPos (widget, x, y)
      Widget    widget;
      Position  x;
      Position  y;

DESCRIPTION

XmTextXYToPos accesses the character position nearest to the specified x and y position, relative to the upper left corner of the Text widget.

widget
Specifies the Text widget ID
x
Specifies the x position, relative to the upper left corner of the widget.
y
Specifies the y position, relative to the upper left corner of the widget.

For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3X).

RETURN VALUE

Returns the character position in the text nearest the x and y position specified. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the buffer. The first character position is 0.

RELATED INFORMATION

XmText(3X).