XmTextFieldSetMaxLength - Man Page

A TextField function that sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard

Synopsis

#include <Xm/TextF​.h>
void XmTextFieldSetMaxLength(
Widget widget,
int max_length);

Description

XmTextFieldSetMaxLength sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of the text string in the TextField widget​. The maximum allowable length prevents the user from entering a text string from the keyboard that is larger than this limit​. Strings that are entered using the XmNvalue (or XmNvalueWcs) resource, or the XmTextFieldSetString (or XmTextFieldSetStringWcs) function ignore this resource​.

widget

Specifies the TextField widget ID

max_length

Specifies the maximum allowable length of the text string

For a complete definition of TextField and its associated resources, see XmTextField(3)​.

Referenced By

XmTextField(3).