2.262 .preedit

This attribute of the window object controls the display and selection of the input mode for the edittexts within the window.

Input mode display and selection support the pre-editing of symbolic (ideographic) characters that are composed of several characters of a phonetic alphabet, as is the case with many Asian languages.

Definition

  • Data type

    enum

  • Access

    get, set

  • changed event

    yes

  • C

    Identifier: AT_preedit

    Data type: DT_enum

  • COBOL

    Identifier: AT-preedit

    Data type: DT-enum

  • Classification

    object-specific attribute

  • Objects

    window

Value range

preedit_root (default)

Input mode display only when you are inside the edittext

preedit_overthespot

Permanent input mode display at the bottom of the window

Note

This will make the window larger.

preedit_offthespot (unsupported)

Not supported by IDM.

preedit_onthespot (unsupported)

Not supported by IDM.

Availability

Only IDM for Motif with Unicode support.