113) Can I have items with different colors in a list widget?

[Last modified: Jun 2000]

Answer: Andrew Lister (lister@bain.oz.au) writes: The XbaeMatrix widget can
have a different foreground and background in each cell, row or column.  (The
XbaeMatrix can be made to look and behave like a list widget.  The widget is
compatible with Motif 1.2 and Motif 2.0.) You can get the latest version of
XbaeMatrix from:
http://www.lesstif.org/Xbae.html

Ken Lee wrote: Not in Motif 1.x.  The list contains XmStrings, and these only
allow text in various character sets.

However, in Motif 2.0 you _can_ have multiple colors in the same list since
colored XmStrings are supported.

Thanks to Ken Lee, http://www.rahul.net/kenton/, for the update.

If you're using Motif 1.2, another possibility is to use SCO Premier Motif
(1.2) library has this extension built into the List widget, along with a few
others. See http://www.premier.sco.com/

Thanks to Richard Offer (offer@sgi.com)

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