XmTextGetBaseline - Man Page

A Text function that accesses the y position of the baseline

Synopsis

#include <Xm/Text​.h>
int XmTextGetBaseline(
Widget widget);

Description

XmTextGetBaseline accesses the y position of the baseline in the Text widget, relative to the y position of the top of the widget​.

In vertical mode (when the XmNlayoutDirection resource is XmTOP_TO_BOTTOM) this function returns 0 and the program should use XmTextGetCenterline

widget

Specifies the Text widget ID

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

Return

Returns an integer value that indicates the y position of the baseline in the Text widget​. The calculation takes into account the margin height, shadow thickness, highlight thickness, and font ascent of the first font (set) in the fontlist used for drawing text​. In this calculation, the y position of the top of the widget is 0 (zero)​.