---
name: "XmCreateRowColumn"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "openmotif"
version: "2.3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/XmCreateRowColumn"
---

# XmCreateRowColumn(3)

The RowColumn widget creation function

## NAME

**XmCreateRowColumn** — The RowColumn widget creation function

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <Xm/RowColumn.h>
Widget XmCreateRowColumn(
Widget parent,
String name,
ArgList arglist,
Cardinal argcount);
```

## DESCRIPTION

**XmCreateRowColumn** creates an instance of a RowColumn widget and returns the associated widget ID. If **XmNrowColumnType** is not specified, then it is created with **XmWORK\_AREA**, which is the default.

If this function is used to create a Popup Menu of type **XmMENU\_POPUP** or a Pulldown Menu of type **XmMENU\_PULLDOWN**, a MenuShell widget is not automatically created as the parent of the menu pane. The application must first create the MenuShell by using either **XmCreateMenuShell** or the standard toolkit create function.

- *parent*

  Specifies the parent widget ID

- *name*

  Specifies the name of the created widget

- *arglist*

  Specifies the argument list

- *argcount*

  Specifies the number of attribute/value pairs in the argument list (*arglist*)

For a complete definition of RowColumn and its associated resources, see [**XmRowColumn**(3)](/man/XmRowColumn/3.md).

## RETURN

Returns the RowColumn widget ID.

## RELATED

[**XmCreateMenuBar**(3)](/man/XmCreateMenuBar/3.md), [**XmCreateMenuShell**(3)](/man/XmCreateMenuShell/3.md), [**XmCreateOptionMenu**(3)](/man/XmCreateOptionMenu/3.md), [**XmCreatePopupMenu**(3)](/man/XmCreatePopupMenu/3.md), [**XmCreatePulldownMenu**(3)](/man/XmCreatePulldownMenu/3.md), [**XmCreateRadioBox**(3)](/man/XmCreateRadioBox/3.md), [**XmCreateSimpleCheckBox**(3)](/man/XmCreateSimpleCheckBox/3.md), [**XmCreateSimpleMenuBar**(3)](/man/XmCreateSimpleMenuBar/3.md), [**XmCreateSimpleOptionMenu**(3)](/man/XmCreateSimpleOptionMenu/3.md), [**XmCreateSimplePopupMenu**(3)](/man/XmCreateSimplePopupMenu/3.md), [**XmCreateSimplePulldownMenu**(3)](/man/XmCreateSimplePulldownMenu/3.md), [**XmCreateSimpleRadioBox**(3)](/man/XmCreateSimpleRadioBox/3.md), [**XmCreateWorkArea**(3)](/man/XmCreateWorkArea/3.md), [**XmRowColumn**(3)](/man/XmRowColumn/3.md), [**XmVaCreateSimpleCheckBox**(3)](/man/XmVaCreateSimpleCheckBox/3.md), [**XmVaCreateSimpleMenuBar**(3)](/man/XmVaCreateSimpleMenuBar/3.md), [**XmVaCreateSimpleOptionMenu**(3)](/man/XmVaCreateSimpleOptionMenu/3.md), [**XmVaCreateSimplePopupMenu**(3)](/man/XmVaCreateSimplePopupMenu/3.md), [**XmVaCreateSimplePulldownMenu**(3)](/man/XmVaCreateSimplePulldownMenu/3.md), and [**XmVaCreateSimpleRadioBox**(3)](/man/XmVaCreateSimpleRadioBox/3.md).